Le KRU a besoin de nous et de sous! Les riders sont toujours en train de travailler pour échapper à la main mise de l'IKA et la World Sailing. L'association des riders (notamment tous les champions du monde des dernières années...) a la volonté de créer son propre tour et a besoin de fond pour se lancer avec la première étape à Cabarete. Un appel aux dons est lancé, le rêve étant de devenir à terme un peu comme la WSL en surf. En tout cas, géré par les riders pour les riders! Et ça ça nous parle.
We need your help a little bit to start of the next chapter of Freestyle competition kiteboarding.
It,s a new step that will help create the new tour.
See what World Kiteboarding League has to say about it.
Over the last 12 years, kiteboarding has been one of the fastest growing water and action sports. Although we have seen a lot of positive growth over the years, we have also seen some elements which many people feel were not moving in the right direction. The World Tour in kiteboarding has encountered many difficulties throughout these years, and the Freestyle and Big Air disciplines were not able to be promoted to their full potential. The World Tour was not evolving in a positive way, and although there were many events around the World in top locations, there has always been a lot of room for growth and improvement. Kiteboarding has always been a very marketable sport, with amazing athletes, adrenaline fueled contests, and a powerful extreme sport image. It seems incorrect that with all of these positive factors, riders are still obliged to pay 150 euro registration fees for contests, and are not supported by a tour that wants to see a positive evolution of it's riders and contests.
The creation of the World Kiteboarding League was therefore an essential step to create independence for the riders, and an opportunity to have a World Tour that lives up the standard that this sport deserves. Supported by all of the Elite Kiteboarders around the world, and with a management team that consists of people who are more focused about the healthy development of the sport, rather than the economic benefit that it would bring. When you have a full team of riders and an organization that are focused on improving and creating an ultimate tour, all the elements are in place for positive change to happen.
It is valuable to look at the WSL and see the difficulties that they also previously encountered. They worked through the challenges and have come through stronger than ever, and this is also our aim with the World Kiteboarding League.
But the road to independence is not simple, and therefore we are reaching out to you! MaitaiGlobal is organizing our first event In Cabarete, Dominican Republic, this July! In order to make this happen Maitai have started a crowdfunding project. The Maitai group have been very supportive on our mission for independence and success! On the IndieGoGo website you can find the project and a variety of different options to help support our cause
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