Here are several tips:
- Try to delay this moment for a few milliseconds. We often pump too quickly and cut out the last few milliseconds of lift.
- Don’t think so much about pushing down on the board. Sometimes it helps to think of pushing the board forward with both feet.
- Really, just think about pushing hard enough to get back up; you don’t need extra pressure to give the board speed on high-aspect foils.
- The greatest force should be on the back foot, because if you push too hard on the front foot, you can change the natural rhythm of the foil and possibly collapse it.
- If after pumping for a while, you notice that your back foot is getting very tired, a trick is to move your front foot back a little. This way, you should be able to apply more force with your front foot without collapsing the foil and thus give your back foot a little air. I only do this when I see it necessary, because if we were to ride with our feet a little further back the whole time, having our feet so close together would cause us to lose some stability.
- Feel the natural movement of the foil to slow down your pumping. You need to try to feel how the foil reacts as you go up and down, and slow down your pumping to the natural rhythm your wing requires. This way, not only will you ride more efficiently, but you’ll also slow down your pumping a bit so you don’t burn out so quickly. To do this, you might need to do two or three quick pumps first to raise the foil almost to the surface, but once you’re up, you need to try to feel the undulation and slow down your rhythm.
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