event announcement

EVENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
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Tarifa, Spain
rd
Oct `14
26
th
Oct `14
Warm-Up starting from 20 th
Your ticket to business and kitesurf experience.
BIENVENIDO A TARIFA
Europe´s No 1 Kite Spot
Dear business & kitesurf friends,
We are entrepreneurs, innovators and athletes connected
through our true passion for kiteboarding. We are well aware of the bonding power of our sport and want to use that to
push each other in life and work.
The Founders Kite Club organises kitesurf & business events
to bring together like minded people in an informal atmosphere in order to network and discuss central entrepreneurial
challenges.
GISELA PULIDO
9 TIMES KITEBOARDING WORLD CHAMPION
The event is co-hosted by international pro riders and kiteboarding world champions like Youri Zoon, Gisela Pulido,
Ruben Lenten or Kristin Boese. They will help you improve
your kitesurfing skills during the Warm Up days and the Main
Event.
The Main Event takes place from Thursday evening until Sunday
(23rd-26th Oct 2014), while all participants are welcome to join
our Event Warm Up, which starts on the Monday (20th-22nd
Oct 2014).
Our hotel Dos Mares will be located directly at the beach,
where you can find great kitesurfing conditions and awesome networking venues.
YOURI ZOON
2 TIMES KITEBOARDING WORLD CHAMPION
All our activities offer room for networking, according to our
moto: Business in Boardshorts.
Our event is invite only.
Thus make sure you clear your agenda in time and send us
your application.
We look forward to seeing you in Tarifa,
the Founders Kite Club Team
RUBEN LENTEN
REDBULLEXTREMESPORTSATHLETE&BESTKITEBOARDING TEAM RIDER
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TARIFA 2014
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WHAT TO EXPECT
Kitesurfing, business and
special networking venues
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YOUR HOTEL
How to book and how to
get to Tarifa
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HOW TO APPLY
What happens next and
whom to contact
WHAT TO EXPECT
KITESURFING
The Founders Kite Club Event in Tarifa will be cohosted by Best Kiteboarding Team riders. The riders
will be announced shortly on our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/founderskiteclub
There will be several kitesurf clinics during the event week
with workshops how to improve your rotations, jumps, unhooked tricks ect. The Pro Riders will help you to improve
your kiteboarding skills to the next level, while our sponsor
Red Bull provides enough energy to accept the challenges
Beginners are welcome to attend the event in Tarifa. We
collaborate with the Gisela Pulido Pro Center Kiteschool and
organize the lessons for you.
PLEASE NOTE
The Founders Kite Club will also be at the brandnew BEST
KITEBOARDING PRO CENTER TARIFA.
We will have a Best Kiteboarding Test Pool with the 2015
material, thus you will be able to test the new Best kites and
boards during our event.
In Tarifa there are 2 winds: Levante,
which is the warm and strong east wind
and Poniente, the cold but very stable
west wind. The spots are for both: beginners and advanced riders.
Please bring your small and big kite. From
7m2 -14 m2 and a 4/3 mm wetsuit. With
Levante you might be able to kitesurf in a
shorty as well.
For more info check out www.bestkiteboarding.com
NEW BEST
KITEBOARDING
PRO CENTER
IN TARIFA
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HERE ARE SOMETESTIMONIALS OF OUR
FOUNDERS KITE CLUB PARTICIPANTS
BUSINESS
»I HAD AN AMAZING TIME AT THE FOUNDERS
KITECLUBEVENTANDCONNECTEDWITHPEOPLE
THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUTTHEIR BUSINESSES. FOR SURETHERE ARE GREAT INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES.«
Dirk Weipert, CEO of The MediaLab
Depending on the kite conditions our business parts with
keynote speeches and round table discussions will take
place in the evenings after dinner in the Dos Mares Hotel.
An agenda will be provided prior to the event. We update
excerpts of our participant list on a regular basis on Facebook. The complete list of participants will be released a
few weeks prior to the event.
Among our participants there will be VC‘s, investors, innovators, founders, entrepreneurs and start up companies.
References are available on demand.
THEEVENTTICKETPRICESAREEXCL.VATANDVARYACC.TO
THE BOOKING DATE AND YOUR STATUS:
• VISITOR (FIRST 2 EVENTS): Early Bird 450 EUR (until the
8th of September 2014), Late Entry 500 EUR
»WEJUSTPROTOTYPEDOURNEWPRODUCTAND
IREALLYRECEIVEDGREATFEEDBACKFROMTHE
BUSINESSGUYSATFOUNDERSKITECLUB.IALSO
PUSHEDMYKITEBOARDINGSKILLSTOTHENEXT
LEVEL,SUPPORTEDBYBESTKITEBOARDINGPRO
RIDERS.«
• VISITOR (FURTHER EVENTS): Early Bird 855 EUR (until
the 8th of September 2014), Late Entry 950 EUR
• FKC MEMBER: Early Bird 350 EUR (until the 8th of September 2014), Late Entry 500 EUR
Armin Bauer, co-founder of amiando (exit)
Read more about: How to apply? on the last page.
TYPICAL PARTICIPANTS OF FOUNDERS KITE CLUB
JUSTIN COGHLAN
Co-Founder, movember.com
NICHOLAS THIEDE
Founder/CEO, Semigator (exit)
DOMINIK MATYKA
Founder/CEO, Plista.com
GESINE HAAG
»ATTHEFOUNDERSKITECLUBIHADTHEPERFECT
OPPORTUNITYFORCREATINGLONG-TERMPERSONAL AND BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS.«
Carlos Moncho, founder& CEO of Ingravity Media
Founder/CEO, Let´s Go Surfing!
MORGAN CALLAGY
Partner, Veronis Suhler Stevenson
LEA BAUER
Partner Manager, Google
HENNING PETERS
Founder/CTO, Skoobe.de
SASSAN A TAT
CEO, Conserve Group
MAX-JOSEF MEIER
Founder/CEO, Stylight
MARTIN KERN
Founder/CEO, Tirendo (exit)
JAVIER PEREZ
Founder/CEO, ZED Group & Investor
MARC DRÜNER
Founder/CEO, trommsdorf + drüner
ANDRÉ DE WET
GM , Price Check South Africa
CHRISTIAN SALLER
Partner, Holtzbrinck Ventures
UWE BRAUN
Founder/CEO, Host Europe (exit)
YOUR HOTEL
DOS MARES HOTEL
After you have received the
information from Founders
Kite Club how to buy your
ticket you will receive a reference code in order to book
your accomodation directly
with Dos Mares (the whole
hotel is blocked for FKC).
ACCOMODATION (without flights/rental car)
incl. several possible accomodation options, breakfast & all dinners.
PLEASE NOTE
Lunch excluded.
Flights need to be booked separately and individually due to
the various airports of our international participants. Flights to:
www.dosmareshotel.com
#Malaga or #Jerez de la Frontera or #Gibraltar (please dont
forget your passport)
We recommend to get a rental
car at the airport for the 1 1/2
hrs drive to Tarifa. FKC provides
rental car sharing lists prior to
the event.
DOS MARES BEACH HOTEL
Event Week:
Prices per person/ per night
A possible 3rd extra person in a bungalow has additional costs of 70 €/night (extra
bed), including breakfast and dinner (event week price). There is only one invoice
of accomodation for each room. However each guest can pay separately. Extension days need to be requested separately at Dos Mares and are breakfast only.
Hotel Bedroom/ Bungalow
single
double 145 €
88 € Bungalow Superior (optional with sea view)
single
165 €
double 98 €
Bungalow with living room (optional with sea view)
single
180 €
double 105 €
Junior Suite
single
250 €
double 140 €
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HOW TO APPLY
YOUR APPLICATION
Applications can be sent via our webpage
www.founderskiteclub.com/application
Please indicate your business profile, your motivation to join as well as information on your
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
1. Max. 5 days after your application, you will receive an email that informs you if you have been
accepted for the event in Tarifa.
2. In case you are accepted, you will receive a link:
- in order to buy your event ticket
as well as the reference code at Dos Mares Hotel
- in order to book your accomodation directly
with Dos Mares Beach Hotel.
3. After your bookings are made you will receive
the participant list, an agenda and further information.
WHOM TO CONTACT
Mario Steinbuch
Project Manager
Founders Kite Club
Mobile: +49 172 5241914
Email: [email protected]
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