THE COMMUNITY BEHIND THE CLASS
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
The iQFOiL Class is powered by a diverse and passionate global community, bringing together athletes, coaches, officials, organizers, and class representatives from across the world. United by a shared commitment to performance, innovation, and fair competition, our members play a key role in shaping the development of the Class both on and off the water. From grassroots initiatives to the Olympic stage, this collective spirit drives the growth, inclusivity, and success of iQFOiL worldwide.
Fédération Algérienne de Voile
Boite Postale No 565 El-Biar
Alger - Algérie
President: Hacene Djillali
General Secretary:
Mail : fav.president@gmail.com
Asociacion Argentina de Windsurf
Membership 2026: to be updated
Elcano 884, Martinez, Buenos Aires 1642
1095 Buenos Aires - Argentina
President: Fernando Consorte
General Secretary: Raul Saubidet
Mail : ferconsorte@gmail.com
Aruba Sailing Association
Babijn 21c, Santa Cruz - Aruba
President:
General Secretary:
Australian Windsurfing Association
PO Box 7022, Halifax Street
Adelaide 5000 - Australia
President: Ian Fox
General Secretary :
Mail : aus001@ianfox.com
Windsurfing Austria
Innsbrucker Bundesstraße 12, 5020 Salzburg
President: Christian Bratsch
Vice President: Manuel Zugsbratl
Mail : info@windsurfingaustria.at
BABC - Belgian Association for Boardriding Competitors
Veldstraat 39, 8450 Bredene - Belgium
President: Bruno De Wannemaeker
General Secretary: Johan Broucke
Mail : babc.be@gmail.com
Sail Canada
Portsmouth Olympic Harbour
53 Yonge Street Kingston ON, K7M 6G4
Chief Executive Officer: Ryan Kelly
High Performance Manager: Katie Sweeting
Mail : sailcanada@sailing.ca
Chinese Yachting Association
A14, Tiantandongli Middle Block, Dongcheng District, Beijing, P.R.China
President: ZHAN Hui
Secretary General & Vice President: ZHANG Peng
Primary Contact Person: WANG Tian, Director of International Affairs
Mail : chinasailing@sina.com
Croatian Sailing Federation
Osječka 11/Sports center Gripe 21000 Split Croatia
President: Edo Fantela
General Secretary: Ivo Jaić
Contact Person: Damir Cargo
Mail : hjs@hjs.hr
Cyprus Sailing Federation
Amathountos 21,
4532 Agios Tychonas,
Limassol, Cyprus
Tel:+35725320559
President: Christos Christoforou OLY
Vice President: Andreas Christoforou
General Secretary: Nicolas Epiphaniou OLY
Mail : cyacyp@cytanet.com.cy
Czech Windsurfing Association
Czech Windsurfing Association – ČWA zs
Pod Klikovkou 2677/3, Smíchov, 150 00 Prague
President: Jan Skrepek
Vice President Roman Hruby
General Secretary: Pavel Kamensky
Mail : jan.skrepek@cwa.cz
Danish Boardsailing Organization (DBO)
c/o Nikolaj Kruppa
Vedbæk Strandvej 322
DK-2950 Vedbæk
President: Nikolaj Kruppa
General Secretary: Erik Trampe
Mail : iqfoil@dbo.dk
Federacion Dominicana de Vela
Centro Olympico, Juan Pablo Duarte Avenue, 27 de Febrero Esq Avenue, Maximo Gomez
Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic
President:
General Secretary:
Mail : fdveladom@gmail.com
Real Federacion Espanola de Vela
Gamazo Street, s/n,
39004 Cantabria (Santander)
Tel: +34 942 22 62 98
President: Joaquin Gonzales Devesa
General Secretary: Concepcion Valledor Jimenez
Mail : info@rfev.es
Estonian Windsurfing Union
Regatta 1-6K Tallinn 11911
Contact Person: Kristel Oitmaa
Mail : info@purjelaualiit.ee
Finnish Sailing and Kiteboarding Association
Suomen purje- ja leijaliitto ry,
PL 16112, Helsinki, Finland
President: Radovan Kubin
Contact person: Juha Hämäläinen
Mail : iqfoil@spll.fi
Fédération Française de Voile
17 rue Henri Bocquillon
75015 Paris
France
President: Jean-Luc Denechau
Chief Executive Officer: Guillaume Chiellino
Mail : international@ffvoile.fr
Royal Yachting Association
R Y A House, Ensign Way, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton SO31 4YA
Great Britain
Chairman: Sir Michael Arthur
Nominated Director: Corinne Cunningham
Mail :
Deutsche Windsurfing Vereinigung DWSV
Beeke Fitschen
Balbecksring 53
27432 Bremervörde
Chairman: Thomas Michaelis
Head of Department Olympic Class: Michael Götzke
Mail : info@dwsv.net
Hellenic Sailing Federation
Ναυταθλητική Μαρίνα Καλλιθέας,
Nautical Athletic Marina Kallithea
Marina Delta Falirou, ZIP 17602, P.O. Box 78550, Kallithea, Greece
Tel: +30 210 9404825
President: Androniki Anastasiou
General Secretary: Dimitrakopoulou Elena
Mail : secretariat@eio.gr
Windsurfing Association of Hong Kong, China
Room 1001, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2504 8255
President: Chau Ngai Man
Mail : wahk@windsurfing.org.hk
Hungarian Windsurfing Association
Podmaniczky utca 12.,
Budapest, Hungary
Tel: +36 70 771 7195
President:
General Secretary: Bernadett Felleg
Mail : windsurf@hwa.hu
Boardsailing Association of India
Panjim, Goa 403001
India
President: Derrick Menezes
General Secretary:
Mail : derrick.menezes@gmail.com
Israel Sailing Association
6 Shitrit St. Tel-Aviv 694826 Israel
Tel: + 972 3 6482860
Chairman: Shai Bober
CEO: Smadar Pintov
Mail : eli.zukerman@gmail.com
iQFOiL Italia
Via Capo Soprano 43
00122 - Roma (RM)
President: Ivan Oprandi
General Secretary: Gabriele Bonetti
Mail : classet293@gmail.com
Japan Windsurfing Association
1-3-8 Tsukui, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture 239-0843
080-7837-0775
Permanent Honorary Chairman: Hiroshi Hasegawa
Chairman: Takehiko Kawazoe
Chairman: Tomohiro Ishihara
Mail : wind@jw-a.org
Korea Sailing Federation
Room 329, New Wing, Olympic Hall, 424 Olympic-ro,
Songpa-gu, Seoul (05540)
President: Chae Hee-sang
General Secretary:
Mail : ksaf@sports.or.kr
Latvian Sailing Union
Membership 2026: to be updated
Grostonas Street 6B,
Riga, LV-1013
President: Kaspars Rozkalns
General Secretary: Dace Dumbere-Bregze
Mail : info@sailinglatvia.lv
Lithuanian Yachting Union
Linkmenų St. 25, LT-08217, Vilnius
Tel: +370 699 52401
President: Raimundas Daubaras
Vice President for Sport Sailing: Rokas Milevicius
Mail : info@lbs.lt
Fédération Royale Marocaine de Voile
51, Bd Ibn Sina Siège des Sports
Postal Box 332
Agdal - Rabat Maroc
Tel: +212 05 37 67 02 41
President: Ahmed Bennani Zehouan
General Secretary: Hakim Hasni
Asociación Mexicana de Tabla Vela A.C.
77780 Tulum Quintana Roo
Mexico
President: Miguel Ángel Pani Can
General Secretary:
Mail : velamaya1@gmail.com
Nederlandse Vereniging van Wedstrijdsurfers (NVW)
2134 NC Hoofddorp
Netherlands
President: Wouter Wessels
General Secretary:
Mail : info@wedstrijdsurfen.nl
Norwegian Boardsailing Federation (NBK)
NO-0840 Oslo
Norway
President: August Landmark
General Secretary: Bernt Blankholm
Mail : nbk.brettseiling@gmail.com
Windfoil New Zealand
PO Box 32328 Devonport 32-328
New Zealand
President: Gary Hill
Vice President: Sam Tuck
General Secretary: Fiona Rist
Peruvian Olympic Windsurfing Association (APTAVO)
Av. La Paz 1351, Miraflores,
Lima -Peru
President:
General Secretary: Lorena Barbosa Salaverry
Mail :
Polish Windsurfing Association
Street Podmiejska 19
01-498 Warszawa
NIP: 522-27-98-024
President: Jacek Wróż
General Secretary: Bartłomiej Zarzecki
Mail :
Federação Portuguesa de Vela
Doca de Belém
1300-038 Lisboa, Portugal
President: António Barros
Mail : fpvela@fpvela.pt
Singapore Sailing Federation
1500 East Coast Parkway, Singapore 468963
President: Mr Stanley Chan
General Secretary: Mr Tan Wearn Haw
Mail : info@singaporesailing.org.sg
Swiss Windsurfing
Im Föhret 5
8962 Bergdietikon
Switzerland
Co-President: Paul Sintic
Co-President: Eric Guggi
Mail : info@swisswindsurfing.ch
Slovak Sailing Federation
Olympijské námestie 1
831 04 Bratislava
Slovakia
President: Martin Mydlík
General Secretary: Zuzana Dranačková
Mail : mailto:szj@sailing.sk
Swedish Windsurfing Association
Ekelidsvägen 9
43834 Landvetter
Sweden
President: Bengt Johannesson
General Secretary: Magnus Braide
Windsurfing Association of Thailand
286 Ramkhamhaeng Rd
10240 Bangkok, Huamark, Bangkapi - Thailand
President:
General Secretary:
Mail : wind_thai@hotmail.com
Chinese Taipei Sailing Association
Taipei City 10489
Chinese Taipei
President: Chen Shuang Chuan
General Secretary:
Mail : tpesailing@ct-sailing.org.tw
Fédération Tunisienne de Voile
Maison des Féderations Sportives
Bloc B - 5ème étage,
Tunis, Tunisia
President:
General Secretary:
Mail : ftv@ftv.org.tn
Türkiye Yelken Federasyonu Başkanlığı
Kızılırmak Mah. 1450 Sk. No:9
Ulusoy Plaza Kat:3 Daire:11
(06510) Çankaya / Ankara
President: D. Özlem Akdurak
General Secretary:
Mail : info@tyf.org.tr
Sailing Federation of Ukraine
42 Esplanadna Street
01601, Kyiv 601
Ukraine
President:
General Secretary:
Mail : sfu@sfu.com.ua
United States Sailing Association
US Sailing
1 Roger Williams University Way
Bristol, RI 02809
Mail : info@ussailing.org
Join the class
World Sailing MNAs are invited to become members of the International iQFOIL Class.
To become a member of the Class, please download the APPLICATION FORM, fill it out and return it to: info@iqfoilclass.org
2026 MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES & FEES
Currently, fees are set as follows:
Category A – €500 – MNAs with more than 50 members
Category B – €300 – MNAs with 30-50 members
Category C – €200 – MNAs with less than 30 members