First Lift
From "what's a foil" to your first sustained ride. Calm-water primer with a chase craft a kayak-length away.
- E-foil board, foil, vest
- Photo + GoPro clips
- Up to 30 min coffee debrief
$295 / per person
Reserve →One-on-one e-foil and wing foil coaching, taught the way the river teaches — patiently, from the put-in up.
Every package is private — just you, your coach, and the river. Wetsuits, boards, foils, and a chase craft are included. You bring a swimsuit and an open mind.
From "what's a foil" to your first sustained ride. Calm-water primer with a chase craft a kayak-length away.
Three sessions over two weeks. We progress from sustained ride to clean carving turns. Most students fly clean by session three.
Soft-wind morning lessons. Handle work on land, then on water. For students with prior board sport experience.
I'm Wes — born up the hill in Forest Hill, paddled the James since middle school, foil-curious since 2019. I quit my desk job in '22 and built Foil the James because every lesson I'd ever taken on rented gear felt rushed.
Sessions are private. The pace is yours. We read the water before we touch the throttle.
“By session two I was riding 90 seconds clean. By session three I forgot the throttle existed. Wes reads waterlike sheet music.”— Mara P., Progression Series · Spring '25