Practice, Practice, Practice

I still suck at it. But getting your weight on your front foot helps - raise your back heel to do this. Also try to swivel your front foot around to face as close as you can to the direction you are travelling, rather than side on.

Keep your kite high and your board as flat as is practical and still keep the edge. watch your wake and make sure you are not throwing too much water and the board is sitting properly.

I always need way more power to go toeside on a TT, and it always feels awkward.

Ultimately you will never be able to go toeside upwind as well as you can heelside, but you should be able to hold ground at the very least.

I guess I meant the wake immediately around the board. Often when you are out of good trim, the water thrown off the board just looks wrong. It's just a thing I use to help get my weight and balance right.

I think TT's are a little harder as they have less boyancy than most directionals and therefore your board trim is a lot more important to keep speed up. The strategy is the same for a directional, but it should be a little easier.

Sliding spreader bars and a kite light on the bar can help with toeside as well, although they are not that common really. Having the hook on your hip stops you twisting, but it does make it impossible to use two hands to any extent - hence the "light on the bar" comes into play. Probably more common than a sliding bar is wearing two rashy's and have a loose waist harness so the whole thing moves. I drink too much beer for that to work for me though

All of the above, and most important lean forward, as far forward as you can without the nose of the board catching the water.

Cheers