News - Technical

Ozone has registered a new set of bridles for the recent R1V5 model. Bridles are available through the retail network with an eligible date of 20 March 2025 (before Palma). For details and technical data please see https://www.kiteclasses.org/equipment/registered-equipment/bridle-system-updates Read more...

The updated lists of registered equipment, which can be used from 10 August 2024 onwards, have been published. The next event where the new equipment may be used, is the Asian Championship from 17-22 September (Daishan, CHN), the Youth Europeans from 7-13 October (Torregrande, ITA), and the Pan American Championships from 10-15 December (Sao Luis, BRA). Kites: https://www.kiteclasses.org/equipment/registered-equipment/kites Hydrofoil Systems:… Read more...

The IKA Technical Committee has approved the registration of the following equipment items as "Registered Series Production Equipment" for the LA 2028 quadrennium (in aplhabetical order): Chubanga SRL Mast V3 (continued) Glider V3 (continued) Mast V5 Glider V4 Glider V4W DC Performance / Flying Sardine Mast RM106 (continued) Mast RM110 (continued) Glider Flow V2 Geislinger GmbH / Levitaz Mast R5 V1 (continued) Mast R5 V2 (continued) Frontwing R5 V1 (continued) Frontwing R5-S (continued) Mast R6… Read more...

The IKA Technical Committee has approved the registration of the following equipment items as "Registered Series Production Equipment" for the LA 2028 quadrennium: North Actionsports Group B.V. / North Kiteboarding Formula 19m - FOR MEN ONLY Formula 17m Formula 15m Formula 13m Formula 11m Formula 10m Formula 9m Formula 8m All new equipment items will be integrated into the list of registered production equipment shortly. They can be used in Formula Kite competition after the conclusion of the… Read more...

The class rules, reflecting the changes agreed on at the last AGM end of 2023, have been approved and published at https://www.kiteclasses.org/images/documents/classrules/AYF-CR-2024-05-01.pdf The main updates relate to any hulls and any commerically available bars may be used. Read more...

The IKA Technical Committee has approved the registration of the following equipment items as "Registered Series Production Equipment" for the LA 2028 quadrennium (in alphabetical order): Element Kiteboarding GmbH Flash 21m Flash 19m Flash 15m Flash 11m Ozone Kites Ltd R1V5 21m R1V5 19m R1V5 15m R1V5 14m R1V5 11m R1V5 10m R1V5 9m R1V5 8m Skywalk GmbH & Co. KG / Flysurfer Kiteboarding VMG3 21m VMG3 19m VMG3 15m VMG3 11m VMG3 9m All new equipment items will be integrated into the list of… Read more...

Flying Sardine has registered a new bridle system (same matrix, adjusted length) and a speed system with "arc control" for Flysurfer VMG kites. The new equipment is eleigible to use in competition from 12 July 2024 onwards. Read more...

World Sailing has published the updated Class Rules for the IKA KiteFoil Open Class at https://www.sailing.org/classes/ika-kite-foil/#Documents Main changes include the requirement that impact vests comply with personal floatation device standards. Read more...