Postby longwhitecloud » Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:42 am
Things can change, and do change, as they have done in the past.
It's currently an embarrasement to kitesurfing.
Support by kitesurfers, for kitesurfers! Sailing kite kooks not welcome, vultures and leeches are not welcome in our sport
They should be ashamed of threatening pro riders that could only just make ends meet by threatening bans if entering rival competitions to their own with prize money. This is exactly when many pro riders just gave up on world championship competition.
In many countries this anti competitive practice and is illegal.
" Kitesurfers represented by a picture of someone sailing"
yeah a kite is replacing a sail! that is why is has always be known as kitesurfing/ kiteboarding and not sailing. Learn some history about kiteboarding.. it never once was refered to as sailing until these leeches showed up.
Skateboarding and sup have been dealing with exactly the same issues regarding the olympics, all driven by a leech$ that seek to personally profit. Well it was a massive fail for snowboarding, they lost control of their own sport, didnt even want to enter olympic events, listen to the podcasts from the competitors in korea of how they were given one minute to decide to run the comp in dangerous conditions or it was cancelled. By a skier who didnt snowboard! ( president of FIS) Many riders ended up hurt! It is no joke.
just another example of what happens when you sell out, let in leeches, and try and control the wellbeing/safety of riders of one sport with another.
Huge liability for World Sailing, they don't know what they are getting themselves into and how serious the implications are of trying to manage one sports safety standards with anothers.
More than 50% of deaths and injuries in kiteboarding involves the flying aspect of the sport. This alone hardly makes kitesurfing sailing, and like said history shows otherwise. Even the inventor of kitesurfing Bruno Legaignoux say kitesurfing isnt sailing, and he is also a key player in IFKO that you like to discredit.
Support by kiteboarders for kiteboarders! From the very top down, to prevent serious problems down the line.
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longwhitecloud on Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:46 am, edited 1 time in total.