Hi.

I'm a noob, but I've managed to get up and riding and am now riding upwind easily. Now, I want to start changing directions w/o having to stop, sit back down in the water and re-start. I don't want to get airbourne (not yet, anyway!); I'd just prefer to be able to make a nice, fluid change of direction without dipping my bum back in the water.

I ride a Cabrina Rival wake-type board, and I stay on the heel edge. Simply sining the kite the other direction (10-2 or 2-10) just seems stall the kite and leave me sitting in the water. I've tried keeping the board pointed upwind, so that it's pointed downwind in the opposite direction, and I've tried keeping my board perpendicular to the wind, but nothing seems to work consistently.

Any tips?