May 1st, 2009

This is the latest news from the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA), published 2 hrs ago.

In the last few weeks there has been as series of worldwide events that have affected the PKRA 2009 Kiteboarding World Tour Schedule.

Due to the worldwide economic crises, the PKRA Tarifa event was not able to get the necessary budget to host the PKRA Kiteboarding World Cup, and they have gone another route. As of today the Tarifa 2009 event has been cancelled. We are confident, that as early as 2010, as soon as the economy recovers PKRA will be back to this popular location.
The swine flu epidemic is also affecting PKRA, since the authorities and sponsors of the Cabarete event, in the Dominican Republic are reluctant to schedule any type of events until this epidemic crisis subsides. Therefore to give more time for this to happen the organizer has decided to postpone the event to the dates that have open by the cancelation of the Tarifa Event.

So the new dates for Cabarete 2009 are July 1st – 5th 2009. This event has already all the necessary support to take place, and the only factor that will be affecting its realization is how the swine flu epidemic develops on the next couple weeks. There will be constant updates on the PKRA website about it.

On a final note, the next PKRA Kiteboarding World Tour event on the calendar will be the Kite-Masters Portimao event in Portugal. June 24 – 28. 2009.

Press release and information about the event to be out next week.