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Once you can ride an eFoil in a straight line, the next thing worth chasing is the turn. Not the gentle change of direction that keeps you inside the bay, but the hard, banked, high velocity arc that pushes G force through your legs. That feeling is the same reason people love speed on a snowboard, on skis and on a surfboard, and it is available here too.
From a carve to a bank turn
A basic carve is a change of direction. A bank turn is a committed one, where the board is properly on its edge and the foil is carrying you around rather than skidding through. The cue given while riding is simple and physical: push down on the board through the front foot. That pressure is what keeps the board driving into the turn instead of unloading, flattening out and washing you back onto the surface halfway around.
Why it is worth the practice
The turns are the point. Speed on its own gets boring quickly, but a well loaded bank turn is the thing that keeps riders coming back to the same stretch of water day after day. Work on holding the board down through the whole arc, and progressively carry more speed into the entry as your confidence builds. That progression, ordinary carves at first and then genuinely aggressive banking turns, is what this episode demonstrates on the water.
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