Industry Responds ... and THANKS!!!

[RickI]

I would like to sincerely thank the following leaders from the kiteboarding industry for taking the time to express their opinions in the recent kiteboarding training standardization and certification questionnaire. The response was impressive with 45 industry members responding from
a wide spectrum of kiteboarding concerns and from around the world. Some interesting trends have appeared in the analysis which is still ongoing. Preliminary impressions will be posted separately.

Thanks again to the following individuals for your thoughts and leadership in this great sport:

Mike Anthenelli
The Kite Loft
Ocean City, MD, USA

ERIC BEAUDONNAT
IKO
Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Frederic Bene
IKO
Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Tobias Braeuer
X-Shooter High Performance Kiteboards
Bad Oldesloe, Germany

Hunter Brown
Blowing in the Wind
Wilmington, NC, USA

John Bryja
SBC Media/ SBC Kiteboard Magazine
Toronto, ON, Canada

Captain Kirks Inc.
San Pedro, CA, USA

JEFF CHANG
OFFDALIP.COM, HKA
Honolulu, HAWAII
USA

Marina Chang
Kitexcite
Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Les Crichton
Gorge Animal
HOOD RIVER, OR
USA

ART DERVAES
FOX WATERSPTS.
BUXTON, NC
USA

Jason Falcone
Mid-Atlantic Kiteboarding Assoc.,Inc.
(MAKA, Inc.)
Rehoboth Beach, DE, USA

GILLES FUMAT
BUMP & JUMP
ISLAMORADA, FLORIDA, USA

Stein Erik Gabrielsen
The Fish Creek Kiteboarding Club
Fish Creek, WI, USA

Brett Gibson
Mid-Atlantic Kiteboarding Assoc.,Inc.
(MAKA, Inc.)
Alexandria, VA, USA

Neil Godbold
Paracademy/BKSA
Weymouth,Dorset,England,UK

Andy Heaton
KiteHIGH Inc.
Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

GAVIN HIRSCHAUSEN
Geraldton, AUSTRALIA

Rick Iossi
Florida Kitesurfing Assoc., Inc., (FKA)
Boynton Beach, FL, USA

Dan Johnson
Airush
Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA

DAVID KAY
DECAY KITEBOARDS
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND

Martin Kirk
Kiteboarding School of Maui / HKA
Kahului, Maui, HI, USA

Chris Kjos
KitesurfUSA.com / FKA
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

Jenny Koehler
Southern California Kitesurfing Assoc. (SCKA)
Seal Beach, CA, USA

Greg Kuklinski
KiteKraft, LC / NEXT-USA / FKA
Fort Pierce, FL, USA

Rob Laurin
Trident Performance Sports
Vancouver, BC, Canada

RYAN LEVINSON
WEST COAST KITEBDING
SAN DEIGO, CA
USA

Kent Marinkovic
Adventure Sports, Inc.
Miami, FL, USA

Darren Marshall
Australian Kiteboarding School
Sydney, Australia

Chris Moore
Kitty Hawk Kites Kite Surfing School/PASA
Nags Head, NC, USA

Bill Morrissey
Da Kine, Inc.
Hood River, OR, USA

Claudia & Christopher Nygard
KiteGirl
Hood River, OR, USA

John Penxa
Seattle Kiteboarding Association
Seattle, WA, USA

Michael Percy
Sea & Sky Sports / FKA
Ft. Walton Beach, FL, USA

Mike Portman
Freshwatersurf Shop
Racine, WI, USA

Royce Reid
KitesurfPR
Santurce, Puerto Rico, USA

CHRISTOPHER RIBOT
Miami Kiteboarding School
Miami, FL, USA

Ryan Riccitelli
Kiteboarding Magazine
Winter Park, FL

Dr. Frank Schuett
SkyWalk GmbH & Co. KG /
FlySurfer Kites & Equipment
Grassau (TS), Germany

Martin Van Soolingen
Champfer, SWITZERLAND

Eddie Toy /Daryl Drown
Extreme Kites
St. Augustine, FL, USA

David Turner
Lightwave Kiteboarding, Inc.
Fair Oaks, CA , USA

Gian Vittorio, Max Galtarossa, Nik Airoldi
Loose Board SAS
Trontano, Italy

Jeff Weiss
Kitemare.com,/ 3-2-1 Kite School / FKA
Daytona Beach Shores, FL, USA

Brian Wilson
Suntrax
Capetown, South Africa

See you at Surf Expo!
Rick Iossi

[Toby]

pretty poor that the big names are missing.