1. Starting position

The nose points towards your riding direction. Place your feet on the axis of the board, on opposite sides of the mast-foot, equally spaced. Stand at a shoulder's length, bend your knees slightly, arms outstretched, back straight. Catch the uphaul with both hands. The wind is blowing at your back.

2. Lift up sail

Slowly lay back with the help of your body weight while pulling your sail out of the water. Arms remain outstretched. Keep the back straight. Make sure that your board remains in the same position as in the first picture.

3. Sail out of the water

When the sail is lifting up from the water, grab the uphaul line further up step by step. Your body position and that of your board remain unchanged as shown in the two foremost pictures.

4. Grab mast

Once the rig is lifted up far enough from the water for you to grab the mast, catch it with the front hand underneath the boom. The sail is now completely out of the water. Just let it swing if you want to, and wait until it feels balanced. In the process, don't pull the sail too close to your body; otherwise, you run the risk of falling backwards together with the sail.

5. Grab boom

When you stand steady, fetch the boom with the other, back hand and step back a little on the board with the front foot so that both feet are now behind the mast-foot. The position of the board to the wind is still the same.

6. Move off

Now catch the boom with the front hand, too. Lean back a bit and pull slightly on the boom with the back hand (holding tight)… and here you go! Make out a certain point at the horizon and keep surfing towards it. Congratulations, you did it.