I'm looking for help in choosing gear for learning to wing foil.

I'm 95kg and my daughter is 55kg. We have had half a dozen sessions on e-foils and a day winging on skis, as preparation for a goal of learning to wing foil together. We are based in Canberra, so our local conditions will typically be light and gusty (although we will travel to the coast too). We have 5.5m and 3.2m wings. My theory is that she could use the same large board + foil that I use to learn in the early stages (share the board, take turns - assuming that lots of crashing is exhausting), until we get our acts together and then invest in a smaller board + foil for her when she's ready then we could both be on the water at the same time. Specifically I had in mind 125L board with Axis SES 1040 kit that's currently on the marketplace.

Is that a bad idea? I assume the oversize board won't slow down her early learning but will the oversized foil?

monkeypants said..
I'm looking for help in choosing gear for learning to wing foil.

I'm 95kg and my daughter is 55kg. We have had half a dozen sessions on e-foils and a day winging on skis, as preparation for a goal of learning to wing foil together. We are based in Canberra, so our local conditions will typically be light and gusty (although we will travel to the coast too). We have 5.5m and 3.2m wings. My theory is that she could use the same large board + foil that I use to learn in the early stages (share the board, take turns - assuming that lots of crashing is exhausting), until we get our acts together and then invest in a smaller board + foil for her when she's ready then we could both be on the water at the same time. Specifically I had in mind 125L board with Axis SES 1040 kit that's currently on the marketplace.

Is that a bad idea? I assume the oversize board won't slow down her early learning but will the oversized foil?

It's a good setup for you to learn. You will be on that 125 L board for at least 6 months. And it will be a very stable platform for your daughter to learn how to sail and handle the wing. It's all a lot harder than it looks. It's all fun though!

For you OK with this board / foil for around 40 sessions with board. Go to smaller foil as soon as you can comfortable fly. More speed and glide it helped me to learn jibes.
For daughter for 2 sessions its ok, than She needs smaller lighter board around 95l max. And MA foil about 1500 cm
And add 4.0 wing

And go to the water together ????

PS i am 72kg 60yr and learned on KT 105l with 1500cm DUOTONE surf foil. After 10..15 sessions I changed foil to North Sonar MA1350 and MA1200????Now i changed board to NORTH Seek 4`10 78l. I regret not changing to smaller board sooner. It's better in all aspects.

Big boards serve a purpose, but this is only in the very early days of getting up onto the foil and finding a balance point. After that I reckon they become a hinderance as the amount of effort to get them going by breaking water tension and the massive swing weight/length of the board slows progress and makes it less enjoyable. At 55kg, your daughter is going to struggle to really get that board going...you should be fine on a 125L board.