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How to turn and carve a hydrofoil



Some basic tips and tricks that really helped me turn and carve a hydrofoil on a wave and in the surf.
1. Start your turn by looking where you are going, opening your shoulders, and your trunk/hips/board then foil will follow
2. Draw a figure 8 throughout your turn to always end a turn in the top 1/3 of the wave
3. Offset your stance to increase your leverage force on each rail – front foot move towards your heelside rail, back foot towards your toeside rail

Riding:
85cm A+ mast
60cm A+ fuse
Custom 12″ tail wing
0.5 degree pro shim
HA1125 front wing
Board 4’0″ x 19 3/4″ x 2 7/8″ (27 ish litres)

18 Comments

  1. @benbaynes3531

    Love the videos man, keep them coming! Are you finding you’re riding the 1125 more than the 1250 these days? Cheers

  6. @liamryan6597

    This is a magic video. I'm biased,Aussie and Armstrong. I learnt a lot from this, thanks.
    Internationally I think your skill and presentation is unmatched.
    Keep enjoying.👍👍🤙

  7. @maca5645

    Great tips,thx!.
    What would also really help me is having a wave like that to play with 🙂
    The beachbreaks i got are pretty bad for foiling.

  8. @timjohnston3064

    Love your “on the foil” tutorials Oskar! I’ve found the offset feet really helps stability through turns but I have my rear foot closer to the heel side rail. Do you think it matters whether it’s front or rear foot on the heel side rail?

  9. @LUCKYKRW

    Thank you for sharing! watching your videos is a total inspiration! please keep the onboard tutorials coming. Can you do a video on wave and beach selection? Cheers!

  12. @xyzct

    Oskar, I'm 180lbs, and I have the HS1550v2 and the HS1050.
    I'm trying to decide whether to add the HA1125 or the HA925.
    Any thoughts?

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