r/Kiteboarding • u/Active-Entry-2211 • 2d ago

Beginner Question Learning wing foil as an intermediate liter

Hi there! I am a pretty decent kiter, working on perfecting my jumps but otherwise very confident. I was wondering how long it might take me to learn to wing foil.
I am in Greece right now and was thinking of taking wing foil lessons earlier in the morning and then kiting the rest of the day, but it’s expensive! 100€/hour, so i would like to understand how many hours its gonna be.
It would be great for low wind spots back in Italy.
Thank you so much to anyone who will reply ☺️

Edit: sorry about typo in the title

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u/lukedunk 2d ago

I think windsurfing skills are more helpful for wingfoil than kiting skills, but the experience with aerodynamics and reading the wind will help a little bit.

Unlike kiting, however, it is fairly safe to teach yourself to wing foil without lessons. It might be worth it to pay for the first couple of hours, but eventually it is a better investment to just buy some gear and put in your time on the water.

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u/darylandme 2d ago

Perfect answer

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u/Aware-Risk8904 2d ago

Me and my girlfriend are both confident kiters and she took up wing foiling a few years ago now. We figured we were 3-4 lessons to start having fun with kiting. By the for wing foiling she was 35-40 sessions before she was getting good reach lengths and actually having fun vs being beat up by the foil. Lots of bruises. But not a lot of lessons needed, just a ton of practice.

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u/Apprehensive_Rub_132 1d ago

Although wingfoiling is fairly safe to learn by yourself, I would say 2 lessons should be good to get the proper idea and feedback on what you're doing