Very helpful, I kept thinking I had to be planing before I got in the footstraps and it seems very hard at high speeds. Thanks for these great videos.

its alway nice to help the beginners. as a beginner myself i miss a few things. The process is very complycatet and it takes much effort to get used to it. Close the sail slowly and slowly gaining speed while going downwind. at the same time get as much power in the harnes as possibel. hang in there! when the wind ist strong enough to get planing, you can barely hold it at this moment. this is when the most catapults happen. AND at the same time only have your weigth on the front foot, directly behind the mastfoot. AND move your backfoot more backward while putting your wheigt down to prevent catapults. AND still all weight on front foot. AND try to hold the board as flat as possible to the surface of the water. slowly closing the sail. As you are getting faster, slowly move you frontfoot to the side of the board, beside the footstraps. you will feel it, when you get planig. this is the time to put some weight on the back foot, while keeping the power in the harness. this is the moment you can lift you frontfoot and put it in the footstrap. the back footstrap is way harder to learn and should not be tryed at the beginning.

Perfectly explained, thank you!

Nice video, I'm very close to getting into the straps, hopefully soon.

Nice video, thanks!

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I keep washing out the back end... grrr.