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The Windfoil & Wingfoil ABC

The most common terms explained

In wind foiling and wing foiling we use a lot of new terms. Time to list the most important terms, with a short explanation.

Terms: ABCDE

Aspect Ratio (AR)

Apparent wind

Back hand

Back side

Bevelled rails

Bladder

Boom

Channel(s)

Chop

De-power

Downwind

Downwinder

Terms: FGHIJK

Foil out

(Foot) path

Forward Loop

For the wind

Footband

Front hand


Fuselage

Jibe

Half wind

Handle

Heel side

Heel side rail

(Hydro) Foil

Kick Tail

Knee start

Terms: LMNOPQ

Leading Edge (LE)

Leash

Lift

Lip

(Foil) Mast

Mast plate

Nose drop

Off shore

On shore

Outline

Tack

Pump

Powered

Terms: RSTUVW

Rail

Recessed (deck)

Rocker(line)

Shorebreak

Side off(shore)

Side-on(shore)

Sideshore

Stabilisator / Stabilizer

Stall

Stance

Strap

Strut

Swell

Switch Stance

Tack

Tail

Tail kick

Taxi

Toeside

Trailing edge

Upwind

US box (double)

Wing

Water start

Wing

Wing tips

Questions?

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