Kona joins the prestigious Volvo City Sailing program.
Date: 29.05.2008 (Vol.7)
The Volvo City Sailing is Scandinavia's biggest and most exciting sailing event, consisting of 10 races in major cities such as Stockholm, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo and Helsinki, using the new CB66 Keel boat.
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Spectacular Kona Slalom Cup at Fehmarn Surf Festival
Date: 29.05.2008 (Vol.7)
The first German Kona Cup of the season became a memorable event for several reasons; The annual festival is organized by the German Surf magazine : Read more : |
More than 100 Ladies on the Kona ranking list
Date: 29.05.2008 (Vol.7)
The numbers of female sailors joining the Kona Class continues to grow rapidly, and we expect to see a big Ladies fleet at the Worlds in Travemunde in August. : Read more : |
Kona ONE upgrades
Date: 29.05.2008 (Vol.7)
Although strict One Design, we have decided to allow requested but subtle upgrades on the Kona ONE, to further enhance the user friendliness of the board – without interfering with its performance. : Read more : |
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The very successful Kona Cup
format is catching on fast.
Date: 27.03.2008 (Vol.6)
It is a pleassure to inform you that a total of 19 Kona ranking races will take place in "new" countries like Spain, Germany
and the UK this season. If you do not own a board yet, just contact the organizers and book a charter.
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Kona One Tuning and Racing Basics
Date: 27.03.2008 (Vol.6)
Since its introduction in 2006, the Kona One has been the best-selling windsurfer in the world each year. Its low cost, simplicity and relatively good performance in a variety of winds and conditions has had broad appeal to windsurfers of all abilities. While the Kona is simply a fun board for beginners and experts, it is also a fun board for racing, without being very technical or expensive.
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Kona Gold Cup 2008
Date: 27.03.2008 (Vol.6)
This years “Kona Worlds” will be hosted in Lübeck /
Travemünde, Germany from August, 14th to 17th.
The event will be organized by the Lübecker Yacht
Club in cooperation with the German Kona Class
Association and the IKC. The LYC has a lot of
practical experience in sailing and in windsurfing
regattas, and their most famous annual event is the
Travemünde Week, which has a history of more
than 100 years.
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Kona Gold Cup 2008
Date: 15.01.2008 (Vol.5)
This years "Kona Worlds" will be hosted in Lübeck / Travemünde, Germany from August, 14th to 17th. The event will be organized by the Lübecker Yacht Club in cooperation with the German Kona Class Association and the IKC. The LYC has a lot of practical experience in sailing and in windsurfing regattas, and their most famous annual event is the Travemünde Week, which has a history of more than 100 years.
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Competitors from 21 nations at the Phuket Raid
Date: 15.01.2008 (Vol.5)
Amazingly 30 sailors from 21 nations have signed up for the Kona Phuket Raid long distance race that will take place from the 15th. to the 20th. of January.
Due to safety measures, the organizers have limited the fleet to 30 competitors, and all the slots were booked almost immediately - with several Olympic and World champions included.
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Tuning of the Class Rules II
Date: 15.01.2008 (Vol.5)
In order to properly police the Kona "no pumping" rule, we have implemented a "yellow card/red card" procedure as follows;
C.2.2 Penalties; A competitor performing repeated rig movements shall be warned by the on-water umpires by means of a yellow flag and penalized with a 360 turn with immediate effect.
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