Notice of Race
KAsail is pleased to sponsor the Third annual North American Amateur GPS speed surfing Challenge.

Duration of Kontest
Eligible tracks for the contest will be made between May 1 2008 and December 1, 2008.Tracks must be posted on GPS-speedsurfing.com WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE RUN to be eligible. Last tracks for the contest must be provided to the timekeeper by December 31, 2008.

Locations
Eligible locations include the US, Canada, Hawaii and the Caribbean as far south and including Aruba.

Eligibility
Any non PWA sailor that can carry a GPS during a windsurfing session, download the data from the GPS memory into a computer and uploaded onto the GPS speedsurfing site. Citizens other than those in North America may enter tracks made in the eligible contest area in North America.

Classes

Open class

Junior Class under 18

Womens Class

Distance Class
(Note) A class needs 3 participants to have a prize awarded.

Prizes

1st Place overall 2009 Koncept in size of winner's choice

2nd Place overall $250 towards a New or Used KA Sail or mast

3rd Place overall $150 towards a New or Used KA Sail or mast

1st Under age 18- PhotoGlow “Fast Kid” backlit frame with background image of their choice, KA Hat

1st Woman PhotoGlow backlit picture frame with image of their choice, KA Hat

Longest daily distance Photoglow backlit frame with image of their choice, KA Hat

Most sessions in the contest. KA hat and T- Shirt

Random drawings will be made for other KA hats and T-shirts.

Rules
Rules are based on the standard rules administered by the GPS speedsurfing site. Average of 5 10 second runs is the speed used for the ratings. The top 5 fastest tracks will be required to be sent to the timekeepers at the end of the contest. SAVE YOUR TRACKS!

Procedure to enter

Enter at the www.KAsail.com website. Go to the contests page. Fill in the required information and agree to the safety waiver.

Make sure you are a registered user at www.gps-speedsurfing.com

Register for the event at GPS Speedsurfing.

When posting an track choose our contest from the dropdown field.

If you forget to choose the event when you post, you may repost again with the contest chosen.

Entry Fee
There is no specific entry fee for this contest. We encourage all participants to donate a little money to GPSspeedsurfing to offset their costs of running the contest. It is good Karma, too!

Collaborating Kontests
This year’s contest is in collaboration with the Midwest speed challenge, run by the North American Timekeeper Craig Bergh. Craig has kindly agreed to enter all of the participants in the Midwest Speed Challenge, and also post the same track in the KA Kontest for the participant.

Acknowledgement
We kindly thank the GPSspeedsurfing guys for administering the kontest, and documenting the results. Martin, Roger, Dylan, and Onno have done wonders in inventing, supporting, and growing the sport we enjoy.

Big thanks also to our sponsors for supplying the prizes while keeping the event free. Jeurg Schnorf, the NA importer for KAsail has been supporting the event for three years, Andrew McDougall of KAsail has also supported the event for 3 years along with the help of Nick Bez. Other cool prizes are donated by Ed Sinofsky of PhotoGlow.

Thanks also to Craig Bergh, our NA timekeeper for helping grow the sport over here in Noth America.

Any questions can be attempted to be answered by emailing ed at photoglow dot com.

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