It sounds like bad handle position. You should be keeping your handle close to your front hip. Natural tendency is to pull it in to the center of your body (towards the back hip), which can rotate you a little, opening your toeside edge up for a face plant. Keep the handle on your front hip. If that does not work, let go with your back hand after take off. You should eventually learn to do it with both hands, but letting go with the back hand often helps people to get it.
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