International Kiteboarding Association

International Kiteboarding Association
Boat

Crew	1
Hull
LOA	max 190 cm
Beam	max 70 cm

The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA), is the only kiteboarding class inside the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).^[1] The IKA class rules fall in the category of a development class.

History

The International Kiteboarding Association was founded in April 2008 by Guillaume Fournier (two-time kiteboarding world champion), after the International Sailing Association (ISAF) had included the principle of surfers being propelled by a kite in the 'ISAF Equipment Rules of Sailing'.^[2] Kiteboarding was adopted in November 2008 as an ISAF international sailing class. An Executive Committee is re-appointed by the class AGM. The duties of the Executive Committee are to take care of the day-to-day business of the association, and to coordinate submissions from the sub-committees.

The Executive Committee is: - Chairman: Richard Gowers (GBR) - Vice-chairman: Bruno De Wannemaeker (BEL) - Executive Secretary: Markus Schwendtner (GER) - Board members: Mirco Babini (ITA), Olivier Mouragues (FRA), Adam Szymanski (POL) and John Gomes (USA).

Head of Communications and Public Affairs: Diego Massimiliano De Giorgi (ITA).

Disciplines

There are five disciplines with individual world rankings and world championships.^[3]

Freestyle (where performance is judged on individual expression and difficulty of tricks)
Course Racing (comparable to standard sailing regattas)
Kite Cross (riders compete in heats against each other, with the winners advancing to the next round)
Wave Riding (where performance is judged on wave selection and performance of manoeuvres on the wave)
Speed (with performance measured by the average speed over a fixed distance, usually 500 m)

Class growth

Around 30 national kite class associations are affiliated to the International Kiteboarding Association and active fleets exist in more than 65 countries.^[4]

Championships

Class Championships are run as 'one-off' competitions in the racing disciplines course racing, kite cross and speed, and as series of events for the expression disciplines freestyle and wave riding.

Tours

Professional Tour Operators exist that organize series of sanctioned events. These are:

PKRA: Series of events in freestyle, course racing and wave riding^[5]
KTE: European Freestyle Championship Series, also providing course racing events^[6]
KTA: Asian Freestyle Championship Series, also offering disciplines like Old School and Twin Tip Racing^[7]
KSP: Series of events in wave riding^[8]

Champions

Freestyle

2008/2013: Guillaume Fournier (FRA)
2011/2012: Youri Zoon (NED)
2010: Andy Yates (AUS) and Gisela Pulido (ESP)
2009: Kevin Langeree (NED) and Bruna Kayija (BRA)^[9]

Course racing

2012: John Heineken^[10](USA)and Erika Heineken (USA)^[11]
2011: John Heineken (USA)and Steph Bridge (GBR)^[12]
2010: Adam Koch (USA) and Kari Schibevaag (NOR)^[13]
2009: Sean Farley (MEX) and Steph Bridge (GBR)

Speed

2009 : Alexandre Caizergues (FRA) and Melissa Gil (PUE)

Wave riding

2012: Keahi De Aboitiz (AUS) and Jalou Langeree (NED)^[14]
2011: Airton Cozzolino (ITA) and Ines Correia (BRA)^[15]
2010: Guilly Brandao (BRA) and Gisela Pulido (ESP)
2009: Jan Marcos Rivieras (DOM) and Kari Schibevaag (NOR)
2008: Mitu Monteiro (CV)

Records

French kiteboarder Sebastien Cattelan became the first sailor to break the 50 knots barrier by reaching 50.26 knots on 3 October 2008 at the Lüderitz Speed Challenge in Namibia.^[16] Earlier in the event, on 19 September, American Rob Douglas reached 49.84 knots (92.30 km/h),^[17] becoming the first kitesurfer to establish an outright world record in speed sailing. Previously the record was held only by sailboats or windsurfers.

The outright sailing speed record has since been claimed by the French trimaran Hydroptère which, on 4 September 2009, reached a speed of 51.36 knots over 500 meters and 50.17 over a nautical mile in open ocean and only 25 to 30 knots of wind.^[18]

In October 2010, Rob Douglas became the outright speed world record holder on water powered by the wind with 55.65 knots, exceeding the previous record by more than four knots.^[19]

Olympic ambitions

Kiteboarding is included in a provisional slate for the ten available Olympic sailing medals, which was confirmed at the ISAF 2011 mid year conference. The provisional slate is as follows:^[20]

Men's Board or Kite Board - Evaluation
Women's Board or Kite Board - Evaluation
Men's 1P Dinghy – Laser
Women's 1P Dinghy - Laser Radial
Men's 2nd 1P Dinghy - Finn
Men's Skiff - 49er
Women's Skiff - Evaluation
Women's Keelboat - Elliott 6m
Mixed Multihull - Evaluation
Mixed 2P Dinghy (Spinnaker) – 470

In November 2012 ISAF reverted a previous decision in May 2012 in favour for Kite Board back to windsurfing for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Notes

External links

National Class associations

Manufacturers

External links

Classes of World Sailing

Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17

ISAF centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8

ISAF keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying 15 Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Micro Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Yngling

ISAF yacht classes	Class40 Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 International Maxi Association Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41

ISAF multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra Infusion SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16

ISAF windsurfer classes	Formula Experience Formula Windsurfing Funboard Kona Mistral Raceboard RS:One Speed Windsurfing Techno 293

ISAF kiteboarding classes	International Kiteboarding Association

International Radio Sailing Association classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre

Former ISAF classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Aloha Buzz C-Class Division I Division II Division III Elliott 6m Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mistral Junior Mumm 36 Nacra F18 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

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By sail-plan

Multihull vessels

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vessels
(by origin date)

Ancient	Boita Dhow Galley (Penteconter, Bireme, Trireme, Quadriremes, Tessarakonteres, Dromon) Junk Mtepe Uru

Medieval	Balinger Birlinn Cog Hulk Knarr Koch Kondura Longship Shitik

15th c.	Carrack Chinese treasure ship Caravel Hoy Trabaccolo

16th c.	Crommesteven Galiot Galleon Galleass Flyboat Fluyt Full-rigged pinnace Lorcha Man-of-war Patache Square-rigged caravel (round or de armada) Xebec

17th c.	Bermuda sloop Corvette East Indiaman Frigate Galeas Koff Pinisi Polacca Ship of the line

18th c.	Bilander Clipper (Baltimore Clipper) Gallivat Grab Gundalow 74-gun ship of the line Sloop-of-war Spéronare Trincadour

19th c.	Blackwall frigate Dutch clipper Down Easter Elissa Windjammer

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Recreational vessels

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