Oh, and the other thing I noticed I was doing during the successful flights in 8-9 knots is I kept the board close to the surface of the water, that is what felt good and kept me flying. Maybe doing what the pelicans do, they fly low to the water to glide longer because of the ground effect allowing them to float on a cushion of air compressed between their wings and the surface of the water. Keeping the board close to the surface of the water would do the same thing. Of course that applies to flattish water.