ASnews Thurs: A New Era for IKO/Insurance for US & Canada!

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PODCAST #109:

This week, our special guest on The Kiteboarder magazine and ASNews.net podcast is Sandrine Roussos, head of the International Kiteboarding Organization (IKO). Sandrine joins host Ryan Riccitelli this Thursday to tell us about the many new changes and offerings from IKO, including insurance for schools and shops in North America, which has been a stumbling block for IKO in the US and Canada, until now! She will also share with us four new projects that IKO is working on including home study for aspiring instructors to help them prep for classes and attain various levels of IKO certification, a new evaluation system, and a new training program including power kiting certification, as well as her views on whether she believes kiter licensing and formal site regulation is a reality we will all have to face in the near future to preserve access.

Got a question for Sandrine about IKO or access? Join the live podcast this Thursday and get your questions answered REAL TIME and LIVE directly from the source.

* Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
* Time: 6p PST (California), 8pm Central (TX), 9pm GMT (FL)
* Place: http://fubar.com/new_lounge.php?lid=50075

If you can't make the live interview, post your questions here and we will ask them for you! Deadline to post questions is 3pm PST, April 3. You can then download the podcast anytime after Thursday and listen to the show at your convenience at http://www.kiteforum.tv, http://www.thekiteboarder.com, and http://www.asnews.net. You can also subscribe to the feed at Itunes and get notified of podcast shows, videos and PDF versions of the magazine as soon as they're posted online!

UPCOMING INTERVIEW TOPICS:

* First Kiteboard Pro-Am Comp at Nelscott Reef
* Slingshot Lunacy 09 and T3
* Mark Doyle Launches Instructional Video Series
* Who’s the guy with the dreads behind Blade Kiteboarding?
* Access continued: Industry Roundtable discussion