Hello

There is no reason that the NAPKA site shouldn’t be used for this conversation, if you start to use it and let people know you are using it will become a useful tool to our sport, just like any other website you use, you tell others about it and it becomes alive and grows.

As our name applies, concerning Landsailors of any type, they are not kite powered so they will not be included under NAPKA. Also with our insurance, part of our ability to get insurance is to write a set of rules/guidelines that governs our participant’s actions and how to police them. Although landsailors are wind powered that is where the commonality stops, I have landsailors and have raced sail boats for 20+ years, there is a tremendous difference on how the rules for both are interpreted. I think it is good that the Blokarts are trying to do the same as what we have done with NAPKA as long as it includes all landsailors not just Blokarts.

As for Snow kiting, the reason NAPKRA/NAPKA was organized is we could not find or get insurance for kite buggying, we tried to get under the umbrella of PASA who covers kite boarding and snow kiting and certifications in both. They lead us along and then said no to us after many hours and weeks of work on our end. Unless a large group of snow kiters lobby us and can bring a group of individuals that want to get involved in the work end of our Association to write all of the pertinent guidelines, code of conduct and a way to police themselves, I personally would not want to include them. I would not even consider asking the few people we have now that actually have gotten involved in the work end to take on the extra VOLUNTARY work of orchestrating the paperwork that would be needed to add other kite powered sports, especially those sports that have avenues of insurance as well as a group that can certify them.

We need to build the sports we now encompass to the point where we can hold trainings for our pilots to have them certified so we can help our pilots obtain personal liability insurance. As for another name change to encompass all forms of wind powered sports, if you wish to add other sports first get involved in your local/regional group, if there is not one, you need to volunteer to be coordinator and then organize sanctioned events so you can experience some of the responsibility and work. If you are not willing to do this then you should keep your ideas to yourself, what we need is more doers not talkers. We are more than happy to help clubs get things moving in their areas so we should concentrate on building what we are most knowledgeable about first.

Regards
Brad Rex
President NAPKA

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There is no reason that the NAPKA site shouldn’t be used for this conversation, if you start to use it and let people know you are using it will become a useful tool to our sport, just like any other website you use, you tell others about it and it becomes alive and grows.

Brad I can think of a good reason why the NAPKA site can't be used for this discussion. One has to be a member of NAPKA to post or reply to posts; I believe that a majority of the wwbb participants are not members and would not be able to join in.

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NABSA will be for Blokart Landsailors only. The Insurance will only cover Blokart sailing events or sailing sites. It a a Regatta Liability Insurance Policy

Fran,

That is what I expected, but I had to ask. Great work for the blokart community, congrats for those who made it happen.