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Driver Course · once a year

Become a towfoil driver

One week in Portugal. Six guests, two per jetski. Everything we know about towing foilers safely — and every now and then, a wave of your own.

◆ One week◆ Six guests, two per jetski◆ Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal
A serious Atlantic day: foiler and ski behind a heaving wave, cliffs in the foreground
01

The driving

Rope work, whip technique, speed and positioning — how to put a foiler exactly where the wave wants them, wave after wave.

02

The water

Swell, wind, current and the foiler on the end of your rope. You learn to read all of it at once and stay one wave ahead.

03

The rescue

Clean pickups, deep-water recovery and the rescue protocol our own sessions run on. Calm hands when it matters.

Two of the crew celebrating with the jetski in the harbor

How it's taught

On the water, not in a classroom

Most of the week you're on the ski: drive, debrief on the beach, straight back out.

  • ◆You train inside a running operation — the same skis, gear and protocols our paying guests fly behind.
  • ◆Real Atlantic swell, not a flat-water demo: you learn to read waves, currents and foilers at the same time.
  • ◆Six guests max, two per jetski — everyone drives every day, nobody watches from the beach.
  • ◆Taught by Lars and Tomaz — Nazaré-trained tow drivers with six years of combined towfoiling experience.
  • ◆And it's not all throttle: now and then we swap places and you catch a few waves yourself.
The crew and riders together at the Armstrong demo day on the beach in Portugal
Foiler dropping into a wave while offshore wind blows the spray back
Foiler alone on a long open wave face

Waitlist

First cohort: to be announced

Small group, one week, Portugal. Serious interest only — waitlist members get a first invitation to book the training.