2016-2017 AKA Calendar

AKA 2016-2017 SEASON CALENDAR Dates are subject to change* Parents’ Meeting Saturday September 24, 2016 6:00pm Practices Start Friday September 30, 2016 4:30pm 1st Competition – Racing Sunday November 13, 2016 1:00pm TASIS Thanksgiving Vacation November 19 – November 24, 2016 —- 2nd Competition – Freestyle Sunday December 18, 2016...

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AKA News Flash: Sept. 28, 2016

Hello Everyone, The Amateur Kiteboarders Association’s (“AKA”) 2016-2017 season is about to commence and promises to be very exciting. Let us start by thanking everyone who was able to attend last Saturday’s parents’ meeting. For those of you who were not able to attend, we covered a lot of ground....

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Youri Zoon Clinics, A Success!

What a weekend! Youri Zoon – what a class act. If there was a role model for our kiteboarding youth, he’s it!: humble, approachable, friendly, articulate, and an all-around nice person, not to mention a two-time world champion kiteboarder. A special thanks goes out to Patrick Demann for his initiative,...

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Weekly AKA Newsflash: April 24th

Friday afternoon’s practice was wonderful. It started out with fitting everyone for team rash guards, confirming sizing and team numbers. Hopefully we will have our team uniforms by our next competition in late May. At the same time, Coach Hurdman was meeting individually with each team member to discuss their...

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Welcome Letter to Parents

Happy New Year! 2016 marks the start of the Amateur Kiteboarders Association (“AKA”), a newly created 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. The AKA is open to boys and girls ages 10-19 whether they are full or part-time residents of Puerto Rico. So for you “Northerners” with kiteboarding children, we welcome you! Attached...

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