Branson advocates Kiting in the Olympics

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Sir-Richard-Branson-strong-advocate-for-Kiteboarding-in-the-Olympics/81197

specialk · Guest

There was some great discussion occurring at Snowkite Soldier prior to the events on how to create more objectivity in scoring. I for one coming from Athletics absolutely love seeing this sport move that direction. It's exciting to partake in such an amazing sport, and then to elevate it to new heights.

It will have its consequences, but I'm afraid we won't get away from that being such a visual and publicized sport.

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Aren't they only talking about adding racing for now? You'd think given the snowboard/ski freestyle events and their popularity they'd be more open to other aspects of the sport. For scoring maybe they should have two separate events to make it simpler to judge. Something like the Slider Project event where only rails, kickers, and wakestyle tricks are judged and perhaps a second big air event where the PKRA dudes can go crazy. Seems similar to what's been done with other sports anyway.