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new windsurf speed record video
« 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


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Re: new windsurf speed record video
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: new windsurf speed record video
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2015, 11:37:38 AM »
Is my math correct?  52 knots = 60 MPH?  That's almost freeway speed. 
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Re: new windsurf speed record video
« Reply #3 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!

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Re: new windsurf speed record video
« Reply #4 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

 


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