Wingfoil
Coaching
in Langebaan, South Africa
with Rob Claisse
A partnership between
Why Langebaan?
Langebaan is fast becoming one of the top wingfoiling spots on the planet. The lagoon offers the same strong winds as Cape Town, but with more consistency—making it a flat-water playground for wingers.
Expect a wide range of conditions: winds regularly above 12 knots, most days in the 15–20 knot range, and plenty of afternoons pushing 25–30 knots. The variety doesn’t stop with the wind. On lighter days, you’ll find pristine flat-water stretches, while stronger winds and tides create rolling lumps—perfect for practicing glides, carves, and linked turns.
With 24 km of lagoon to explore, there’s always a new area to discover and fresh sessions to enjoy.
Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced rider, Langebaan is the perfect place to progress your wingfoiling—and I’d love to be the coach to help you take your riding to the next level.
Read on to see the courses I offer, along with more about me and my coaching style.
Wingfoil Coaching for All Levels
Learn to Wingfoil
Beginners
Who
I don’t teach complete beginners in wingfoiling. By “beginner,” I mean anyone who isn’t yet able to foil and consistently hold ground upwind.
If you’re looking to learn the basics of wingfoiling—whether you’re coming from kiting, windsurfing, surfing, SUP, or have no watersports background at all—my colleagues at High Palms can get you started.
You can book your beginner course directly through their website:
Improve your Wingfoiling
Intermediate / Advanced
Who
Equipment
Aim
In a 2-hour session, we’ll usually focus on one or two key areas you want to improve, while also fine-tuning your overall riding. Some of the skills we can cover include:
- Improving stance and control to ride faster and more efficiently
- Refining waterstarts and pumping for quicker, easier take-offs
- Building consistency with gybes and toeside riding
- Clean foot changes both off and on the foil
- The two main tacks - toe to heel and then heel to toe
- Exploring gybe variations, 360s, and back-to-wing tricks
- Riding bumps and waves: flagging out, gliding, carving, and connecting lumps with pumps
Sessions and Pricing
Progression Session
My core 1:1 session — the fastest way to fix what is holding you back.
Around 90 minutes on the water, with short breaks on the beach to review and debrief.
Constant 2-way communication on and off the water.
I teach you how to spot you own mistakes, to ensure you keep learning way after the lessons is over.
Break down complex techniques in to simple drills, so you can build up to the main event
Workshops
New for 2027: Group workshops on a single technique - a great, low cost way to get started with Progression coaching.
A gybe, a tack, flagging out, gliding and riding bumps — properly understand the theory
4+ people with beach drills to re-enforce the technique, ask question to get you ready for the water
Hit the water, practice - Rob available beach side for further individual questions and final group debreif
2–5 Day Private Camps
Your own private camp with my full focus — around 4 hours of coaching a day.
A full briefing each morning, truly understand each new technique and a review of the previous day’s footage.
2–3 hours of 1:1 coaching daily with video filming, split into one or two sessions. Like any Progression Session - BBtalkin headsets, Feedback Loop and The Progression Method.
Multiple days, multiple techniques, the opportunity for new insight to sink in and keep building.
You get the best wind and tide windows, flexible around family or the rest of your trip.
Further options
Get in touch for dates and pricing on these.
Group Camps
A small group of riders working on similar skills, with filming and daily video analysis. Much like our week long group camps, running all day with multiple sessions. Bring your crew or join one of our planned camps.
Guided Runs
Explore Langebaan Lagoon or the coast of Cape Town - less about learning new tricks and more building the confidence to ride in different conditions and put skills into practice. Either 1:1 or small groups.
Rob Claisse / Wingfoil Coach
Why am I coaching in Langebaan?
Because it’s my favorite foiling spot in the world! Flat water and reliable wind almost every day make Langebaan the perfect place to progress your wingfoiling.
I’ve been coming to South Africa for 23 years and living in Langebaan for the last 8. I never get bored of foiling here—every year I return to the UK having made a big leap forward in my riding, and now I can help you do the same.
Why trust me to coach you?
I’ve been kiteboarding for over 26 years, kitefoiling for 10, wingfoiling for 6, and teaching wind sports in one form or another for nearly 21 years. I created the Progression series of instructional DVDs, app, and streaming service, which have helped over 200,000 people learn and improve their kiteboarding, kitesurfing, and kitefoiling.
In recent years, alongside coaching partner Danny Morrice, I’ve run leading kitefoiling camps around the world—and now wingfoiling too. I also co-authored the British Kitesports Association’s kitefoiling syllabus and was lead coach for the RYA British Youth Team for Kitefoil, training the youth squad on their journey to the Olympics.
I love foiling, I love figuring out how to teach it, and ultimately I want to ensure everyone gets the most out of their time on the water.