IBA Structure

New Regional Structure


Regional Events will be handled by each of the 8 regions. Final places on the end of year regional tours will count towards a seeding into the  2009 MWT Pipe event.

Regions will only have the right to be included with positions for the MWT Pipe event if they pay the IBA International Body an affiliation fee of US$250 per year. This payment will be made 1 month before the MWT  '09 Pipe event.

The 8 Proposed Regional Tours are:

1.    Bodyboarding Australasia (BBA)
2.    European Tour Bodyboarding (ETB)
3.    IBA Latin America (LA IBA)
4.    Brazil National Tour (CBRASB)
5.    US Bodyboarding Association (USBA)
6.    IBA Hawaii (Included in USBA)
7.    South African Bodyboard Association (SABA)
8.    Japan Professional Bodyboarding Association (JPBA)

International Events

Entry Fees   US $200 Max

IBA Fee        US$30

Max. Event fee    $ 170

Grand Slam events

20% extra

Membership Fees

*Top 16 to pay US$500 to secure their seed no later than 1 month prior to the first MWT event.(50%Jan 50%July)

*All competitors (Top 16 included) to pay US$30 per event (international events) per competitor. To be collected by the events through incorporating the cost into their entry fees and then reimbursing the money back to the IBA.

*All competitors that enter IBA sanctioned events including the Top 16 will be required to sign an IBA rider’s contract.

IBA Board

Chairman                 Mike Stewart

Board Members      Guilherme Tamega & Magno Oliveira (Brazil)

                                 Yeray Martinez & Ardiel Jiminez    (Canary Islands)                           

                                 Ryan Hardy, Ben Player(Australia)

                                 Manuel Centeno & Silvano Lourenco (Portugal)

                                 Jeff Hubbard & Mike Stewart(Hawaii)

                                 Jason Bitzer & Spencer Skipper (USA)

                                 Desiree Kinashi & Catarina Sousa (Women's)



International Management Team

General Manager          Terry McKenna
Technical Director        Craig Hadden
Assist Tech Director     Chico Garritano

Marketing/Sponsorship    Jason Bitzer
Media (On Tour)                 Flavio Brito
Women’s Tour Manager    Derek Hulme