Step 5 - Toeside riding Once you can do the toeside carve, we can look at riding toeside for longer. You’ll probably find that you’ll have a preferred side for toeside, try both sides, and then stick to your stronger side. This is as common as being left handed or right. Only a few people can ride toeside both ways just as well.

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If you feel like you’re not getting any power in the kite once you’re on your toeside edge this might be because your hands are at the ends of the bar. As you let go with your front hand the bar will automatically go to the depowered position and your backhand will drift the kite up to the neutral zone. Try putting your hands in the middle of the bar (which is a good tip for riding in general). As you let go with your front hand, you will be able to keep the kite powered up without sending it to the neutral zone. If you still feel underpowered, the wind might have dropped off, so get a bigger kite!

Now you can ride along on this new edge, here’s how to get out of the toeside position.

So you’re getting to toeside from the toeside carve, you can now ride along in the toeside position, now it’s time to roll back onto your heelside edge whilst turning the kite back through the window.

Top Tip: If you keep loosing power in the kite and sinking back into the water half way round the turn, this is probably because you’re not turning in a tight enough carve and you’re overtaking the kite down wind.  Try carving more aggressively back onto your heelside edge, this will keep the lines taught and hopefully keep the kite in the power.