Kangaroo tack

[motorcyclemark]

I am still working on doing this consistently but two big revelations for me were to start with the kite with what feel like it is already going a little back in the new direction (just after the kite has pivoted and is facing the new direction at least) and to sheet OUT just as you are carving upwind - both things will prevent the kite (and you) from overshooting the transition and will allow you to sufficiently carve upwind - you can't really do this if the kite is still powered and/or heading in the wrong (old) direction!

Once you carve upwind with the kite sheeted out, then you sheet in using the (old) back hand to power up the kite and unweight yourself, and use your old front foot push (like a bull pawing the ground) the nose of the board underneath you into the new direction. I like to take my (old) front hand OFF the bar also for the entire transition. Bending your knees into the carve, and as you land on the board, are also key for me. All of the above steps have to occur in sequence pretty quickly with the correct timing - the timing again depends on the kite size, wind strength, etc. and comes from practice. See "Surfboard Tack C&K Quick Tips" on youtube for a good demo. You can size up on your kite a bit while you learn - I find this makes it easier as you can get weightless for the body transition a bit more easily. Anyway, my two cents, hope this might help!

[Aloha]

I'm as eager to jump in on a zombie thread as the next guy

Being at the coast helps too - for example if you're in typical on-shorish flow your transition on the inside to go back out is going to be easy to hit this on, as the whitewater will help push the board / fins around all you have to do is keep the kite at 12 and sheet-in to float while the wave energy does the work

In order to set up for that as mentioned you need to make sure you build line tension even with the bar fully sheeted out (keep the speed up and carve upwind hard), then when you need the little weightless boost you can just pull-in and be suspended

Enjoy

[biba]

Looks like your fins are out of the water when you turn... which brings me to the question: are you "finning" your board? lol