That is a great idea as well friend thank you!

Thank you friend we appreciate you!

Plenty of beat downs here on South Padre Island when the waves are head high with a 3 foot mast digging into the sand. Generally I walk out like I do when long boarding. Nose pointing to wave with board on its rail, Keeping the board tight to your side so you can dive thru the shore break. Meanwhile, your downwind arm holds the sail high as possible. I've even thrown it over waves when getting munched and reeling back in quickly. Don't let go of the board keeping the foil upwind! If you totally get blasted and all tangled up, remember to disconnect your sail least... not your foil board. The sail is not going to cut, name or decapitate anyone ;0 My Armstrong waist leash for the sail even has a kite style quick release. Pretty cool as long as it's not blowing offshore. Also, I use a Kaohi 5' double coil calf leash that has neoprene handle where it attaches to the board. Being able to grab the handle is nice when you're struggling to control the board in the beach break. Returning to shore I grab the mast and walk in tail first after face planting on the sandbar while showing off. Hope this helps y'all and see ya in the Fall on SPI. Still only a handful of Wingerz down here, Aloha Keep the excellent videos coming Damo!!! We love them :D

@@JasonNorwoodSPI Thank you so much for the feedback it really helps everyone... We appreciate you, thank you!

Thank you for your thoughts friend..... Everyone appreciates it....

Yeah, exactly. I'll stay on foil with wing power, not necessarily surfing a wave in, and then ride to the beach. When it gets like 6"-12" of water I jump off and kind of try and stab my foil into the sand. And run out of the jump with the wing. Get the wing settled down and go grab my board from the edge of the water. You have to commit and send it. But so far no damage to gear or self.

Eddie great information thank you!

Thank you!

It not always goes your way! No matter how hoard you try! ahhhhhhhhhh

Me too! Already shredded one wing getting in over my head on the way back in ;).

well yesterday was ocean session #9 if my count is right...was lucky for the first 8. eaten by shore pound and split wing this time. looking back i can't think of how it could have gone well, other than to have had a better spot to come in. this, and leashes, are not my favorite aspects of winging.

@@rnetsch nooooooooo. It was a hurricane right? ahhhhhhhhhh

Thank you John!

Well its one way to do it! I feel you will get better with entering and exiting with time, but that is one way you can approach it for sure. Nice idea....

Agree, the surf on the Emerald Coast is difficult to get out when the waves are ideal for foiling the outer sandbar. I'm still pondering the ideal entry and exit. 3 to 4 foot closeouts will pound you!

@@kennethtucker5193 walk out west jetty or somehow other way charge through the shorepound. as you know also, normally when it's cranking outside, the inside is banging and the current is typically ripping to one side

The both work, but when it gets deep jump on that board, and paddle as hard as you can out past the break! It is all about timing....

I noticed that too. But some boards have the handle on the TOP side so you can't use the handle AND have the foil pointing away from you. Also, some boards are too wide to get your arm around to the rail (like mine). Some people (there was a guy in the video @6:15 mark) carry the foil by the mast or foil-wing above the break. But he was using a very small, light board....I have loads of experience with nasty shore pound but have never had to deal with a foil while doing it, just a sailboard where the fin is

Great advise friend thank you!

Thank you will add to the list!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Well its all really up to the comfort of the person! I would say its best to try and learn with no swell. Then start with 2-3 feet and build from there.

@@DamienLeroyKZfaq thanks for taking the time. am itching to try. moving to the UK devon coast soon. great beach breakes but also rather shallow and sometimes hard to get out.

@@sleepdoctor09 You will find a spot sometimes you can use a location that maybe has less swell or is blocked in some way or a inlet. You will be able to do it friend. You got this, you will love it.

@@DamienLeroyKZfaq Agree with the no swell approach, and to go by feel rather than numbers. At my local beach 2-3ft on the swell report translates into a wall of board-crunching hollow closeouts on a shallow bank. The surf in this video would register as 0ft in our local surf report.

No offense to the instructors out there, but I think you'll learn what you need to know by watching others do it first. As D&G said, it's a very site-specific thing. So, just understanding the place and seeing how others handle it will be very instructive. Plus you'll probably pick up some other tricks/techniques too

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you Jase! Appreciate your info to help others...

Great way to look at it friend! We have all been there! Part of the sport, glad you are ok....

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Those are the hardest conditions! Just take the time and paddle straight into the wind as far as you can go. Relax and start the learning process trying to wing! It will be harder than side shore but you got this friend. We believe in you!

@@DamienLeroyKZfaq you're too kind sir :). I could always drop in upwind from a different spot but the beach is the most convenient place to park and play from (great for kiting, even in direct onshore). I'll practice and hopefully share the stoke with a success story later;)

@@koLLac Remember nothing great comes easy! :) You got this friend. Have a great week!

No we use leashes for sure.

@@DamienLeroyKZfaq OK I do too but I have poked about 6 wings already when entering or exiting heavy shorebreaks. I use Calf coil 8ft leash with my 5'8 wing sup 99L and a waist leash with the hand Wing .How do you keep the foil from poking the wing when you get tumbled in shore break

​@@Mickfoil1 So hard really, happens to everyone, but sometime you can ditch the wing or foil so it gets washed up and you can take one or the other in and grab the other so you do not tumble all together. There is no easy way to do it when its pumping swell. Other option is looking for a area that has less shore break to go in and out and then ride to the waves and come back to it. I am guessing you are on the beach so it is just game on all the time! We have the same and its more luck if you can sneak out. Another option is to deflate your wing and come in, wrapped in a ball.