Update on Changes to the World Rules

The WSKA committee wishes to publicise the following changes to the World rules. Although voting is a strong request to the committee to action change; the committee has the final verdict.

• After detailed discussion it has been decided not to implement a cadet class for the Juniors at present. This is because we feel that there is already too much time pressure on the competition organisers, with the World Championships currently needing 10 days of competition which means 5 days of surfing on 2 separate sites. So the Junior class age requirements will remain unchanged with Junior being defined as being "18 years of age or younger on December 31 of the competition year."
• The age range for the Masters class will change to be between 40 to 49. Over 50s can enter the Grand Master class but not the Masters.
  
• For the team event the number of alternates will change to 2 for each class.