WING CAMPS
What is a Wing Camp? A Wing Camp is similar to a Retreat and it's very much just like a Kite Camp or a Surf Camp. Means it's an event where you can learn Wingfoiling or imporve your skillset and knowledge about the sport.
Got it. Sounds nice, but what exactly was Wingfoiling again? Wingfoiling is a Wind- and Watersport. It's still a pretty new sport but wildly popular. Wingfoiling is often explained as being the combination of Kitesurfing and Windsurfing. The Wing is similar to a Kite, but the positioning and the handling reminds of Windsurfing. When Wingsurfing we are driven bei the Wind, through ajusting the Wing to the correct position we end up going where we want to go. In comparison to Kiting or Windsurfing you simply hold the Wing in your Hands. So you are holding the Wing in your Hands while standing on a board in the water - your Wingfoilboard. The weight of your board in relation to your body weight and your skillset determine how shaky it's going to be. Therefore the most stable thing is going to be you. But that's only half the story, underneath your board is the so called "Foil". The Foil consitst of multiple parts that are screwed togethere, you can imagine it somehow similar to an aircraft carrier wing. You catch the Wind with your Wing (that creates pressure in the Wing and pulls you forward) combined with the uplift of the Foil, you can take of the water. So the board and you fly above the water while the Foil stays underneath.
You can differentiate between Wingsurfing and Wingfoiling. When Wingsurfing you are riding without using the Foil and when you use the Foil you are Wingfoiling.
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Sounds crazy? It is. And in the same time it's magical. This magical expirience of flying over the water and playing with the elements is what we aim to share with you. This sport has added value to our lifes that is hard to put in words, it's something you have to feel. This Feeling is what we want to share. We would love to welcome you at one of our Camps (or more - why not?).
Who is Wingfoiling for?
Who are the Camps for?
Wingfoiling is for everyone. You do need to bring some gerneral health and fitness though. The fitter you are, the easier it will be to learn. The sportiest person usally has the fastes learning curve. So if your are not that sporty, you simply need to bring a little bit more patience with you. But you do not need to be sporty to learn Wingfoiling, it's rather that you might get sporty starting Winging and staying consitent. There is no need to have any pre-knowledge of Wind- and Watersports or any other action sports, we can teach you step by step and you will learn day by day until you feel comfortable and confident on the water on your own. However if you are already expirienced in other Wind- and Watersport, learning Wingfoiling will be easy for you.
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We also do have offers for slightly advanced Wingfoilers and those that already have some expiriences with Wingsurfing. Simply check out the camps you are interested in, and if you are unsure wheather your level will fit, simply send us an email and we will find out thogether.
Are we going Camping? No of course not. We offer different style of camps. Some are inculding accomodation and some are without accomodation. For the Camps with accomodation we chose our most favourite accomodations around the spot, that we personally love and cherrish. It was a matter of the heart for us to be able to offer some of our Camps including accomodation to foster the group dynamics and to strengthen the Retreat spirit. The goal is to combine Holliday and Sports, a Wingcation we'd say. For the Camps without accomodation, we do have some reccomandations for you. You yourself can choose your place to stay and book it seperatly.
What to expect?
We differentiate between Camps including accomodation and Camps without accomodation.
The Camps including accomodation do also include breakfast and transports form the accomodation to the spot and back.
Always included:
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Usage fees for the Spots (Beach use, Storage)
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Equipment Rental
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Neopren, Shoes, Helmet, Impact vest
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Rescue service
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Professional Wingfoil Coaching
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Guided Yoga Flows & Streching
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Organisation & Planning
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Logisitcs
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Sometimes included:
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Accomodation
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Breakfast
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Spot transfer
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Travel Agency fees
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Lunch and Dinner​​​​
(your lunch and your dinners are your choice, that's why it's more easy for all of us if everybody just pays seperatly for what they get)
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Transport from arrival and departure
(due to individual arrivals and departures we can not include your airport transfer. Our Camps that do include accomodation include the organisation of airport transfers, you can pay the diver cash)
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Aktivities
(We offer various aktivitis and no wind programms. The activities and trips are not obligatiory. We want you to decide on site what you want to do - so you can also chose to rest for example. That's why it's not included. You chose what you join, and you pay only for that.)
Travel insurance and other serious topics
This is an action sport holliday. So there are two factors coming together: action sport and travelling. Please make sure to have a travel insurance. Check your insurance especially on the conditions in case of accidents and the coverage of storno costs. We from Wing With Me want to mark out that you are always resposible for yourself - get that insurance. (;
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We also recommend to get the VDWS Savety Tool. It's an international valid insurance especially for watersports and the usage of Watersport Equipment. This insurance is expecially for covering costs of breaking or damaging rental equipment. That means if you happen to damage equipment during the camps this insurance will cover the costs. As Wingfoil Equipment is ver pricy we do recommend to get this insurance. Wing with me is not liable for damages cause by participant, the participant lays in the liability to compensate the damage. Click here to get the VDWS Savety Tool.
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For our camps including accomodations we are patnering with Loro Trips GmbH, in this case your bill will be issued by Loro Trips. Loro Trips is an Austrian Travel Agency. This is mainly for legal reasons.
Wing With ME
Engaging in Wind- and Watersports can be the most wholesome thing to do. Being directly exposed to the power of mama nature has two very opposite effects at the same time. We get humbled down while at the same time we are reminded how powerful we are. Both are equally necessary to conquer the unknown.
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The beauty of coaching someone through this process lays in so much more than someone just learning a new skill, it's about the learings one can take with for life. Learning a new skill does always foster confidence. When Wingfoiling you are confronted with your inner stability. Fears can't hide, and all the demons we fight in real life become visible. When you don't focus on where you want to go, you won't end up there - just like in real life.
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Wingfoiling is so much more than flying over the water with some very fancy equipment.
The direct feedback makes it very clear wheather we learned our lesson or not. We can't cover up, we can't even lie to our selfs. Mindset is everything, wheather we belive we can do it or not, it will be true. Learning Watersports teaches us resiliance and the rewards of achieving our goals after stuggeling to get it right is what makes us addicted & always has us coming back for more.
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."
- PABLO PICASSO
