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 Bend your knees slightly and pull the sail up from the water with the uphaul, hand over hand like hauling in a rope. 

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 Try to keep your back and body somewhat upright. If you feel your lower back is starting to ache, you are bending over too much. 

 Take hold of the mast with both hands and let it swing. This is called the safety or the control position: total control with next to no power. After which the wind power will take care of everything. 

 Practice steering (called Centre of Effort Steering) in the "safety" position. 

 With the mast straight up tilt the mast to your left. Your body should transfer this imbalance (the center of effort of the sail is not balanced with the center of lateral resistance of the board) to the board and make the board turn (or spin) clockwise. 

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