sick_em_rex said...

any idea how Sophie Rootable did Choc?
And what is FB?

Rootable perfomed to expectation(not on the water) ......Facebook

That bank of mud is going to cause HUGE turbulence for most of the sail. You can see on the pics how gusty it is on the water. Not a problem at all for the kites though. They are up in clean wind. Curious to see how it goes for the windsurfers. I hope they can get powered up.

Looks perfect for kites. I wonder if they will be enforcing the depth rule, or turning a blind eye when the speeds go up when the tide goes out... If a windsurfer cant get down the course on a 20cm fin, then how deep is it?

slowboat said...

If a windsurfer cant get down the course on a 20cm fin, then how deep is it?

They, the windsurfers need my 14cm asy MIC fins, used these fins at the speed kiters lagoon north of auckland, i didn't touch the bottom at low tide.

At Luderitz 2nd Lagoon the Kiters are having problems with no where to slow down once they done 500m.

It looks like the World Record may have been improved ... 54.10 knots ...



Congrats to Alex Caizergues, more than 2.5 knots more than l'Hydroptere.

Awesome stuff

There's a video on the kite forum with a good perspective.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/541kts/

Is that a kite mounted camera or a helicopter?

I found another video - this one of Anders Bringdal testing the canal on his windsurfer (filmed by Sebastien Cattelan with a chase camera)

DaGodfather said...


I found another video - this one of Anders Bringdal testing the canal on his windsurfer (filmed by Sebastien Cattelan with a chase camera)

i was waiting for anders to bust out a snakey

kato said...

Whats happened to Tim???.Is he back on the water

He got back out, not sure how he went haven't had a chance to chat with him last few days, some recent pics...nice bruise.

choco said...

kato said...

Whats happened to Tim???.Is he back on the water

He got back out, not sure how he went haven't had a chance to chat with him last few days, some recent pics...nice bruise.

looks like he did 41+ kts last Friday and there hasn't been much wind since:

http://www.luderitz-speed.com/luderitz/docs/Day6MensResults.pdf

The world of speed has shaken again... IMPRESSIVE!

- Rob Douglas at 55.65 kts
- Charlotte Consorti at 50.43 kts

More info here: www.luderitz-speed.com

elmo said...


Wow, congrats to them all

+1

impressive indeed..6kts faster is a trying effort now for sailpowered..for now though!