DAY 1: Discovery
- Know the safe wind directions and conditions for kiting
- Know hazards on Spots
- Setup training kite
- Learn the use of safety systems
- Master the training kite
- Launch and land the trainer kite
- Get to know the “Wind Window”
- Setup 4/5 line kite
- Preflight check of equipment
- In flight check of equipment
- Use international communication signals
- launch and land kites
- Control kite hooked into harness
- Understand the depower system
- Learn how to use the safety system
- Fly the kite with depower system
- Pull quick release
- Recover bar and kite
- Self land
DAY 2: Independent
- Enter and exit the water independently
- Water re-launch your kite
- First body drag downwind
- Maintain correct kite position in window
- Change position to left to right body dragging
- Recover kite and bar in water
- Upwind body dragging to recover board
- Learn power stroke for water start
- Safety and theory of water start
- Water start in both directions
- Ride for 5 metres plus
- Come to a controlled stop
- Understand weather forecast, tide and wind conditions
- Know the right of way rules
- Know the equipment choices according to weather conditions
DAY 3+: Advanced
- Control riding speed by edging
- Consistent riding in both directions
- Upward riding
- Ride amongst other riders and respect right of way
- Change direction without stopping
- Self-rescue and pack-down in water
- Risk assessment and awereness of riding area
- Self-launch
- Know safety rules and theory for jumping
- Land a basic jump
