Guides & Articles

Practical guides to foil and wind sports — technique, gear, and the numbers that show you're improving.

• What Is Parawinging? A Complete Guide to the Newest Downwind Sport

  How the packable wing works, how it compares to wing foiling and downwind SUP, and how to learn it.

• Downwind Foiling for Beginners: How to Ride Ocean Swells

  Reading bumps, linking glides, the three ways into the sport, and the safety rules that keep it fun.

• How to Start Wing Foiling: Gear, Conditions and First Flights

  Board, foil and wing sizes that actually work, the wind you want, and the step-by-step progression to flight.

• How to Gybe a Wing Foil Without Touching Down

  The four phases of the gybe, the mistakes behind 90% of touchdowns, and the drills that fix them.

• How to Pump a Foil and Increase Your Time on Foil

  The pumping rhythm, why cadence beats effort, and the metrics that show real progress.

• Surf Foiling: How to Start Prone Foiling in Waves

  Gear, wave selection, first flights, connecting waves — and the etiquette that keeps foilers welcome.

• GPS Speed Categories Explained: 2-Second Peak, 5×10, Alpha 500 and More

  Every category the speedsurfing community uses, what it measures, and why it exists.

• Speed Windsurfing: How to Sail Faster in a Straight Line

  The spots, gear and technique of speedsurfing, and how results are measured with GPS.

• VMG, Polars and Wind Angles: Sailing Performance Metrics Explained

  Velocity made good, polar curves and tacking angles — and how to use them to sail faster.

• Why Your GPS Speed Is Wrong: Doppler vs Position-Based Speed

  Where phantom knots come from, why Doppler velocity is the honest measurement, and how to get trustworthy numbers.