Just read this very interesting article:
The IKA is happy to announce that the International Sailing Federation today has confirmed that Fuerteventura will go ahead as part of the 2015 Freestyle World Championship Tour.As per ISAF regulations, IKA is the sole owner of the Freestyle and Big Air World Titles and will run the event in Fuerteventura together with the local organizing team.The judging panel will be Ian Sleuyter, Bas Koole , Eric Rienstra, Bruno Correia and Alex Tack plus one more pro judge TBC. There will be strict regulations to prevent conflict of interest when judging mens and womens heats.
Head Judge will be Leonard Rose.
<div class="text_exposed_show">Olaf van Tol will be the contest director and we are happy to announce that we got Toby Bromwich back in as our core photographer. Alexander James Lewis Hughes will join him on the media side.The judging team together with IKA intends to make several improvements to the judging system.
The core message is to give the sport back to the riders and get all stakeholders together to grow this fantastic sport. See you all in Fuerteventura for a great event !
Sounds as though the the IKA stripped vkwc from their insurance rights and have now created there own new world tour. The sport is now heading back in the right direction by the looks of things... Virgin invested a fair bit of money into the world tour and it's gone within a few months.
What does everyone else think?
Hopefully they get livestream back as well. The vkwc wasn't really an improvement on the pkra although I think the big air event was a good addition for the spectators. Also it was pretty bad how they changed the scoring telling the riders at the first event and a with no rider input. Also the comp was pretty much run by Best kiteboarding which is not the best sign for a fair competition. I though the virgin made a deal with the ISAF?
I feel sorry for the riders and how they have been messed around.
