Who or what is IKO?
IKO is the International Kiteboarding Organisation. IKO is an organization which introduced worldwide standards for safe kiteboarding teaching. It allows instructors to know what to teach and how to teach it, schools to have a safe teaching ethic as well as medical and liability insurance coverage for customers and instructors.
• Internation Kitebording Organization, (IKO) provides a high quality level of teaching, with standards that are recognized and applied worldwide. Its mission is to develop and promote the safe practice of kiteboarding, in relationship with national organizations and the industry. It is not only dedicated to continue developing kiteboarding by enhancing high quality standards, but also by creating interaction between all parties involved in the development of the sport for the benefit of all. Thanks to its status, it can adapt to the needs of an international market and to the local kiteboarding practices. IKO Is similar to PASA only much larger.