I renewed mine in september and got it in a couple of weeks...

No Reply from KBV.
Because they are waiting for a Reply from AKSA since June 2012.

KBV took cash for AKSA membership. On 2010 Vic State Titels.
I competed in the 2010 Titles.
I competed in the 2011 Aus Titles,
Don't hear from AKSA then notice this:
http://www.aksa.com.au/Resources/Documents/national%20championships/AKSA%20Freestyle%20Comp%20Results%202011.pdf
Im not even on the Frekken list.

Contacted AKSA and they say they have not received my funds nor my enrollment form from KBV for 2010. WoW

Contact KBV they were real good and wanted to do the right thing and fix up the issue with AKSA.

AKSA - NO GO -

Seems like AKSA don't like to do the right thing.
Why let me compete in two comps if, according to them, I had no cover
No Insurance,
No DUTY OF CARE,
No Reply,
No Refunds for comps nor insurance,
No Trust in the AKSA association.

They're quick to take your money and even quicker to turn their backs on you.

Yip- 2010 Vic titles during big air comp stuffed up a landing, gear got tangled Declan saved me and turned out I ended up in the Alfred hospital for a day.

Doctors were worried about the brain being damaged and also the long term affect.
I told them not to worry I have made it this far with out one.

Yip - I am also interested in the specific public liability insurance.

I really enjoy competing in the comp's and it takes a bit of cash to get around OZ and dedication but because we have to have AKSA membership's to compete I will not do another comp in Aus again until AKSA can do the right thing and amend there mistake.

So my guess is I will not be competing.

As far as I can remember AKSA only cover 3rd party's so I think I would have been on my own steam with Medical bills. "not sure"

finally got a reply, (chaps been on paternity leave) seems the excess is $2500 !! apparently down from $5000 last year. so I would have had to pay anyway.

Third party only ? yes, I was also under the impression if kitesurfers are involved then you are on your own. assume that means yourself if you stuff up, they won't pay.

throw yourself on a highway and get TAC.....

currently insured through 2013 so will look into independant insurance at year end.

Hi Smithy,

Glad you got your tags, I think you were emailing AKSA not KBV. It sounds like your original tags were lost in the post, which happens somtimes. Sorry it took so long to sort it out, I was busy with family and missed your December emails.

Hi Slatimer,

I don't really understand your post about "if kitesurfers are involved...." I would suggest if you want to find out more about the insurance email AKSA with some scenerios and we can advise whether it would be covered. eg if you are kiting and injury someone else while following the CLEAR guidelines you are covered as it is a public liability policy. If you are kiting on your own and are injured you are not currently covered, except for death or permenant disability from now on. We will try to increase the personal injury cover, but want to do it without having to raise the membership fees.

Hi Kaos,

I think you get confused between AKSA and KBV, and most of your issues were with KBV and the event organisers. When you contacted AKSA about the national rankings you were told that the event organisers and KBV had not passed on your membership application or fees to AKSA. KBV was asked to investigate and did not get back to AKSA, and you were not able to produce proof that you paid membership.
You need to be talking to the people you paid the money to at the event, not AKSA!
This is a good reason why AKSA promotes joining direct online at www.aksa.com.au before going to events, so your membership is sorted in advance and you are not relying on event organisers to pass on your details and money, as not all of them do it.
I get a bit sick of people slagging off the hard work done by associations without being able to produce any evidence to support their claims

Cheers
Gav

Join AKSA online, then you become a member of AKSA AND KBV, they use the same database.

At some events in the past people have paid their membership fee to the event organisers who have not pasted on the details to AKSA, so in effect they never joined AKSA. This is disappointing and AKSA is moving towards only santioning events that use the AKSA website for event registration, which ensures that membership applications get to AKSA and everyone is covered by the AKSA insurance.

As AKSA is becoming Kiteboarding Australia, the same applies for KA.

So I have no doubt that Kaos paid his membership fee to the event organisers, but I think he needs to be hassling them for proof that they pasted on his details and money to AKSA, rather than AKSA. He has been told this in all of the communication he has had with AKSA in the past.