| 1 = Total beginner (on a long
or super-wide board). |
| 2 = Proficient
long or super-wide boarder. |
| 3 =
Learning to waterstart a transition
board. |
| 4 = Learning to put feet in footstraps, and
use of a harness. |
| 5 =
Learning to gybe. |
| 6 =
Confident gybing in 5.0 conditions
(choppy water conditions). |
| 7 = Proficient at gybing in 4.0 conditions
(shoulder high wave conditions). |
| 8 = Confident in most conditions, except in
3.5 + conditions (head high wave
conditions). |
9 = Confident in virtually all wind and wave
conditions, except being overpowered on a
3.0
(over head high rolling and
breaking waves). |
| 10 =
Advanced sailor who can handle all
sailing and wave conditions. |
