FYI,

Since I have played the game, and windsurfing has transformed into kiteboarding in this country I have lost touch to some degree. Check out the Class Rules for the T293ers. I watched the video and discovered many of the competitors were wearing flotation devices.

I could not find a copy of the SIs (event over), but the Class Rules and the NOR point at PFDs with the onus on the SIs for youth sailors.

http://www.internationalwindsurfing.com/userfiles/documents/N_Americans_Cozumel_2011_NoR.pdf

http://www.internationalwindsurfing.com/userfiles/documents/T293_Championship_Rules.pdf

Without a more detailed account of the incident it might be hard to blame the RC for letting down their safety picket.

Very worthy investigation...Robbie Naish was twelve years old when he won the first Windsurfing Worlds, and they did not even allow harnesses. He won it again the next year with a broken arm under the same Class Rules.