Issues gaining altitude with the glider in MK8

[Frogger]

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

In Bone Dry Dunes and Mount Wario I have found that the easiest consistent way to always gain enough height is to start gliding by the edge that is on the highest altitude (which is to the right on these particular levels) and to never move the stick up or down.

Only case where I move the stick down is if I'm very close to reach the coins at the end of Water Park, in which case I do it on the last second. Because as you said doing it early causes you to lose speed and, eventually, height.

Yeah, that's what I do.