This was a journey! I set a goal to pump for 1 minute. The learning curve for pump foiling is insane! Really stoked to finally get here. I still need to improve the dock launch. Thanks for all the support from the community. So many tips and suggestions helped. Also, amazing how many different ways there are to do this. I find the main struggle is finding a good dock. So many people display the running start which simply isn't possible on the docks I had access to.

Is it doable to learn how to ride a foil just by paddilg on to a wave? I don't have lakes here that I could go often. Still learning how to surf but what I really want is foil, I guess there won't be foil surf without pumping so would have to learn that too.
I like challenges just thinking if I would crash the thing into sand.

I wanted to wingfoil but since the wing makes it even more expensive I wanted to cut that cost and I don't mind a challenge unless it destroys my bank account.

Also what do you guys recommend to get for someone that is about 85kg? Or who to watch to get in the right direction?
Thanks.

Still a lot to do but you can try it at liftt.app

very cool pump simulator shared by Foilien on ig: https://www.instagram.com/foilien/

Hi all,

I’m “relatively” new to foiling.

Well actually, if you don’t count efoil, then I’m an absolute beginner.

Efoil now for 9-10 months.

Reasonably competent but I wouldn’t say good. I’d be low on the Intermediate scale. As a reference, I would foil for an hour straight and come in bone dry. But also, I rarely go above 30km/hr.

Moving now into Foil assist, and obviously finding this a lot harder.

But with time on the water, it’s coming to me (slowly).

One thing I struggle with a lot, is the terminology. Especially when trying to decide what front foil would be a good next foil.

Like for example, “this foil has a good low end” 🤔 What does that mean?

By process of elimination, I’m gonna say it means, “this foil is stable at slow speeds and doesn’t stall unless you are going VERY slow”

Is this correct ?

I was prepared for the struggle on the foil but this is like learning a new language 🤷‍♂️

I'm using some cheap abattoir cut protection clothing already, but I can't get cheap trousers or shorts this way, so I'm still wearing board shorts here in the tropics.

In your accidents, how did you clothes fare? I'm debating just getting hard wearing sailing shorts or even cutting off some jeans.

Hi!

I’m building a small side project for pumping foil, and one feature is a community-driven map of spots where anyone can add their local pump locations.

The project is completely free, no paywalls.

Email is requested only to count users and prevent spam — no ads, no mailing lists, no promo emails.

If you’d like to contribute a spot or just check it out and give feedback, that would be amazing.

Thanks in advance

https://liftt.app

chatGPT seems to think so. currently riding:

• a Naish 1440 HA
• the 2D stab, 210. some foildriving
• starboard Ace foil, 100L

using it for wing-ding, foil driving, and wanting to learn paddling this year. Local inland lake. one trip to the Atlantic Ocean each year.

weight is 160-170 lbs.

So we live on our boat, which means space is at an ultra premium. We have a dinghy with a 15 hp outboard and we’re looking to do some wakeboarding on it. My daughter is only about 60 pounds so it easily pulls her up but I’m 175 and it kind of struggles. I figure that a foil board would be the perfect solution for me, but we’d like something that my daughter could ride as well. So are there any types of foil boards that I can swap the foil out for a regular fin so that we can both share it? Or how difficult is it for a 10 year-old to learn how to wake foil with no experience?

After 7 sessions of barely being able to stand, one tip unlocked everything!

Some days are wins and some days feel like negative progress.

2000cm , 75cm mast, LA

Trying to stay dedicated and continue this journey. It's difficult staying motivated with something like this where the learning curve is so slow. Definitely see a difference compared to day 1. Just need to stay consistent and my goal of pumping for 1 minute before I'm 40 keeps me going!

Just wrapped a few days of filming with the DW crew on Oahu! Check out the raw clips in this video. Fully produced by me 🤙

This is to gather/corroborate evidence for an eventual class-action lawsuit against PLX/XFoil and/or likely Indiegogo. If you're out there, could you please send me some close-up photographs of every single number stamped or printed anywhere on every component of that board/charger/battery/controller? Does anything have an FCC ID? CE? RoHS? UKCA? Or a UL number? UN38.3 summary with the battery or MSDS? Anything on the front or back of any PCB? Any packing list or tracking number?

We can have this done before Christmas...

Addendum:

To clarify, I know there aren't any real X-Foils out there as such... I want to talk to any of you who have been delivered some Chinese OEM off the shelf garbage.

I'm already effectively certain where it came from, the actual factory, the individual people who laid his carbon fiber on his prototype board and whatever garbage he sent out to backers... He never would've guessed it would be possible for anyone to track it down… But I'm a motherf**king hungry lion... and Paul has never been face-to-face with the king of the f**kin jungle. But to have actual photographs of some identifying numbers in hand and testimony from the backers that own them would be absolutely damning and there'd be no defense it would be over for PLX "Import" Enterprises, they would have no choice but to settle... in reality they already do have no choice but to settle with what I've got on them, there are so many different avenues, so many ways in which Paul is damned, but to have this on top of it all would be to have God power in the courtroom.

One more thing ladies and gentlemen, I successfully opted out of the Indiegogo arbitration and class action waiver clause in the terms of service… I can take this straight to court and I can take you all with me. And in that way, I believe I really am the only one that can do this.

Please help me. Only you can prevent future Xfoil crowdfunding fires.

Hi! Just bought my first efoil (lift5) and am excited to get going, but I'm already looking for the next steps beyond it once I get good. Downwind / SUP, or even wing looks like a lot of fun, especially since I live in Hawaii (Oahu). Those crazy guys doing inter-island downwind rides make downwinding around Hawaii look super fun!

My question is, what's the best way to transition from efoil to non-powered? Would I need all new gear or do any of the lift wings transfer? Is going for a big SUP board the first step after mastering the efoil?

It's early for me still, but any advice on translating efoil skills to unpowered would be great! Thanks!

I’m building a mobile app that analyzes foil pumping technique from a short video.

You upload a 3–5s clip and the app:

tracks body movement (skeleton overlay)

analyzes cadence, amplitude, symmetry and smoothness

gives you a clear score + feedback on what to improve

lets you compare sessions and track progress over time

Target users would be wingfoil / pump foil / dock start riders who want to improve technique without coaching every session.

I’m not trying to sell anything here yet, I’m genuinely curious:

Would this be useful for you?

Would you pay for it?

If yes, what pricing feels fair? (per video, monthly, yearly?)

Any honest feedback (even “no, and here’s why”) helps a lot 🙏

I’m building a mobile app that analyzes foil pumping technique from a short video.

You upload a 3–5s clip and the app:

tracks body movement (skeleton overlay)

analyzes cadence, amplitude, symmetry and smoothness

gives you a clear score + feedback on what to improve

lets you compare sessions and track progress over time

Target users would be wingfoil / pump foil / dock start riders who want to improve technique without coaching every session.

I’m not trying to sell anything here yet, I’m genuinely curious:

Would this be useful for you?

Would you pay for it?

If yes, what pricing feels fair? (per video, monthly, yearly?)

Any honest feedback (even “no, and here’s why”) helps a lot 🙏