Brad and Jesse, great advice. I am a new guy who is getting up on a pretty regular basis, but I find that the times that I do have trouble it is because I am trying to stand up too fast, or I am stiffening against the pull of the boat, and not relaxing. Don, my biggest problem the first times out was my natural inclination to make things more difficult than they need to be, and putting way too much thought into what is (in theory) a very simple operation. Once I began listening to my brother, and putting his advice (the same as Brad and Jesse's) into practice, I found the act of getting up to be very natural; I'm sure that you will also find this to be the case. Good luck, and let us know how how it goes Sunday!
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