Riding Swell

Alternative name: Downwind Rides, Surfing Windswell
Category: Waves
Level of difficulty: Level 3 (from 4)

Special characteristics:

• one handed trick

Description

When the wind blows over a large area of water, it creates waves that are rolling in the direction of the wind. These wind swell can be ridden when wing foiling.

Even a small difference in height between the wave peak and wave bottom is enough to keep you on the foil.

This content shows you how to ride wind waves when wing foiling:

Videos

• Surfing Swell – on a lake or the open sea.