Reporting Committee – Events Other Committee – Constitution, Equipment, Executive, Submission: 050 -12 Windsurfing and Kiteboarding 2016 Olympic Events and Equipment Regulation 23.1.4 A submission from the International RX:X Class Association,: Belarus Sailing Federation, China Yachting Association, Colombia Sailing Federation, Cyprus Sailing Federation, Czech Sailing Association, Egypt Sailing & Water Ski Federation, Royal Spanish Sailing Federation, French Sailing Federation, Hellenic Sailing Federation, Hong Kong Sailing Federation, Yachting Association of India, Israel Yachting Association, Italian Sailing Federation, Japan Sailing Federation, Korea Sailing Federation, Malaysia Yachting Association, Federacion Mexicana de Vela, Macedonia Sailing Association, Myanmar Yachting Federation, Oman Water Sports Committee, Pakistan Sailing Federation, Federacion Peruana de Vela International, Singapore Sailing Federation, Chinese Taipei Sailing Association, Sailing Federation of Ukraine, Venezuelan Sailing Federation Purpose or Objective To amend the slate of Olympic events/equipment for Rio 2016 by replacing kite with boards/RS:X under ISAF Regulation # 23. Purpose or Objective: CHN, CYP, OMA, PAK To amend the slate of Olympic equipment for Rio 2016 by replacing kite with RS:X under ISAF Regulation # 23.1.3 'c' which states that equipment shall be decided no later than November 2012 Proposal: RS:X, BLR, CZE, COL, EGY, ESP, FRA, GRE, HKG, ITA, IND, JPN, KOR,MAS, MEX, MKD, MYA, PER, SIN, TPE, UKR, VEN That the RS:X is re-instated as equipment selected for 2016 Olympic sailing competition. Event Men Women Mixed Kiteboard Boards RS:X Kite RS:X Kite Laser Laser One-Person Dinghy Standard Radial 2nd One-Person Dinghy Finn Two-Person Dinghy (Spinnaker) 470 470 Skiff 49er 49erFX Two-Person Multihull Nacra 17 Total Events 7 6 2 Total Athletes in full team: 15 8 Male Athletes / 7 Female Athletes Male / Female Gender balance in full team: Events Open to Each Gender: 6 for Men / 5 for Women Matched Events: 6 out of 5 Submission: 050-12 Cont’d Proposal: CYP That the RS:X is re-instated as equipment selected for 2016 Olympic sailing competition. Event Men Women Mixed Board and/or Kiteboard RS:X Kite RS:X Kite Laser Laser One-Person Dinghy Standard Radial 2nd One-Person Dinghy Finn Two-Person Dinghy (Spinnaker) 470 470 Skiff 49er 49erFX Two-Person Multihull Nacra 17 Total Events 6 5 1 Total Athletes in full team: 17 9 Male Athletes / 8 Female Athletes Male / Female Gender balance in full team: Events Open to Each Gender: 7 for Men / 6 for Women Matched Events: 6 out of 7 Proposal CHN, OMA, PAK That the RS:X is re-instated as equipment selected for 2016 Olympic sailing competition. Event Men Women Mixed Board and/or Kiteboard RS:X Kite RS:X Kite Laser Laser One-Person Dinghy Standard Radial 2nd One-Person Dinghy Finn Two-Person Dinghy (Spinnaker) 470 470 Skiff 49er 49erFX Two-Person Multihull Nacra 17 Total Events 6 4 1 Total Athletes in full team: 15 8 Male Athletes / 7 Female Athletes Male / Female Gender balance in full team: Events Open to Each Gender: 6 for Men / 5 for Women Matched Events: 4 out of 6 Submission: 050-12 Cont’d Proposal ISR That the RS:X be re-instated as equipment selected for 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition: Event Men Women Mixed Kiteboard Boards RS:X Kite RS:X Kite Laser Laser One-Person Dinghy Standard Radial 2nd One-Person Dinghy Finn Two-Person Dinghy (Spinnaker) 470 470 Skiff 49er 49erFX Two-Person Multihull Nacra 17 Total Events 5 4 1 Total Athletes in full team: 15 8 Male Athletes / 7 Female Athletes Male / Female Gender balance in full team: Events Open to Each Gender: 6 for Men / 5 for Women Matched Events: 8 out of 10 Current Position As above. Reasons The following 16 points clearly show why the RS:X for both men and women should be selected for Rio 2016 The following 16 points clearly show why the RS:X for both men and women should be selected for Rio 2016 1. ATTRACTS EMERGING NATIONS – ISAF Reg #23.1.2[e]: 54 countries took part in the 2012 Olympic Qualification series. Countries like Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Guatemala, Iran, Jamaica, Oman, Peru and the Philippines now have windsurfing development programs. 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships , • 45 Member National Sailing Authorities entered the RS:X men's fleet and only 42 entered the Laser Standard. • 1.8m windsurfers in Germany, 1.128m in the USA , 5m worldwide 2. WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION – ISAF Reg #23.1.2[g]: The RS:X women's fleet is strong with participants coming from 5 continents and 40 countries. 80 women took part in the 2012 RS:X World Championships from 37 nations Submission: 050-12 Cont’d kite Course Racing World Champs • 2009 (San Fran) - Men 57 [10 MNAs] - 7 woman [4 MNAs] • 2010 (Texas) - 32 men [10 MNAs] - 8 women [7 MNAs] • 2011 (Sylt) - 64 [21 MNAs] - 12 women [10 MNAs] 2012 RS:X World Championships – limited by Quota • 120 men (49 MNAs) and 80 women (37 MNAs) • Total MNAs 51 for the men • Total MNAs 39 for the women • 1977 Windsurfer World Championships - 456 entries In some countries kite-boarding is not within the MNA. By example, in France kite-boarding is part of the Federation Francais de Vol and not part of the Federation Francais de Voile. In Great Britain, the UK Kite-boarding Association is not officially part of the Royal Yachting Association. It is reported that shortly after the mid-May 2012 meeting Surfing New Zealand claim jurisdiction over kite-boarding from Yachting New Zealand. It is likely that there are a considerable number of other MNAs, which do not include kite-boarding. 3. SAFETY: From beginner to elite athlete windsurfing is a safe sport to practice. Hulls float so it is possible to self-rescue in onshore winds. Windsurfing does not pose a threat to other beach or water users or spectators. • 125 people have been killed kiting in 10 years. On June 10 th 2012 another person was killed in Belgium and a second was found badly injured in the shallows in Norfolk, UK • http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1013/Buitenland/article/detail/3268522/2012/06/09/Kitesurfer- maakt-dodelijke-val.dhtml • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18372559 • National, regional, local and city governments have seen fit to impose special restrictions on when and where kite surfing can be enjoyed • Windsurfing poses no threat to other beach or water users 4. CONSISTENT PATHWAY WITH YOUTH APPEAL – ISAF Reg #23.1.2[d]: youth and junior competitors only have to change equipment once from starting to race on the Bic Techno 293 to competing in the Olympic fleet on the RS:X. 2009 (Weymouth) - Boys 188 & 73 girls [28 countries | 4 Continents] 2010 (Martigues) - Boys 265 & 99 girls [25 countries | 4 Continents] 2011 (San Francisco) - Boys 99 & 47 girls [28 countries | 5 Continents] RS:X Continental championships in Asia, Europe, North and South America include youth divisions ISAF have selected the Techno 293 for the Youth Olympic Games The RS:X for the ISAF Youth World Championships. Windsurfing events are part of Regional Games round the world Kite has NO junior/youth pathway and is not part of MNA structure Submission: 050-12 Cont’d 5. ECONOMICAL – ISAF Reg #23.1.2[h]: The RS:X offers the least expensive route into the Olympic Regatta for small and emerging sailing nations both in terms equipment and campaign costs. DINGHY WIND KITE Pathway Optimist €3035 Techno €1829 - - Olympic Laser €5165 RS:X €4618 Box Rule €8000 Kite: 1 hull €1600, I set fins €1000, 3 kites €1800 each inc rigging The 2010 ISAF Olympic Commission Supplemental Report included a number of initiatives to reduce costs and to provide support for emerging nations. The report provided that appropriate controls must be in place to limit cost increases and that “wiping the slate clean” every four years should be replaced by what the Commission considered to be a more systematic approach which required any changes to the Event and Equipment to be properly argued and justified. Kite boarding is a very different form of sailing to windsurfing and the selection of kite board was not properly argued and justified, particularly in the absence of an evaluation of both kite AND windsurfing including a detailed analysis of the costs, including the development costs both nationally in terms of infrastructure and in terms of kite course racing equipment which is not fully refined; Cost is not just the cost of buying new equipment but the cost of current investment already made in equipment and the cost of campaigning. If a wealthy MNA wished to exploit the kite box rule to its own advantage, the production costs of starting its own program would not exceed €60,000. In the light of the RYA spending €260,000 on a single ‘Europe’ mast to win a gold medal, this is a practical possibility. The IOC and ISAF have repeatedly expressed concern to reduce cost. Because kite course racing equipment has to comply to a box rule there is significant room for development work to be undertaken thereby very much favouring the wealthy nations to the disadvantage of emerging countries. This is likely to lead to an ‘Arms Race’ 6. SPORTS PRESENTATION – ISAF Reg #23.1.2[f]: The RS:X class is the most colorful in Olympic sailing both upwind and down. • RS:X Men's sails have a gold colored luff tube and gold vinyl • RS:X Women’s sail have red and red. • 2012 RS:X Olympic fleet has custom coloring developed for LOCOG • The first to introduce national flags on sails.