What We Teach
We teach everyone from complete beginners through to advanced, below is a list of what we teach in the rough order that you'll learn it, this way you know what to expect and what to ask to be taught so you can learn when you have time to and at your own pace.
BEGINNER CONTENT
- Setting up kit
- Getting on the board
- Butterfly self-rescue
- Secure position
- Static turn
- Sailing position
- Steering
- Tacking
- Going upwind and improved tacking
- Going downwind
- Gybing
INTERMEDIATE CONTENT
- Fast forward formula
- Preparing to launch
- Getting going
- Planing
- Harness
- Footstraps
- Blasting control
- Steering
- Tacking
- Beach start
- Non-planing carve gybe
ADVANCED CONTENT
- Blasting control
- Heading upwind
- Upwind off the plane
- Strong-wind/Low volume board uphauling
- Waterstart
- Planing carve gybe
- Planing carve Skills
- Bump and Jump
EXTRAS
Not all instructors can teach everything on the list above. Beginner Instructors can teach everything in the ‘beginner content’. Intermediate and advanced instructors may have certain restrictions but will probably be able to give you advice on how to do something. Check with the committee that what you want to learn in the intermediate and advanced content sections can be taught by someone.