Absolutely. I spoke to him and he did say it didn't really hurt. But it could have been much worse.

​@@kitesurfcollege Black Knight: It's just a flesh wound. King Arthur: On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place

Thanks Pete, I hope it helps new wing foilers. Thomas (the guy in that crash) said it didn't really hurt, but I think if it hit him a few cm lower it could have been much worse.

@@kitesurfcollege It helped me. It opened my eyes to what could happen and gave me things to think about and watch out for. I recently completed my kit, got my foil, a couple boards, and 3 wings. Now all I need is wind! Thanks again for a great video. Cheers

Me too!! I kite foil, not into winging yet, but that made my skin crawl.

Yes-Big thanks to them for sharing ! It is best example I have seen so far and it gives real clear warning and I almost can feel it!

Cheers Hans

Hi Jake. Thanks for sharing that and glad you didn't need stitches for yourself of the wing.

Yes, definitely, 30 knots is plenty to make the board flip rapidly. I almost had the board land on me my first wing foil in similar conditions.

I believe that in high winds a longer leash is useful because when you land in the water just in front of the board there is less chance of you pulling the board after you and it landing on you just when you come up to the surface

That's the same thing as Stefan Schroeder further down this thread

Hi Justin, thanks, great to hear the videos are helpful.

how much you paying?

@@Otefnmjn I will buy used when I do Try to find a beginner board from someone wanting to move up to intermediate

@@knightclan4 great idea

Thanks for sharing that with everyone Piper.

Hi Tim. That's an interesting point. With a helmet, you will feel more force when hitting the water. A lot of big air kitesurfers talk about helmets making a crash worse - but then they are sometimes dropping from 20m or hitting the water at 100km/h. I think with most foils, riding below 40km/h that a helmet shouldn't cause whiplash. Perhaps a more hydrodynamic design, like a rugby scrumcap, might offer the best of both worlds.

Hi, sorry to hear that. I would like to here more about this when you're comfortable. Was the motor still running after you fell? Do you know the speed you were doing? What was the size and type of front wing? I don't think a full face helmet is the solution as it will block your senses too much. I think the solution is about how you fall and the speed you're using. Guard your head when you fall (I also try to dive under water sometimes). The other solution is gear choice and how that dictates speed. If the front wing is big enough you can efoil at 6 knots and will feel too much lift at 12 knots. That limits your speed then the chance of impact is much less. Also if you're getting out of control try to cut speed and send the foil down to the water (if the board hits the water that will cause a lot of deceleration). Being only 20 hours in you are at the greatest risk. I had my only scary moments at that stage (I hooked my foil onto my kite lines and almost got dragged into the foil and almost got hit by the foil a couple of times). I'd say only after 1 or 2 hundred hours do you develop the ability to predict what the foil will do and then you can avoid it more easily, crash less, and even if you do crash you can guide the board away from yourself. When you're ready please let us know the details or your incident or email to kitesurfco@gmail.com if you prefer. All the best, Alex

@@kitesurfcollege, thank you, bro! Unfortunately I don't know the apeed or size of wing. It looks like low aspect 1700, and speed about 20 km/hour. Company who gave me e foil don't know either. But i have video with few seconds befor crash kzfaq.infoUhol-dHUXZU?feature=share

@@kitesurfcollege, what do you think about ice hockey helmet? It has good cage to protect face. Do you think it will be not suitable too?

Thanks for sharing Stefan - I'm glad it wasn't too bad. So did you fall off the front of the board and then the board caught up with you? Do you remember if you nose dived the board or breached etc?

Cheers Wendy

Glad you liked it Emre

Thanks for your help Lachie and keep up the good work with your channel.

You are not alone. Same happened to me twice. Came both time out nowhere at the end of a gybe that suddenly the board was sitting on its side I and hit the edge of the board really badly with my upper ribs. Still looking for a better impact vest than the standard ones in case that happens again...

I recently upgraded to a Forward WIP vest and am really happy with it. Comes with a zippered section for car keys and a hook as well in case I start using a harness line.

Did you work out the gybe? I'm having the same experience and wow is it long and painful.

Same happen to me, almost broke a rib. Because of the rope pulling you forwards the falls are quite dangerous. Have a nice recovery!

I took beginner lessons last year on Fuerteventura and it seemed that all schools had a similar structure to the lessons: first lesson with wing on the sore then on the water with a big windsurf board (though skipped this one as I have done it earlier) then the second one is motor boat towing on a foil board and the third one is with the wing on the foil board. To me, the towing didn't look too bad though I didn't have too much success, I was able to do short flights. At first it was only kneeling and you had to be able to control the board left and right behind the boat out to the sides. Then when it looked like you got it, they started to go a bit faster so that the board would start flying with you still kneeling and only then would you try it standing on the board. It was the two of us, with a 55yr old kite surfer guy, we changed after each phase so it wasn't like the you went from kneeling to standing up in a few minutes. The instructor was also pretty mindful about the speed constantly watching what's the minimum you needed for the next phase. The foil stayed under the water during all of our falls which might have been because of the speed (and probably also because of only being able to do short and low flights :) )

You could, but also maybe just get into the habit of bringing one forearm up in front of your face every time you crash. After you’ve hit the water with the wing in hand. It’s a habit I developed when surfing, after a virtually slow-mo collision between my board and my eye after the board rebounded along the surface after a fall - better a bruised arm than a broken tooth!

You could, but also maybe just get into the habit of bringing one forearm up in front of your face every time you crash. After you’ve hit the water with the wing in hand. It’s a habit I developed when surfing, after a virtually slow-mo collision between my board and my eye after the board rebounded along the surface after a fall - better a bruised arm than a broken tooth!

You could, but also maybe just get into the habit of bringing one forearm up in front of your face every time you crash. After you’ve hit the water with the wing in hand. It’s a habit I developed when surfing, after a virtually slow-mo collision between my board and my eye after the board rebounded along the surface after a fall - better a bruised arm than a broken tooth!

You could, but also maybe just get into the habit of bringing one forearm up in front of your face every time you crash. After you’ve hit the water with the wing in hand. It’s a habit I developed when surfing, after a virtually slow-mo collision between my board and my eye after the board rebounded along the surface after a fall - better a bruised arm than a broken tooth!

You could, but also maybe just get into the habit of bringing one forearm up in front of your face every time you crash. After you’ve hit the water with the wing in hand. It’s a habit I developed when surfing, after a virtually slow-mo collision between my board and my eye after the board rebounded along the surface after a fall - better a bruised arm than a broken tooth!

Thanks Steven.

I go back and forth between life jacket and impact vest. My life jacket has a few too many places that leashes get caught up in and can really be a tangle. But pockets are nice!

Hi. That's Thomas Burblies, in a clip from a few years ago, while he was getting started with wingfoiling. I spoke to him before making the video. He said it didn't really hurt at all, but maybe he has a harder head than me.