I have asked Laurie if there's a possibility of a dock start forum, seeing as there is a lot of it going on. Out of interest are there many of you keen for a dock start, wake thief type forum?

Yes me - I would love a forum. I am a dock starter.

yes! need a platform to vent my frustrations about how hard it is to get the hang of it!

I would be interested for sure. I just purchased some flat water pumping equipment and hope to give it a go sometime in April -- go big or go home -- Sab 1750 foil (its wing span is the same as my height -- 5' 10")!

dejavu said..
I would be interested for sure. I just purchased some flat water pumping equipment and hope to give it a go sometime in April -- go big or go home -- Sab 1750 foil (its wing span is the same as my height -- 5' 10")!

Let me know how it goes!

robbo1111 said..

pumpnjump said..
I have asked Laurie if there's a possibility of a dock start forum, seeing as there is a lot of it going on. Out of interest are there many of you keen for a dock start, wake thief type forum?

I heard on the grapevine from Laurie that he'll start the forum when you change your name to Jumpnpump

:) my wife said the same thing!!!!! But being a Kiter pump came first!

burchas said..
+1 for the forum! I would name it JumpStart to be all inclusive for Rock starts, Beach starts and even Jet ski starts.

I have seen skateboard to foil starts and recently ice skates to foil and back to ice skates.Wtf?.

These people make it look so easy, it is very annoying really... :)

Yeah forum name would need to cover pump foiling that involves jumping off something... Tricky. But maybe "pump foiling" is general enough even though it has crossovers into other foiling...??
I'm trying to learn to dock start off a ladder in flat water but only so I can one day launch from the beach or a good looking rock.
I saw the ice skates to pump foiling to ice skates clip... insane!

dejavu said..
I would be interested for sure. I just purchased some flat water pumping equipment and hope to give it a go sometime in April -- go big or go home -- Sab 1750 foil (its wing span is the same as my height -- 5' 10")!

Loving my sabfoil pump gear (I'm mostly on the WL1150 around N freo). looking forward to hearing how you go on the 1750- WHOPPA! Good luck!

I'd second it and a prone one as well. And maybe a DW while your at it!

oscardog said..
Yes, a dock starting forum would be great.

They say you need 200plus attempts to master it. Think I am up to 300 now and still have a way to go.

Also interested in seeing the "ice skates to pump foiling to ice skates clip", appreciate it someone can post a link.

Clip on Insta:

www.instagram.com/reel/Cp-YmbAKr4F/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Great idea. In lieu of a specific forum, hope it's OK to ask a noob question here.

I efoil well, and wake and wing foil moderately well. This weekend I tried dock starting. After a few weak efforts, I gave up.

Just fully committing to the run up and the jump is difficult for me. It's so easy to imagine a poor jump followed by an out of control fall and a foil to the face.

A friend suggested skim boarding as a way to train. And I've seen people using submerged ladders as a launch (does that feel less sketchy than a dock?)

Any advice on how to train for the initial run and jump?

choosywinger said..
Great idea. In lieu of a specific forum, hope it's OK to ask a noob question here.

I efoil well, and wake and wing foil moderately well. This weekend I tried dock starting. After a few weak efforts, I gave up.

Just fully committing to the run up and the jump is difficult for me. It's so easy to imagine a poor jump followed by an out of control fall and a foil to the face.

A friend suggested skim boarding as a way to train. And I've seen people using submerged ladders as a launch (does that feel less sketchy than a dock?)

Any advice on how to train for the initial run and jump?

If you already wing you could try the Anchorman from Cloud ix.
Get on foil with the wing, release and pump away.

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried again today and was able to commit to the start. No successes but the failures were encouraging.

Lot's of people using giant high aspect wings for dock starting. My biggest is an Armstrong 1850HS. I'm using an 85cm mast and 60cm fuse. I weigh 92kg. Y'll think that combination could work?

would love to see a dockstart forum on sb...its huge in europe and alot of them on the dock start page on facebook, but i think sb format is better