Tack

Alternative name: Heel to Toe Tack, Tack - heel to toe, Tack - to switch
Category: Basics
Level of difficulty: Level 2 (from 4)

Description

A tack is a change in the riding direction. In normal stance (wind from your back, heels on the windward side) a tack is also called heel to toe tack or heelside to toeside tack. In a tack you go upwind and start a 180 degree turn. It’s a turn around your back, you have to lift the wing over your head to the other side and keep flying on the foil.

Here you can find videos and tutorials demonstrating how to foil a tack:

Videos

• The grip is only changed after 3/4 of the turn
• Slow motion clip
• The tack in normal riding position
• The basic tack for wing foiling
• Tips for fast turning to windward
• The tack in normal riding position
• Chris Macdonald demonstrates the tack
• Tacking into a small wave
• How to ride a tack in normal stance