The Coach Level 2 certificate is for IKO Level 1 Coaches who want to run Evolution Clinics and teach Evolution Courses with more students. This certificate also qualifies you to take more participants on IKO Adventures - downwinders, boat safaris and kite trips. Develop your skills, knowledge and experience to coach and lead kiters around the world.
IKO Fee: $90
IKO Center Fee: IKO Centers set their own prices but we recommend centers charge $250 for this course.
3-day course (up to five, depending on weather conditions)
You’re a IKO Coach Level 1, teaching Evolution Courses to one student at a time and you’re ready to take on more responsibility. Advance your career with the IKO Coach Level 2 Certificate so you can teach Evolution Courses with more students and run 5-day Evolution Clinics.
As a Coach Level 2, you can take more participants on downwinders, boat safaris and trips to the top kite destinations in the world. Lead unforgettable adventures and share your passion with more riders.
The Coach Level 2 certificate is your next step on the IKO Pro Training Path. Once you’ve gained enough experience as a Coach Level 2, you can apply to become a Coach Trainer and certify the next generation of coaches.
To make sure you qualify to take this course
To enroll in the course
Which takes place at an IKO Center
You need a smartphone (with a video stabilization app) or a waterproof video camera with 8x to 20x zoom (Go Pros aren’t permitted), a monopod or tripod, a helmet, an impact vest, a kite and a board. You’ll use this equipment during your coach course and to coach students.
Review the latest Assistant and Instructor Manuals and study each trick in the discipline you are certified as Coach Level 1 - Freeride, Freestyle, Wave Riding, Hydrofoil and Wing Foil. The tricks are listed in the Appendices of the Coach Level 1 Manual. Revisit your first aid and CPR course material. Study the Coach Level 2 Manual (which you will receive after enrolling in the course). Practice filming riders with your smartphone or your camera so that you can give students feedback. Ride as much as you can to improve your riding skills. A great Coach is a great rider.
Both Evolution Courses and Clinics train riders in the Evolution disciplines - wing foil, hydrofoil, freestyle, freeride and wave riding.
Evolution Courses usually take place over several hours and are taught by Level 1 Coaches (only one student at a time) or Level 2 Coaches (more than one student at a time).
Evolution Clinics take place over five days at an IKO Center and can only be run by Level 2 Coaches.
Yes, the $150 Coach Course fee allows you to get certified in as many Evolution Course disciplines as you want. You can get certified to teach up to five disciplines. The disciplines are Freeride, Freestyle, Wave Riding, Hydrofoil and Wing Foil.
After you record the videos, you upload the footage to your IKO profile so we can review it. Once the footage has been reviewed, we’ll contact you to let you know whether or not you passed. You must be recognizable in the video and the footage must be high quality and stabilized for it to be accepted. If your skills are not demonstrated clearly in the video because of poor quality recording (bad angle, water on the lens, etc.) the video will be rejected.
To lead IKO Adventures, you must be able to do all of the skills mentioned in the manual in the Freeride Evolution Course.
This is the first step in the course. Once you’ve submitted your payment and enrolled in the course, you must send us videos of yourself doing all of the tricks mentioned in the Evolution Course discipline/s you want to teach. Our training department will then contact you to confirm you have the riding level to become a coach.
You must complete two steps to get your Coach Level 1 certificate. Step one is a riding skills demonstration and step two is an exam. Both are completed online.
You must be a certified IKO Instructor (Level 1 or above) with active IKO membership and demonstrate in the video the following Level 1 to 4 Safety procedures and the following tricks in at least one of the Evolution Courses - Freeride, Freestyle, Wave Riding, Hydrofoil and/or Wing Foil.
Level 1 to 4 Safety Procedures:
Self-rescue
Self-launching
Self-landing
Level 5 – Freeride (to be a certified Freeride Coach)
¨ Ride blind
¨ Transition with back-roll
¨ Jump with various grabs
¨ Dark slide
¨ Downloop jibe
Level 5 – Freestyle (to be a certified Freestyle Coach)
¨ Transition with frontroll and grab
¨ Unhooked railey
¨ Surface handle pass
¨ Jump with kite-loop and land with down-loop
¨ Unhooked jump with grab
Level 5 – Wave Riding (to be a certified Wave Riding Coach)
¨ Jibe strapless
¨ Tack strapless
¨ Floater strapless
¨ Snap back strapless
Level 5 – Hydrofoil (to be a certified Hydrofoil Coach)
¨ Riding in any direction
¨ Jibe
¨ Tack
¨ Toeside riding
Level 5 – Wing Foil (to be a certified Wing Foil Coach)
¨ Ride upwind/downwind
¨ Foot change
¨ Jibes
¨ Tacks
Catching the swell
Only live course give access to a diploma.
The IKO Instructor diploma is valid for one year. Instructors must renew membership annually to have a valid diploma again.
