Training Guide
Learning to fly the WASZP sailboat
The WASZP is one of the most accessible ways into foiling — one sail, one sailor, and a boat that rewards time on the water like nothing else. This guide explains how USFoil HUBs take a new sailor from their first flights to race-ready performance, one signed-off skill at a time.
Why a pathway, not guesswork
Foiling progress is easy to feel and hard to measure. USFoil HUBs give every sailor the same national framework: your fitness benchmarks, your days on the water and your certification skills live in one profile, and your HUB coach signs off each step as you demonstrate it on the water. You always know exactly where you stand — and what comes next.
The three sailor levels
Level 1 — Novice
Getting foiling. You learn safe boat handling, stable flight in a straight line, and the core fitness and movement standards every WASZP sailor builds on. Your HUB coach signs off each skill as you demonstrate it.
Level 2 — Intermediate
Sustained flight and control. Tacks, gybes and mark roundings on the foil, growing days on the water, and fitness benchmarks that match the physical load of racing a WASZP sailboat.
Level 3 — Advanced
Race-ready performance. Consistent foiling manoeuvres under pressure, race conditioning, and the habits that prepare you for the North American Race Team and the Podium Team pathway.
What you track along the way
- Fitness sessions against youth and adult benchmarks — strength, aerobic, race conditioning, movement and mobility
- Days and hours on the water, logged in seconds from your phone
- Imported GPX, FIT, TCX and Vakaros VKX files from your sessions
- Coach comments with photos and video from your training
- Coach-signed certification skills at every level