PKRA 2010 developement

annie · 2009-12-04T14:10:53.000Z

Dear Riders After the PKRA final event of the year in New Caledonia we had a quick riders meeting to inform the riders of the developments of the year, and to discuss possible developments on the freestyle rules for the 2010 season. Below is a brief summary of the meeting. As most of you know the during 2009 the PKRA became a member of IKA - ISAF, in an attempt to contribute to standardize kiteboarding competitions, and grow the sport. After the initial disagreements that PKRA and IKA had at the begging of the year, we finally found a good formula to work together, and since then, things have been developing in a very positive way. One of the changes that the IKA has brought up to the PKRA is the expansion of the riders committee (rules committee under IKA) to include non professional riders to make the decisions about the developing of the freestyle competition rules. I know most of you don't agree this is the right way, since nobody knows more about how the rules should be than the pro riders, but on the other hand it brings another perspective that sometimes pro riders don't see. However because of this development, it is more important that ever that the PKRA riders in the rules committee represent all of you the right way and represent the views of the majority of the riders and not only their own personal views. It is also crucial that these riders get involved in all the discussions about the 2010 rules, until they are set. If they all do then the rules will go on the direction of the PKRA riders but if they dont, then non pro riders will have most of the say in the rules. At the moment the PKRA riders in the committee were voted at the beginning of the year in Leucate and these are, Aaron Hadlow, Bruna Kajiya, and Randy Hereman. All of them have contribute their ideas this year, some more than others but they know what has being going on. The rest of the rules committee apointed by IKA are: Pedro Markos (PKRA judge from Portugal) Caroline Dubi (PKRA judge from France), Ian Young (ex-KPWT head judge from Australia), Martyn Hogg (British tour rider), and Myself. If the 3 PKRA riders and myself stick together on where we want the sport to go, then we can still develop the right rules as we have done in the past. In New Caledonia it was agreed to have elections to either reelect the current PKRA riders in the committee or to appoint new ones. therefore I will be accepting nominations for the new election until the 10th of December. Below is what the IKA rules committee has discussed over the last few months, and some ideas gathered at the New Caledonia Meeting with all riders. 1. IMPROVEMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE CURRENT JUDGING CRITERIA. A: Old School Tricks. Old school tricks were discussed, with the intention of seeing if riders would accept to have them in competition. CONCLUSION: Do not implement mandatory old school tricks. Leave as a second discipline or show discipline. B: Mandatory Media Session. This was proposed in the IKA rules committee discussions and most riders in New Caledonia though it would be a good idea to have them, provided they are done after the freestyle competition is finished. We will come up with a formula and format on how to do this. C: Second Disciplines. It was decided that the rules for all possible second disciplines should be drafted, so everybody knows in advance the rules for each specific second discipline and therefore train in advance for them. D: Trick List. A cataloged trick list with its difficulty was proposed on the IKA rules committee discussion, but as most of you know we have attempted to do that for years without success, because the different wind conditions, styles and ways to do the trick make this task impossible to do. E: Trick Difficulty: Difficult to define since it is a subjective issue and subject to different opinions, what could be very difficult for one rider might not be for another. Generally it is, but not always and depending on who you talk to. Also wind strength has a very big influence on trick difficulty. For example a kite loop on 15 knots will be much easier than a kiteloop on 40 knots. I am not really sure how to tackle this point. As Pedro pointed out there are too many variable on trick difficulty. I think the best way to approach this issue is the way that is currently done, which is having experienced well informed professional judges who are involved on everything the top riders are doing. 2. IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM BETTER SO THE JUDGES CAN DO A BETTER JOB. A: Head Judge Watching the Entire heat. The only way this can be implemented is by having 3 â€œhead Judgesâ€ on the tower. The current problem goes as follows: During the early heats of the competition, for saving time reasons, the event is run with 4 riders out. A panel of 3 judges watches 2 riders and a different panel of 3 judges watches the other 2 riders. Watching 2 riders at the same time is already a difficult task since sometimes rider would jump at the sa

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