Found yourself going too fast thinking about slowing down? Well you can either turn upwind and slow down gradually by simply putting a bit more pressure on the heelside edge and raise the kite to the zenith until your slowing down, or you can stop suddenly by turning sharply upwind, leaning back hard and pushing your legs out in front of you while raising the kite to the zenith, this will often kick up a lot of sand (if your on the beach). If you keep the kite down low in the window the you will probably keep sliding for a while and you can practice recovering and keeping moving.

(How To Stop)

You may end up falling off a few times while trying to stop suddenly, if this happens you might have the kite too low, not be leaning back enough and putting enough pressure on the heelside edge.

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