Kite control before deep water

Here are my thought's about the priorities and learning if you don't have a partner to launch and rescue

1. Relaunching without touching ground
2. Relaunching light wind
3. Relaunching with the board
4. One handed relaunch
5. Relaunching with waves
6. Relaunching after QR
7. Self rescue
8. Sand surfing

Ok here I'm sitting at my desk Monday morning writing a blog...if you want to learn kite surfing or anything you need the correct environment setup first..

1. safety
2. fail without damage or cost
3. fail and know and know why you fail

Well the third point is important as failing itself is not enough to learn something quickly...you should know why you fail and this will provide feedback for learning further

Why deep water at all if you cannot control your kite properly..well the thought is that deep water train your brain to handle the extra stress and improve problem solving skills because you are constantly moving with the current ...relaunching without touching the ground is much harder than I thought before specially when the wind strength is marginal
What's idea here? Well if you want to learn riding on the board you need disaster recovery and relaunch under your belt first.  Relaunch is easy while in knee deep water but while swimming against a current its a different kettle of fish altogether.  Know your limitations and plan conditions to try going on the board.

17/09/2017 update---
Relaunching is harder in deep water if you don't have a board to create resistance against the pull of the kite. Square your board and aggressive pull on one line whilst keeping the bar out.  as the kite comes out of the water release line slowly and lean back against the board so you won't get lifted up.  In strong winds steer the kite to the edge on the wind window before launching.
In really light winds try pulling the 5th line to make kite fall on its back.  In shallow water run towards the kite whilst pulling the font lines.