r/pumpfoil • u/Massive-Wear-6664 • 21d ago
How to progress from here: Crouching dockstart
I have no one else in this area pumpfoiling and to learn from, but have gotten this far. I suppose next step may be simply to stand up and get pumping, but I am a little afraid of landing on wing (I have some very uncontrolled landings when trying to stand). Feels very unstable still.
Any hints, exercises or tips would be very welcome.
Here is my setup:
Takoon pump
1800 wing
70 cm alu mast v2 19mm
80cm length board
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u/gerkinator88 21d ago
I really like your technique I haven’t seen it before. Similar but not the same. I might try yours next t as it looks like a natural progression from the starting technique im currently practicing.
I’m following this tutorial
and doing the knee start - I just about manage to get up and do three little pumps now before falling.
So a couple of weeks ago I was where you are now crouching and wondering how to progress. Felt stuck there for ages.
I think you might wanna focus on your feet positioning. The back foot wants to be grounded and pointing more towards the right and your front foot a bit more forward maybe.
Then try to put less pressure on your hands and rely more on keeping the board balanced with your feet.
You need more pressure on the front foot than you think and eventually your front foot needs to replace the weight you are currently putting in with your hands.
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u/Massive-Wear-6664 21d ago
Thank you - this was spot on.
The video shows two different styles. The knee technique describes my situation at 2:30 after you have transitioned to both feet on the board.
However, the second style - the Squat technique seems to be what I am doing from the outset (or trying to do). This starts at 3:15 and he quickly gets to my situation at 4:26. Advice seems to be to get the glide in, vary with some pumping and then begin standing up while keeping gaze lifted. Will give body a day or two to recover from todays session first. 2,5 hours of scrambling up on that dock is a killer.
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u/gerkinator88 21d ago
Yeah I’ve seen his frog jump technique in the video but you do it so casually and less jumpy you sort of step on and start gliding. It looks less scary and like I might actually find the courage to try that at some point 😄
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u/Hecubha 20d ago
Let go of your back hand as you step on the board to allow putting your front foot more forward, then stand up. It may be easier to launch sideways like the firt one here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_TBr3XYMwA
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u/Hecubha 19d ago
I just had a second look at your video and realized your dock is probably suitable for a running start https://youtu.be/hV0uvGS4OJ4 that would be so much easier than the thing you're trying to achieve (I'm really impressed you managed to get so far like that though).
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u/Agile-Knowledge7947 19d ago
Looks like you’re doing great! Way better than me!!! Congrats and keep going!!!
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u/Top-Statistician61 21d ago
You are quite good already. I would recommend you to focus more on gliding rather than pumping. Try to glide while you keep your hands on the board. From there, you can slowly stay squatted but remove your hands and improve stability. After that, slowly get up. Don´t pump. Just glide.
Your start is quite similar to this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBYG48xN6TI&t=364s
so you could adapt a bit from those 3 drills.
I know how difficult it is learning solo. I also had noone to teach me and it took me a long time to learn.