As originally announced by the IKA on February 8, 2011, male riders ranked top 8 and female riders ranked top 4 in the 2010 IKA Wave World Ranking and the 2011 PKRA Wave Ranking (events before the first KSP event) will automatically be offered entry to the 2011 KSP Tour.

All riders that had qualified through the 2010 ranking were noified by the KSP and were asked to confirm their participation on the Kite Surf Pro circuit 2011 before June 1, 2011.

Following the official cancellation of the PKRA Wave event, which was scheduled to take place on Tenerife in August, the list of pre-qualified KSP Tour riders, through the 2011 PKRA ranking, has now been determined and includes the following riders:

Male:

Keahi De Aboitiz (AUS)
Fabio Nunez (BRA)
Filippe Ferreira (BRA)
Abel Lago (ESP)
Airton Cozzolino (ITA)
Mauricio Pedreira (BRA)
Thomas Paris (FRA)
Tom Hebert(FRA)

Female:

Kari Schibevaag (NOR)
Angela Peral (ESP)
Nuria Goma (ESP)
Almundena Naranjo (ESP)

While these riders are pre-qualified for the KSP through their 2011 PKRA ranking, they will still need to secure their spot on this year's Kite Surf Pro Tour by accepting their tour license BEFORE July 1, 2011. The listed riders above who have not already done so are asked to please contact us at info@kspworldtour.com to request their access to the private "Riders Area" on the KSP website where they can purchase their tour license and officially secure their spot on the 2011 KSP World Tour.

The Tour License of 500 Euros includes the registration fees for all three 2011 KSP events as well as the KSP membership fee and is designed to ensure that riders are committed to compete in all events, resulting in a full ladder of riders at each venue. Should a rider be unable to take part in one or more of the events due to injury or personal issues, he/she will receive a refund of 120 Euros as long as he/she notifies the KSP one month prior to the event or in time for the KSP to notify one of the "Alternate Riders" to take his/her spot.

Please note: Any pre-qualified rider who fails to secure his/her spot before July 1, 2011 will lose their right to participate on the 2011 KSP tour and their spot will go into the wild-card-pot.

Due to the fact that the KSP does not possess all of the email addresses or direct contact information of each individual pre-qualified rider, we ask everyone reading this release to please spread the word, post it on public forums or forward it directly to the pre-qualified riders.