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Every eFoil rider eventually has the moment: you come off, you surface, and the board is further away than you are comfortable with and not getting closer. Swimming after a drifting board with a mast and wing hanging off it is slow, tiring and occasionally frightening, which is why the technique this episode previews is worth knowing about.
What a self returning eFoil means
The idea behind the Kaper Call is that the board can be brought back to you rather than chased. That turns a stranded swim into a short wait, and it changes how far out you are willing to ride when the wind is up. This clip is a preview rather than the full lesson, so it shows the situation and the outcome without walking through the method step by step.
Played as a silent film
The preview is staged in the style of a classic silent film, with the character wrestling comically with a runaway board before remembering the trick. It is a joke built on a real problem, which is the most useful kind. The full demonstration of the technique comes in the complete episode.
Filed under advanced, for a reason
The technique is presented as an advanced piece of eFoil control rather than a beginner trick, which is a fair description of anything that involves managing a powered board you are not standing on. It is also the kind of skill you want to have practised close to shore, in calm conditions, well before the day you actually need it out in the middle of a lake with the wind pushing your board away from you.
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