Newsgroup: it.sport.windsurf
Titolo: Grandi novità dall'ISWC

Inizia la partnership tra l'International Speed Windsurfing Class e
GPS-speedsurfing (
www.gps-speedsurfing.com
)
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Dear Speed Sailors ! 
Lots of things have changed since the International Speed Windsurfing
Class (ISWC) has become an official ISAF international class in May 2007. 
The ISWC board wants to inform you about the changes that we implemented
over the winter break, giving you more service, more sailing, more fun on
the water ! 
New Structure
Reflecting the developments in international windsurfing, there will be a
major change in how the events and the tour constituted by them will be
promoted. Main idea behind this change is giving the professional riders
as well as our many amateurs the possibility to compete in the events they
are most interested in, while not having to spend the whole year
travelling. 
The 2008 World Tour 
All events in the 2008 schedule form the 2008 world tour, with a world cup
winner at the end of the year. Grade A, B and C events all count towards
the 2008 ranking, giving competitors in other parts of the world the
possibility to join the tour and qualify for the world and continental
championships.
The man and woman on top of this "rolling" ranking at 31.12.2008 will be
the world cup winners and will be rewarded at one of the main boat shows
beginning of 2009. 
One-Off Worlds and Continentals
World Championship and Continental Championships will be held as one-off
events inside the 2008 tour, having the highest factors towards the
rankings. With this change, we expect more top sailors in our Grade A and
B events, while giving the majority of the riders the freedom to choose
between their favourite venues with reasonable time effort. The schedule
is not finalized yet, the provisional dates can be found further down.
The Rulebook 2008, reflecting these changes and giving you more detailed
information, will be available soon. 
National Championships
Every country can nominate one national event to become part of the 2008
world tour, giving points towards the rankings. For the details and
organizational aspects check further down. 
New Tour Promoter
The ISA has done a great job in the past years, bringing speed back to
life again, paving the way for the ISWC and the new Speed:World:Tour. From
2008 onwards, the management of the tour will be taken over by Markus
Schwendtner and his company. Jan Cas Smit is still valuable member of the
ISWC board and will process all tasks of the ISA regarding the 2007 ISA
Speedsurfing Grand Prix Tour, including final payments of tour purse etc.
For anything regarding these topics (price money, tour purse) please
contact Jan Cas directly at 
speedsu...@web.de
 
New Website
Effective 14.02.2008, the new website of the Speed:World:Cup is online. We
appologize that not all content has been transfered up til now, but we
will finalize this task in the next days.
Check 
www.speedworldcup.com
 
Hall of Fame
Together with the new website, we implemented a speedsurfing hall of fame,
to show our respect to the heroes of our sport.
It was a very hard decision for the board to decide who should be in and
who not. We decided for the initial hall of fame to only reward retired
sailors, as it was impossible for us to draw the line.
We welcome Thierry Bielak, Pascal Maka and Fred Haywood in the beginning,
we will add Babette Coquelle as soon as we find some pics...
At the end of every season, we will have another member towards the hall
of fame voted by our sailors. Watch out ! 
Rider Profiles
For the promotion of the individual riders, we implemented a riders
section. For the beginning, we only put some well known names in. We will
send a questionaire around in the next days to all of you to include as
many active sailors, from amateur to pro, as possible. 
Newsletter / RSS-Feeds
Also available is a newsletter to keep you posted about the latest
developments in speed sailing around the world. You can subscribe and
unsubscribe at the bottom of the new website. There are also RSS-Feeds
available for general news and press releases. 
Official Partnership with GPS-Speedsurfing
After a long time of going separate ways, the ISWC board and the technical
group at GPS-Speedsurfing (GPSSS) finally found its time to join forces
and go together into the speed sailing future, covering all aspects of
speed windsurfing around the world.
Details about our new partnership will be released in a separate press
release. 
National Events with GPS-Timing
GPS is the easiest way to set up regional and national competitions in a
valid format, and to avoid various formats to be formed, we decided to
assign GPSSS the full responsibility for the technical and organizational
aspects for national championships held with GPS-Timing. Further details
will be distributed as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can directly
contact Martin van Meurs (
mar...@gps-speedsurfing.com
) 
2008 Schedule
The schedule for the 2008 events is not finalized yet, here is what we
have at the moment:
ISWC World Championship Fuerteventura: 25.07.-02.08.2008, 35.000 Euro
pricemoney
ISWC European Championship Karpathos 20.08.-25.08.2008, TBC
ISWC African Championship Walvis Bay: 18.10.-28.10.2008, TBC
We are working on another Grade B event in Tarifa, news to come.
The french championship will be held in Port St. Louis from
22.03-28.03.2008
The belgian championship will be held in Gruissan from 24.03.-28.03.2008
More national events to be released asap as well. 
So far with the latest news, we will come back with more detailed
information in separate newsletters to give you an inside view of the many
changes. 
Enjoy life, and see you on the water !
Your Speed:World:Cup Team 
The International Speed Windsurfing Class is the successor to the
International Speedsurfing Association, which was administering the
discipline of speed windsurfing in the years 2005-2007 on behalf of IFCA.
Effective May 2007, the ISWC has become an ISAF international class, and
thus is entitled to control all aspects of the sport and award the
official world champion titles in the discipline of speed windsurfing.
The ISWC is a riders association, which means that the riders themselves
control the development of the sport. Beside the organizing people behind
the scene, the executive committee is thus completed with the riders
elected representatives. Its current and past members are the “crème de la
crème” of Speedsurfing worldwide.
Elected chairman of the board is Peter Davis from Great Britain,
enthusiastic rider and organizer of the famous Weymouth Speedweek. Board
Member Markus Schwendtner from Germany already controlled the speed
discipline business as ISA Tour Manager, and will continue this successful
task for the ISWC now.
The ISWC events go from exceptional action in Namibia to more cosmopolitan
spots such as Fuerteventura - the historical European Speedsurfing
Capital, to huge shows of extreme conditions on small islands like
Karpathos. In total, there are 200 to 300 members of the association at
the same time, from places like Australia or Brasil, to Germany or Norway.
The Tour has to offer: dynamic, thrilling action, and bring the most
visually dynamic aquatic sports to the audience, making it a perfect
vehicle to locate sponsors logos; a sport that is set outdoors, healthy
and environmental friendly.
Superb action on the water, combined with an interactive and exciting life
experience, that creates an atmosphere where the fans and the media are
face to face with the most radical and intense competition and the biggest
personalities of the sport.
Besides being a sport of radical action, Windsurfing is a way of life.
This type of life is formed by several elements to which many aspire, but
that few can really achieve. Most of, if not even all of these aspects of
the sport are represented in the Speedsurfing Grand Prix Tour. 
The ISWC is entitled to hold World, Continental and National Championships
and is always looking for partners, local organizers as well as national
associations, to propagate this exciting and thrilling discipline all over
the world.
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OFFICIAL WEBSITE: 
http://www.speedworldcup.com
PREVIEW PICTURES: 
http://www.speedworldcup.com
 -> Press Lounge
Hi-Res Pics and Videos available on request.
TOUR MANAGER: MARKUS SCHWENDTNER
For more information about the Speed:World:Cup, please do not hesitate to
contact us at:
Speed:World:Cup
Markus Schwendtner - Tour Manager
Rohrbecker Weg 43
14612 Falkensee
Germany
Fon: 
+49 1713819139
 
http://www.speedworldcup.com
in...@speedworldcup.com
The Speed:World:Cup is sanctioned by ISAF and ISWC
Please visit these links:
http://www.internationalwindsurfing.com
http://www.sailing.org
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Grande iniziativa...
pero' e' FONDAMENTALE ricordare che i RECORDS sono validi solo se
ratificati e convalidati da un rappresentante RYA WSSRC presente.
http://www.sailspeedrecords.com
Quindi sotto ragazzi ad allenarsi e partecipare alle varie iniziative
di speed, ma per fare i RECORDS veri e poter dire che si e' il PIU'
VELOCE ci vogliono sponsors e tanti soldi oltre il manico e
l'attrezzatura adatta ...e tanto tanto tempo per allenarsi!
;o)
ISW-322
p.s.: tenere il gps acceso in macchina sul lungomare non vale ! :o)

> p.s.: tenere il gps acceso in macchina sul lungomare non vale ! :o)
in autostrada vale? 

 in autostrada vale?
no, a meno che non passi accanto al "canale" di mirabilandia (chiamarlo
laghetto è troppo!!!)
Sull'acqua-scooter (madonna che brutta cosa che ho detto!!!) vale???
In scooter sul lungolago, lato sponda (tanto i gps civili sono tarati con
lo scaro di 5 metri) vale ???
No, no nnno!!!
barare non vale!!!
;o)
ISW-111
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