Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:04
TIGHT BATTLE ON TOP FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS
Another windy, wet and wild day on the water for the 65 young athletes competing at the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World Championship in Gizzeria, Italy. Yesterday’s very strong breeze kept on blowing during the night and picked up as the sun came out in the morning. It was still more than 20 knots average when the first kiters showed up on the beach at Hang Loose Beach, with gusts of 25 and waves. It lightened up as the day went by and all of the three fleets finished four fair and fun races and the…
Wednesday, 14 July 2021 21:22
TOUGH CONDITIONS ON DAY ONE FOR THE 65 YOUNG COMPETITORS
Day one of the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A's Youth Foil Individual World Championships was nothing but easy, the 65 young kiters had to face strong winds over 25 knots and really big waves. Most of them found it fun and got back ashore in between races with a big smile on their faces, while for the younger and lighter ones in the fleets it was a bit more challenging to stay on the board in the wavy sea state. But all of them went on the water for four tough races, it was a real baptism of fire of the five-day World…
Tuesday, 13 July 2021 21:50
2021 FORMULA KITE U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS START TOMORROW IN GIZZERIA
The first event of the KiteFoil World Series has just finished last Sunday, and the beach in Gizzeria, Italy, is filling up with young eager athletes ready to battle it out on the race course to win the 2021 Formula Kite U19 and A’s Youth Foil World titles.65 U19 riders have gathered from 25 countries in the south of Italy, at the Hang Loose Beach, one of the best spot in Europe for the sport, for the 2021 event. The conditions here are spectacular, the wind blows regularly from north-west leaving the water flat, it so happened last week for the first of five events of the KiteFoil…
Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:31
Registration open for 2021 Formula Kite World Championships
Registration is now open for the 2021 Formula Kite World Championships, to be held 11-17 October 2021 in Torregrande, Sardinia, Italy. The maximum entry quota is 100 men (3 fleets) and 70 women (2 fleets). https://www.kiteclasses.org/events/upcoming-events IKA paid-up members ONLY may register athletes in stages as follows: Until 16 August 2021, 1200 (noon) UTC: any competitor (by name) ranked in the top 10 of the World Rankings as of that date; plus up to 2 competitors per country. Until 23 August 2021, 1200 (noon) UTC: countries that have registered 2 competitors may register one additional competitor on a first come-first…
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Thursday, 17 June 2021 10:38
IOC confirms individual men's and women's Miteboarding medals for Paris 2024
World Sailing have been informed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the IOC Executive Board have approved Men's and Women's Kiteboarding (Formula Kite) for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. The Men's and Women's Kiteboarding Events will replace the Mixed Kiteboarding and Mixed Offshore Events that were democratically selected by World Sailing's members. The decision was taken at the meeting of the IOC Executive Board today, Thursday 10 June 2021 in Lausanne, Switzerland following a recommendation from the IOC Programme Commission.
Friday, 14 May 2021 16:56
World Sailing selects individual men's and women's kiteboarding events as preferred alternative for Paris 2024
World Sailing's Council today selected individual kiteboarding events for men and women as the preferred alternative choice, should the planned double handed mixed offshore event not be approved by the IOC Executive Board in their session 8 - 10 June 2021. The vote followed a week of discussion in the Events and Equipment committees, where delegates had the choice between 15 alternative event submissions put forward by World Sailing members and class association.
Monday, 07 December 2020 18:18
IOC confirms Paris 2024 programme including Mixed Kiteboarding
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today approved the Event Programme and Athlete Quotas for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. In accordance with the recommendations of the Olympic Programme Commission, the main features of Paris 2024’s Olympic programme include: Exactly 50 per cent male and female participation, following on from the gender equality already achieved for Tokyo 2020, which will have 48.8 per cent female participation. Growth of mixed gender events, from 18 to 22, compared to Tokyo 2020. Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and breaking confirmed as additional sports based on a proposal by Paris 2024.…
Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:38
Agenda and submissions for the 2020 Formula Kite Class Annual General Meeting
The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the IKA Formula Kite Class will be held on 15 November 2020 via Cisco Webex videoconferencing. The conference will be livestreamed to the Formula Kite Class facebook page.Date: Sunday, 15 November 2020Location: online via Cisco WebexStarting time: 16:00 UTC
Sunday, 20 September 2020 16:39
'SUPER SUNDAY' DELIVERS DELIGHT AND DESPAIR
As if they knew about it, the weather gods delivered absolute perfection today, creating ideal conditions for breathtaking competition as CONNOR BAINBRIDGE (GBR) and ELLIE ALDRIDGE (GBR) managed to win GOLD overall, despite a valiant effort from FLORIAN GRUBER (GER) and LEONIE MEYER (GER) who take SILVER, with GUY BRIDGE (GBR) and KATIE DABSON (GBR) completing the podium in 3rd. The Medal Race 3.0 format once again delivered action-packed racing today, with race 1 for semi final fleet A getting off in stellar conditions with wind at 11-16 knots at 1215. Around the first mark was an all French trio,…
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