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Kiteworld Magazine

Kiteworld was launched in May 2001 and continues to build on its reputation as the only truly worldwide kiteboarding magazine. Kiteworld's mix of high quality photography, colourful travel, interview features and insightful gear reviews have made Kiteworld the world's most popular title. It's now complemented on the web at www.kiteworldmag.com and www.kiteworld.tv. Every IKO affiliated school receive a 1 year FREE subscription.

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Associations and Federations Partners

IKO is developing partnerships with associations and federations as well as with businesses around the world in order to offer benefts to kiteboarders.

Sharing a common interest, that of developing kiteboarding, has led various associations and federations to team up with IKO. Under this partnership agreement, IKO provides its international standards to the associations and federations that can in turn use them to work with their local authorities or other governing bodies to develop the sport in their country. This partnership is mutually beneficial, as the association or federation promotes IKO’s teaching standards in its country.

The IKO is partner and supports the following national organziations:

AFKite, France

GWA, Greece

SPLL Kite-jaos, Finland

TYF, Turkey

Others

Natural Freeride is an independently owned UK travel company, specialising in kitesports holidays. They provide package or tailor-made itineraries to worldwide destinations and working closely with the IKO, offer tuition that is of the highest standards at our IKO schools. Natural Freeride also works with many well known UK and overseas tour operators to create holidays that cater to everyone, from experienced riders looking for far flung destinations to learners seeking lessons that can be booked along with their family package holiday. They advocate environmental awareness, sustainability and responsibility.
For more info, visit www.naturalfreeride.com.

- El Gouna, Egypt
The Captain’s Inn is a boutique guesthouse overlooking the beautiful Abu Tig Marina, offering an intimate atmosphere in picturesque surroundings. Enjoy the modern and stylish accommodations as well as an American-style Steak House restaurant on the marina’s promenade. The Captain’s Inn is immensely popular with kitesurfers due to prime location in the lodgeing area closest to the kite station. Go and enjoy the perfect blend of simplicity and comfort in El Gouna!
For more details and bookings go to www.elgouna.com.

- El Gouna, Egypt

A quaint destination hotel only 250m from the kite centre, offers 28 rooms elegantly furnished an equipped with A/C, satellite TV, telephone, mini bar and safety deposit boxes. There are also 2 suites with spacious balconies overlooking the Red Sea. The roof top terrace bar has splendid views of the Abu Tig Marina and the Red Sea and is the ideal place to enjoy a drink at the end of a long day of kiting.
For more details and bookings go to www.turtles-inn.com.


- El Gouna, Egypt

The 68 roomed Ali Pasha is located in the heart of the Abu Tig Marina, where you have access to the best shopping, dining and the nightlife El Gouna has to offer. You will not be far from the spacious beaches, excellent winds, and shallow waters that brought you and your kite there in the first place. A boutique guesthouse in El Gouna, Egypt.
For more details and bookings go to www.elgouna.com.

Best Kiteboarding is one of the largest and fastest growing brands in the industry, with a reputation for design innovation and legendary customer support. Best has progressed from infancy to being the number one supplier of new kiteboarding equipment across the globe. Simply put, more kiteboarders enjoy kiting on their equipment than any other brand.

Kiters all around the world take their first kiteboarding steps on Best kites, whether learning how to fly a kite on a Best trainer, or making upwind tacks on a Kahoona. Best Kiteboarding is committed to promoting safer kiteboarding and only partners with the very best IKO affiliated schools and instructors. For more information on Best Kiteboarding please click on the link to go to our website www.bestkiteboarding.com.

Ozone has been at the forefront of providing the world with safe quality leading edge kite systems. Ozone kite lines stretch over 6 different passions; from Kitesurfing, Snowkiting, Landkites, Speed Wings, Paramotor to Paragliding. And they lead the industry in development and research proving themselves the choice rig of the world’s best flyers. To find out more about their products, team, company, and much more, go to www.flyozone.com.

IKO is thrilled to be able to offer our My IKO Members a chance to win fabulous Ozone gear!

Thanks to Kitesurfbeaches.com, you really have all the information you want at your fingertips! KSB is a fantastic new online guide that is inviting kitesurfers to rate their kiting experiences around the world.

Kitesurfbeaches.com aims to bring you to the best kitesurf beaches in the world, suggested by you and voted for by you! If you’ve been to any of the kitesurf beaches listed on their website then help your fellow riders and vote on it today!