The Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) and the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) have announced today to enter a cooperation with immediate effect. The first sanctioned PKRA event under this new cooperation will be the PKRA KiteMasters Portimao in Portugal. As of this writing, a sanctioning and cooperation agreement has been signed by both parties, following [...]

The Expansion Commission and the Olympic Commission have been constituted as first IKA working parties. Now it is up to some specialists comittees to start working on the development of kiteboarding. While the Expansion Commission is intended to help new national class associations to be founded and to make a proper start into the organization [...]

PKRA News: PKRA’s Statement Regarding Unsuccessful IKA Agreement Hello, Based on the last response from the IKA and after consulting advice from our legal council the PKRA has decided to decline any further involvement from this mediation process. Therefore the PKRA will not be seeking IKA or ISAF sanctioning for our events nor will the [...]

“We regret to announce, that the PKRA has decided to go its own way instead of cooperating with IKA, KPWT and other organizers towards the unification of competition kiteboarding. The PKRA had stated in an earlier press release, that they recognize the IKA as governing body for kiteboarding…” Les hele saken her: Internationalkiteboarding.org

The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) and the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) came to an agreement regarding the issues raised by PKRA prior to joining the IKA. It will be noted that IKA was sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation as the worldwide governing body of kiteboarding. Les hele saken her: Internationalkiteboarding.org

The Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) and the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) finally agreed to meet in January to iron out issues and matters which the PKRA raised with the ISAF-sanctioned body. In a correspondence sent by IKA Executive Secretary Markus Schwendtner to PKRA Media Director Paul Caswell, the IKA agreed to meet in Berlin, [...]

Det har i det siste skjedd mye på konkurranse fronten. Kiting skal nå få en godkjent internasjonal konkurranse. “For the first time in history, the 2009 kiteboarding world championship title will be sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). This became possible by approving the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) as official class association during the [...]