Professional Kiteboard Riders Association
The Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) is an international sports association for kitesurfing . The seat is in Barcelona (Spain) and the current president is Mauricio Toscano (Mexico).
organization
The association has been organizing the annual Kite World Tour since 2000 and organizes professional kitesurfing competitions. The association also chooses the kitesurfing world champion every year.
In 2009 the association joined the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA), which belongs to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) , which means that the kitesurfing competitions now take place under one roof. A total of eleven competitions will be held in ten countries around the world. The races are currently held in five disciplines:
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World championships
Freestyle
| year | World Champion | Second place | third place | world champion | Second place | third place |
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| 2013 |
 Alex pastor |
Marc Jacobs | Christophe Tack |
Gisela Pulido
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 Karolina Winkowska
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 Annabel van Westerop
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| 2012 |
Youri Zoon |
Alex pastor |
Kevin Langaree |
Karolina Winkowska
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 Bruna Kajiya |
Gisela Pulido
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| 2011 |
Youri Zoon |
Alex pastor |
Gisela Pulido
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Karolina Winkowska
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| 2010 |
 Andy Yates |
Alex pastor |
Gisela Pulido
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| 2009 |
Kevin Langeree |
Bruna Kajiya |
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| 2006 |
Gisela Pulido
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 Kristin Boese
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| 2005 |
Kristin Boese
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| 2004 |
Kristin Boese
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Wave
| year | World Champion | Second place | third place | world champion | Second place | third place |
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| 2012 |
Keahi De Aboitiz |
Jalou Langeree |
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| 2011 |
 Airton Cozzolino |
Ines Correia |
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| 2010 |
Guilly Brandao |
Gisela Pulido
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| 2009 |
 Jan Marcos Rivieras |
 Kari Schibevaag |
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| 2008 | Mitu Monteiro |
slalom
| year | World Champion | Second place | third place | world champion | Second place | third place |
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| 2012 |
 Julien Kerneur |
Katja Roose |
speed
| year | World Champion | Second place | third place | world champion | Second place | third place |
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| 2009 |
Alexandre Caizergues |
Melissa Gil |
Course racing
| year | World Champion | Second place | third place | world champion | Second place | third place |
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| 2013 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IKA and PKRA - Kitesurfing Associations are working together ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
