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Stand Up Paddle => Wind Powered => Topic started by: Caribsurf on November 04, 2015, 09:54:13 AM

Title: new windsurf speed record video
Post by: Caribsurf on November 04, 2015, 09:54:13 AM

wow this guy is flying…such a narrow body of water too, very little room for error.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4VvkyIkP0c

Title: Re: new windsurf speed record video
Post by: DavidJohn on November 04, 2015, 10:30:23 AM

Awesome.. I remember when Fred held the record and I had a board made to his same dimensions.

Title: Re: new windsurf speed record video
Post by: Zooport on November 04, 2015, 11:37:38 AM

Is my math correct?  52 knots = 60 MPH?  That's almost freeway speed. 

Title: Re: new windsurf speed record video
Post by: peterp on November 04, 2015, 11:43:03 AM

That's in Luderitz just up the road from Cape Town (1100km :)) - we got a bit of that wind as well - epic downwinders last couple of days in CT. Apparently Bjoern Dunkerbeck is there but couldn't get access to run as he is only signed up to go in a few days time - must have been spewing!

Title: Re: new windsurf speed record video
Post by: surf4food on November 04, 2015, 03:29:57 PM

Don't forget back in 2010 kiteboarder Rob Douglas broke the outright speed record (at the time) at 55.6 knots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzP2CMAQ7qA