Our next focus is on how the 2010 world champions will be crowned. We already covered the system of the various world rankings, now lets move on to the champions of our sport.

The world champion titles in the expression disciplines (freestyle and wave) are determined through the PKRA tour exclusively. The PKRA will publish their calendar with the freestyle and wave tour events in the next days.

The world champion titles in the tactical disciplines (racing and speed) are determined through one-off-events accompanied by one-off continental championships.

There has been a lot of discussion about starting eligibility, especially on Regulation 19 which could cause a loss of a competitors starting eligibility.

Stop the guessing and read some background information about what you need to compete on an official IKA sanctioned event.

For those of you who are interested in becoming the most versatile kiteboarder in the world, read on about how the overall ranking is calculated and which disciplines and events you should attend.

Now, with a clear structure and a clear line up of the major disciplines, how do the individual events score and how do they contribute to the various world rankings ?

Each IKA sanctioned event counts towards two rankings: the individual discipline ranking, and the overall ranking. This article features the calculation of points for the individual discipline rankings.

The discipline system has been simplified for 2010, with the major disciplines being Freestyle, Course Racing, Wave Riding and Speed.

The two Freestyle Categories in 2009 have been a concession to the former two world tours, but it turned out that the stlyes are not that different apart from a few details. These details have been discusses in the IKA judging committee and as a result, there will be only one freestyle judging from 2010 on, and all events will be included in one unified world ranking.