1-A  Foil kites on handles or bar.

• Set-up/rigging & ground handling skills
• Per flight checks of equipment
• Safety checks of kite & equipment before flying

1-B  Leash systems & kite killers

• Personal & safety equipment required for powerkiting,

            including emergency equipment for          specific locations.

1-C  Bar & Handle control systems (2 & 4 line kites)

• Launching & landing with assistance
• Use of kite leash & safety systems
• Piloting in the wind window & power zone,

            Understanding key areas and safety

• Walk accross the wind with kite to simulate traction
• Simulate change of direction using a top turn
• Untwisting lines while kite is flying

1-D  Foils-Bar & Handles

• Landing the kite alone
• Safety packdown

1-E   General Information on flying locations

• Understanding of weather & wind
• Understanding the dangers of wind effects

1-F   Foil kites

• Incident simulation-Control kite & leash out when fallen over.

1-G  S.E.A

• basic locations & conditions asessment before you fly

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        network of training centres and instructors go to

                            www.ikorg.com

• Carry & setup the lines & kite
• Determine the wind direction, upwind & downwind
• Fly a small trainer kite on the wind window edge &

            maintain it close to the ground

• Know how to stop the kite power in case of a problem

           Be aware that the kite leash must be worn at all times

1-B

• Be aware of the area where the kite can crash

            downwind of the pilot

• Recover the kite & secure it on land
• Position the kite on request from 9 to 3 oclock on the

            wind window edge

• Launch the kite with an assistant & choose the right

            angle to the wind

• Fly the kite in the power area without crashing it
• Twist & untwist the lines while the kite flies
• Land the kite with the help of an assistant

1-C

• Fly the kite hooked into the harness
• Fly hooked into the harness with one hand
• Activate the chicken loop quick release

1-D

• Perform a downwind course by bodydragging & using the power of the kite

• Have control in the water and enter & exit the water

            alone

1-E

• Relaunch the kite from the water
• Wind the lines in the water & recover the kite
• Perform a self rescue in deep water
• Identify potential wind obstacles creating lift or

            downdraft and be able to define the wind direction

• Understand the dangers of practicing with onshore 

            and offshore wind

 INTERMEDIATE KITEBOARDER PROGRAM

• Define if the practice area is safe for practice
• Set up & check equipment alone (kite, lines & bar

2-G

• In the water, body drag while creating constant power with the kite on one side of the wind window & then on other side. Go away from

       the shore, go downwind and then back to the      shore

• Body drag whiile practicing the power stroke on one

           side of the window then the other

• In the water, control the kite with one hand while

           hooked into the harness, keeping it stable

2-H

• Know the water start theory: board & body

           positioning & kite flying

• Recover the board in deep water, position the feet in the footstraps and keep the position while flying

             the kite

2-I

• Stand up on the board & ride while moving the kiteup & down

• Set up an inflatable 4/5 line kite alone & check its

           properly done

• Fly an inflatable 4/5 line kite hooked in. Activate the safety systems of a 4/5 line bar

• Adjust a 4 line kite while using the movement of the bar. (Sheeting in & out)

• Adjust the trim system of a 4/5 line kite to avoid it

           flying backward, & to adjust the power

INDEPENDENT KITEBOADER PROGRAM

LEVEL 3 J-N

3-J

• Know the right of way rules
• Ride away from shore & come back to the shore

3-K

• Edge on the heel and toe side to change course
• Accelerate by edging down & moving the kite
• Stop by edging
• Be able to keep an edge

3-L

• Ride away from the shore& come back to the starting point   
  

• Consistently ride upwind

3-M

• Recover the board by body dragging upwind
• Ride a Twin Tip
• Change Direction

3-N

• Know the theoretical approach to jumps
• Perform a small jump and land it