TommyDelly wrote:What kind of fees do you have to pay to IKO?
Also is there any other licence than IKO? I mean if you want to have your own kite school, do you have to be IKO certified or is there any other organization, where you can get your licence?
If you think you're "insured", perhaps you'd be kind enough to post a copy of the supposed "insurance" policy so that people who actually READ these things can determine if it ACTUALLY covers what you think it does.PVITfrumBYRAM wrote:TommyDelly wrote:What kind of fees do you have to pay to IKO?
Also is there any other licence than IKO? I mean if you want to have your own kite school, do you have to be IKO certified or is there any other organization, where you can get your licence?
In the United States, there is PASA (Professional Air Sports Association). They certify instructors and schools. They used to offer kiteboarder level certifications for non-instructors including insurance but that has changed. PASA insurance only covers instructors and schools now.
The nice thing about PASA is it includes certifications for hang gliding, paragliding and other air sports so if their customer service was poor, they would lose not only kiteboarding instructors and schools, but also tons of other revenues.
I'm certified through PASA and thought about getting IKO as well for going abroad but I doubt I will now.
Classic! Good on ya Mike for making a stand. It is difficult if you are a school to make a protest against things in the industry when they are wrong.kiwimike wrote:seriously you bunch of pricks at IKO i want my money back.
Anabatic_co_nz wrote:Classic! Good on ya Mike for making a stand. It is difficult if you are a school to make a protest against things in the industry when they are wrong.kiwimike wrote:seriously you bunch of pricks at IKO i want my money back.
I established www.Learn2Kitesurf.com to offer Kite schools and individual instructors alike, + dealers and shops regardless of brand or affiliation a way to market and network collectively for FREE.
It is a project that needs feedback and content from members to run it well.
But it is off to a good start as is. One thing we are not doing is licensing. Keeps us out of the $$ conflict issue.
Hey Mike.
Did you notice any business drop off by not being IKO?
I have been teaching professionally since 1999 and never felt I needed an IKO endorsement of my skills. I do see value in instructors courses for those who have yet to gain any experience.
But every year I am contacted by IKO instructors looking for work, they always say they are qualified but when asked for references have 99% of the time just completed a very expensive Instructor course by a visiting UK couple and have never taught kiteboarding Some have also only just learned to ride from the same instructors.
This seems well off form for IKO examiners.
Anyone else experience this?
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