Course and qualification

RYA Wingfoiling Sustained Flights

RYA schemes:Wingsurfing RYA

Age:No RYA minimum age

Level:Advanced

Setting:Afloat

Quick answers

What to know about RYA Wingfoiling Sustained Flights

Which schemes include it?: Wingsurfing, RYA.
How is it taught?: Afloat.
Who is it for?: No RYA minimum age
Where can I take it?: 25 published training providers are currently linked below.

About this course

Gain the skills and confidence to sustain foiling, feel comfortable steering and maintain a good stance and ride height. Advanced your skills and foiling knowledge to achieve longer, sustained flights, holding ground upwind and downwind on the foil and working on gybing entries from a foiling position.

Course fundamentals

Minimum age	No RYA minimum age
Duration	8-10 hours, delivered over a number of short sessions or full days
Course content	Advanced your skills and foiling knowledge to achieve longer, sustained flights, holding ground upwind and downwind on the foil and working on gybing entries from a foiling position.
Certificate or qualification	The appropriate RYA course completion certificate is awarded following successful completion of the course and its prescribed assessment.
Award type	Course completion certificate
Separate assessment	Not required

Prerequisites

Knowledge or skills to a stated level

Wingfoiling skills to the standard of Wingfoiling First Flights

Check the official RYA prerequisite information (opens in a new tab)

Recommended course progression

Starting from the beginning

We have not assessed your existing qualifications, knowledge or experience yet, so every step is shown as still to do.

View your course roadmap2 steps · Starts from the beginning

Follow these courses in order to build the course knowledge or certificates described above.

Once you tell us what you already know or hold, we can recognise equivalent knowledge or skills and adjust this route.

Step 1 · To do
Improve your Wingsurfing
RYA schemes:Wingsurfing RYA
Improve your Wingsurfing
The RYA Improve Your Wingsurfing course is aimed at wingsurfers who want to refine their skills and gain more control. Participants learn advanced steering, upwind sailing, and techniques for handling…
Level:Beginner
Setting:Afloat
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Step 2 · To do
RYA Wingfoiling First Flights
RYA schemes:Wingsurfing RYA
RYA Wingfoiling First Flights
An introduction to the concept of foiling, the equipment and all the knowledge you need to experience the thrill of 'take off' for the first time. Progress the pre-learnt skills…
No RYA minimum ageProviders may set their own age rules, especially for under-18s.
Level:Intermediate
Setting:Afloat
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