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[o clone]

Hello Christopher

Thanks for the email. It would be great if we can work together since there is a lot of work to be done helping all the riders get well organized. But first let me clarify some points. First is not my international riders association but an association of most of the top pro riders in the world, including Mark Shin, Anne Laure Pégon, Sebastien Cattelan, and Jason Furnes. (all members of your committee). They all joined on their own in the hope we can create better events. I am just acting as their speaker, and all issues are resolved within the riders and not me. When I heard about the KWA at the end of August I contacted you immediately so we could work together on the enormous task of compiling and communicating the riders needs. this is your replied to me:

Hi Mauricio,

Sorry, I didn't reply you back sooner, because I couldn't, it was difficult.

About the riders association, I am already involved in such an organization. At the beginning of the year 2001, we made the KWA, Kiteboard World Association, I am President, and the committee is Sebastien Cattelan, Mark Shinn, Anne Pegon, Jaime Oru, Ben Handbury, Jason Furness.

Our goal, basically was to set up a race rules book, which is now followed on every events of KPWT, and to teach judges in order to get a pool a "professional judges". WE have now like 8 people available who are working as jury on each event of KPWT.

We have a bank account, an E-mail address (kwaboardrider@hotmail.com), our information's are published into a couple of kiteboard magazines, and we are now building a website.

That is just for you to know that I am already pretty busy dealing with some riders' interests, and I can tell you that it's not easy to understand riders' expectations.

But If you want to do so, I can just push you and Andrea to do it, that's definetely a good point for our sport.

So, Mauricio, just let me know what's going on when you set up that rider's organisation.

Looking forward to hear from you soon, Christopher.



As you requested I let you know what was going on with the KPWT one month ago. with the following letter:



Hello Christopher.

Thanks for answering. I hear rumors about the existence of the Kiteboard World Association but I wasn't sure it was working or not. That was part of the reason I contacted you in the first place.
I definitively think is good to have an association and I know is extremely hard work to try to attain to all the rider's needs. That is why I think we should join our efforts to make thinks easier for everyone.
I don't think the association should only work with one event organizer, but work with all the potential events organizers and impose sanctions with rules and requirements for the event to be fulfill in order for that event to have a good standard and be counted for an overall world title. I think that is the best way for the sport to develop and be fair to all the riders. If we just allow someone else like BMC or the KPWT to run all the events, then the riders don't have any saying on what is expected from an event. On the other hand if we contact any potential event organizer and give them a list of what is expected in order for the best riders in world to show up for their event, then, the riders have more control over the event, and we can have more quality events, with an uniform set or rules, qualified judges, specific disciplines, good price money, good safety, good facilities, and good media distribution.

You will receive the first email I am sending to about 120 riders, in the one I am explaining a bit what are we trying to attain.

I will keep you posted of our developments, but please keep me posted of yours, and like I said maybe we can work together towards the same goal.

Aloha

Mauricio Toscano




With that I attached the letter of invitation to join that was sent to all Riders. I didn't hear from you until now, and you have not tell me of any developments in the KWA. So obviously we are lacking communication and we need to do that in order for us to work together towards the same goal.

We are not trying to divide the kiteworld but on the contrary to unite it, and give riders a say on what they want in a contest and help event organizers to have quality events while at the same time making it worthwhile for riders to go. We are willing to work with any event organizer and even BMC has acknowledge that fact, and might work with us as an event organizer for one of the stops.
We also want to work with other events that can't meet the requirements to be a world cup event, by having them being a riders' recognised event, and a qualifier event for a world cup event.
The KWA has only being working with one event organizer, Fred Gravoile of the Kiteboarding Pro World Tour. In the contrary the PKRA has communicated to all event organizers the willing to work with them.
So Christopher, yes we only want to have one association and one World Tour, but for that we need to work together. Andreya and I need all the help we can get from anyone that wants to be involved, and that clearly indicates you. The first step towards that would be to give us your opinion on what event organizer's requirements you don't agree, (ahead of the times) and then put those points to a vote by all members of the rider's organizations. That is the way the we have being taking all decisions until now. We need to that as soon as possible since the new year is coming and event organizers are planning things.

Let me know if you want to do that or if you have a better plan. I hope we can unite and work together towards the same goal.

Aloha

Mauricio Toscano

[o clone]

le premier message est du 12 novembre 2001 et le second du 13 novembre 2001. le premier message était aussi envoyé en anglais.
voilà bonne lecture

[keam]

ça c'est de la source !!! o'clone tu fait une thèse que les conflits KPWT/PKRA pour gareder ces mails !!!!! merci en tou cas

[o clone]

non je ne fais pas de thèse sur le sujet mais comme ma boite mail contient 1 giga, je ne l'ai quasiment jamais vidée...et puis ce genre de message est toujours intéressant à garder dans un coin au cas où. ça me permet de me remémorer ce que j'avais oublié depuis. comme par exemple l'existence du BMC tour en 2001 dont Martin Vari était le champion du monde quand Sudrat l'était sur le KPWT. je croyais me souvenir que c'était déjà le PKRA, mais non le premier tour PKRA était bien en 2002.. l'année Mark Shinn
en tout cas rien n'a évolué depuis pour qu'il n'y ait qu'un seul tour.
le PKRA semble être devenu un tour et non plus seulement une association qui valide des épreuves organisées par d'autres comme cela semblait être prévu initialement.
probablement car ils ne se sont pas entendu ni avec le BMC, ni avec le KPWT...

[keam]

si on t'a envoyé le mail tu étais dans le worl pro tour

[o clone]

oui, enfin sur une épreuve. j'avais participé à la finale du KPWT au Brésil en 2001

[keam]

et pour le PKRA 07 ça se présente comment ? je plaisante...

[fly62]

retour du KPWT sur dunkerque peut etre retour au source (année 2000)

[Ben5931]

Dans un de ses interview j'avais cru comprendre qu'il souhaitais faire quelques étapes du PKRA en plus du KPWT ? aurait il le droit ???

[o clone]

ben je crois pas à moins que les règles changent. c'est lui même qui disait qu'il ne pouvait pas faire les 2. cela dit l'an dernier il a fait 2 étapes du pkra dont une où il a battu Lenten au 1er tour....mais bon Lenten était blessé.
à suivre en tout cas car ce serait bien de le voir se frotter aux autres et notamment à Etienne et Mallory...