Heelside Riding on Foil

About this trick

Once you're flying on foil, heelside riding is your default position — you're standing with the heels pressing into the board, which is the natural stance for upwind and beam-reach riding. Learning to steer precisely from this position — adjusting foil height, carving turns, and responding to gusts — is the foundation of all foil riding.

Key tips

1. 1

   Heelside edge pressure controls carving: more heel pressure = tighter turn

2. 2

   Front foot controls height: weight forward = foil dips; weight back = foil rises

3. 3

   Keep your hips over the board — leaning the torso out to counterbalance the wing is a common beginner error

4. 4

   Practice riding figure-eights entirely on foil — this trains both steering and height control simultaneously

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Duotone Wing Academy

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