Just ordered an UGD Race, in the end I chose it because out of the handful of race boards in Ireland the majority are now UGD. Makes it a bit fairer racing on the same gear. Might pop over to UK races to get kicked about on the start line just for the experience. I see the dates on the BKSA site, ar...

Has anyone looked at the 2011 Underground Race? I'm looking for a competitive Race board & have been looking at the Aguera C59 because of its reputation and because of the 3 or 4 fin set up option. But if its going to take more tweaking to get it going I might shy away due to my lack of experience i...

congratulations to the French riders! :thumb: PKRA 2010 World Tour Results MEN’S RACING WORLD CHAMPIONS 1. Julien Kerneur (Takoon, FRA) 2. Olivier Dansin (North, FRA) 3. Bruno Sroka (Cabrinha, FRA) WOMEN’S RACING WORLD CHAMPIONS 1. Caroline Adrien (Cabrinha, FRA) 2. Kari Schibevaag (Ozone, NOR) 3. ...

Thanks for the explanation Patrick

Makes sense now

In practice when do kiters start giving room then? In practice, at least from my experience, if I need mark room, I will ask for it. I will give mark room if requested. On kiteboards (during summer) or skis/snowboards (during winter) races, we use up so little ground space that we can get close to ...

Thanks for posting up the rule but I found what I was looking for in the definitions part of the rule book which simply says:

Zone Not used.

Wow.
In practice when do kiters start giving room then? or is that a how long is a piece of string question?

Tom

Hi, I'm OK with most of the racing rules as I raced dingies before I got into Kiting but I have some questions about the application of sailing rules to kite course racing that I hope an experienced Kite racer can shed some light on. What do you use instead of the 2 boat length zone when determining...

Is it permitted to use a good old fashioned magnetic compass when kite racing?

If there is no rule against it I'd like to give it a try, they are very helpful in sailing when spotting headers and lifts.

Tom