2016 Kiteboarding World Championships – IKA unveils plan

by International Kiteboarding Association on 13 Oct 2015 Kiteboarding World Championships – The disciplines of Freestyle, Big Air, Wave and Slalom will all see a full series of events in the 2016 season, incorporating well-proven existing and fantastic new locations. The World Champions in each discipline will then be crowned at the last event of the season.

Events are planned to be held on all five continents, with the main focus remaining on the coveted Freestyle World Championship Title. Where conditions allow, Big Air, Wave and Slalom disciplines will complement most events programme. Some venues will only host individual discipline events to showcase the sport at its best and to take advantage of each locations prevailing conditions.

The decision to incorporate the IKA Kiteboarding World Championships for all disciplines became necessary after the tour promoter contract between IKA and PKRA had been terminated earlier this year. PKRA, currently operating under the name PKT/VKWC, had been contracted to operate the IKA World Championships through a tour in previous years. This cooperation ended on July 19, 2014.

IKA is currently negotiating final details of the 2016 events with current and new event organisers. Possible new venues include Turkey, Italy, the Middle East, Egypt, Cabo Verde and Australia.

A key focus is set on evolving the rules for the individual disciplines, as well as the judging criteria and judging systems which were controversially discussed in the 2015 season. IKA will collaborate with riders committees, industry representatives and event organisers to include all stakeholders input into the shaping of the sport and invites all parties to an open dialogue in the lead up to the 2016 competition season.

More details on the schedule and each disciplines details will be published soon.