True North Rally Academy
Nine core modules, in one progression: introduce, teach, combine, practise, demonstrate.
From GPS rider
to confident rally navigator.
Core modules
09
Practice
At competence points
Devices
Any
Stage
00
01 / How the Academy works
A training system built around riding, not watching. Practice to competence.
Read
01
Understand the instruction before the decision point.
Ride
02
Apply it on a practice roadbook, in real terrain.
Recover
03
Know what to do when the information stops matching.
02 / Curriculum
M01 → M09
M01
01 / 09Understand what a roadbook is, how one instruction is structured, how successive instructions describe a route, and how roadbook information is used together with the terrain to make a navigation decision.
Recovery focus
Foundation rule only: if the roadbook and what you see stop making sense together, stop navigating on an assumption.
M02
02 / 09Read a tulip accurately: identify the junction type, the approach, the intended exit and the detail that distinguishes one plausible junction from another.
Recovery focus
Recognise a junction that only partly matches the drawing.
M03
03 / 09Use total and partial distance as working instruments: reset with discipline, recognise drift and correct it at reliable reference points.
Recovery focus
Verify distance before deciding whether to continue.
M04
04 / 09Use heading as an independent confirmation of a decision, and check direction before committing to an instruction that is expensive to undo.
Recovery focus
Verify heading before continuing.
M05
05 / 09Read notes and danger information early, translate them into an expectation, and change your preparation before the hazard instead of at it.
Recovery focus
Assess danger before starting any correction.
M06
06 / 09Hold two mental positions — the instruction you are confirming and the instruction you are preparing — and keep reading, expecting, acting and confirming running as one continuous cycle.
Recovery focus
Keep enough attention free to notice that something is wrong.
M07
07 / 09Compare expectation against observation signal by signal, read the disagreement between them, name the situation as confirmed, uncertain or not a match, stop advancing when confirmation fails, and identify the last instruction you genuinely confirmed.
Recovery focus
Recognise the error and identify the last confirmed instruction.
M08
08 / 09Stop adding unconfirmed decisions, name the last confirmed instruction as your anchor, reconstruct the break, return to a point you can positively identify where that is safe and permitted, re-establish distance and direction only once the place is confirmed, rebuild the expectation and rejoin until the route is behaving again.
Recovery focus
The complete recovery procedure.
M09
09 / 09Navigate a complete practice route unaided, including at least one recovery, and debrief it accurately.
Recovery focus
Recover unaided and continue.
03 / How the course progresses
Practice roadbooks are placed at competence points, where several taught skills combine — not after every module.
01
Introduce
Understand the roadbook system and the navigation loop.
02
Teach
One instrument at a time: tulips, distance, heading, notes and dangers.
03
Combine
Run everything together, at riding pace.
04
Practise
Recognise uncertainty and recover deliberately.
05
Demonstrate
Navigate a complete route unaided.
04 / Recovery
Recovery is introduced in M01, recognised in M07 and taught as a complete procedure in M08.
You learn to recognise that distance, heading and terrain no longer agree, verify what you actually know, identify your last confirmed position and rejoin the roadbook deliberately. The full protocol is taught inside the modules.
05 / Device agnostic
Learn the navigation logic, then apply it to whatever you ride with. No device is the default here.
06 / Who it’s for
07 / Academy access
Course 01 — Core Navigation. Course 02 — Advanced — Competitive Rally Navigation. Both packages are one-time purchases.
Course 01
€199
One-time purchase
Course 01 + Course 02
€299
One-time purchase
Buying Core + Advanced does not open Advanced straight away. Advanced opens after Core Navigation Demonstrated, which requires passing the Final Navigation Assessment. Completing M09 alone does not open Advanced.
Purchasing opens soon
Academy access
Rider accounts are open. Checkout is not connected yet; when it is, it will be announced here first.
Academy access →