Outright World Records

500 m Men A. Albeau 49.09kn
500 m Women  S. Bredenkamp 42.35kn
Nautical Mile Men Hydroptere 41.69kn
Nautical Mile Women Z. Davis 34.74kn
 

Hall of Fame

Thierry BielakThierry Bielak was holding the windsurfers 500m record from 1991-2004.
 
National Records: Spain
500 m Men B. Dunkerbeck 44.35kn
500 m Women  B. Dunkerbeck 34.27kn
Nautical Mile Men B. Dunkerbeck 41.14kn
Nautical Mile Women B. Dunkerbeck 23.84kn
 

Rankings 2008

  • PKRA Top Speed Men

    1. Alex Caizergues, FRA
    2. RObert Douglas, USA
    3. Sebastien Cattelan, FRA
    4. Sylvain Hoceini, FRA
    5. Chris Prin-Guenon, FRA

  • ISWC Nations

    1. France
    2. Netherlands
    3. Switzerland
    4. Germany
    5. Greece

  • PKRA Overall Women

    1. Charlotte Consorti, FRA
    2. Sjoukje Bredenkamp, RSA
    3. Katja Roose, NED
    4. Jemma Grobbelar, GBR
    5. Erika Lindberg, SWE

  • ISWC Overall Men

    1. C. Moussilmani, FRA
    2. B. van der Steen, NED
    3. A. Albeau, FRA
    4. B. Dunkerbeck, SUI
    5. C. Bordes, FRA

  • ISWC Overall Women

    1. V. Ghibaudo, FRA
    2. M. Raisi, FRA
    3. K. Jaggi, SUI
    4. E. Duby, FRA
    5. S. Hebert, ARM

  • PKRA Overall Men

    1. Sebastien Cattelan, FRA
    2. Alex Caizergues, FRA
    3. Chris Prin-Guenon, FRA
    4. Jerome Bila, FRA
    5. Rolf v/d Vlugt, FRA

  • ISWC Board Manufacturers

    1. F2
    2. Fanatic
    3. T1
    4. Starboard
    5. Carbon Art

  • ISWC Sail Manufacturers

    1. North Sails
    2. Loft Sails
    3. Simmer Sails
    4. Neil Pryde
    5. Gaastra

Seasons Top Speed

50.57 kn

Alex Caizergues, FRA
at the PKRA Finals
Luderitz, Namibia

Rider of the day

Cyril Moussilmani, FRA
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Sotavento, ESP

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Spot Record: 44.21 knots
Roddy Lewis, USA, 1995

 
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Live ! from Dungarvan

Starboard announces full range of speed boards PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 16 March 2008

tiki.gifStarboard have just announced the release of exact replicas of Antoine Albeaus 3 speed boards.
They will hopefully be in the shop by the later part of June..... (Probably August)

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Interview: The man who made 49.09 knots PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 16 March 2008

Double world champion in 2006, triple world champion in 2007, Antoine Albeau wrote himself into the history books on March 5th 2008 by setting a new world record for sail speed. With his 49.09 knots, the big Frenchie has set the bar very high indeed and establishes himself as the men closest to that 50 knot mark, and very much the man to beat. Here’s the WJ interview with a champion in every sense of the word !

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Speed:World:Cup welcomes North Sails PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
north.gifWe are happy to announce that North Sails also joined the Speed:World:Cup as corporate member. With Bjorn, Patrik, Cyril and Karin they have some real hot shots for the podium !
 
New Greek Record at DbW PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
drivenbywind.jpgPhilip Adamidis set a new greek record today at the fourth Driven by Wind session. The speed of 42.81 knots is subject to WSSRC ratification.
The conditions have been only good in the very beginning, before the wind became to broad and the chop started rolling down the course. Lets hope for another good session later on !
 
Driven by Wind is on ! PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
drivenbywind.jpgThe fourth session of the Driven by Wind record event is on. First speeds are around 44-45 knots, and depending on the wind pattern it could become even more. You can follow the action LIVE here !
 
Interview with ITA-120 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 12 March 2008

patrik.jpgNot content simply with being among the 6 fastest sail-powered people in the world with his 46.57 knots, Patrik Diethelm made his run on F2 manufactured production equipment. One of the 3 windsurfers to have really shown last Wednesday 5th March on the canal at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, ITA-120 tells us his story of the day, and how he’s started dreaming of the absolute record…

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Schedule updated PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
We are happy to announce that the events in Karpathos and Tarifa have become more probable during the last few days. We are still working on the details, but it looks pretty much for 20.08.-26.08.2008 for Karpathos and 16.09.-22.09. for Tarifa. Stay tuned, and please do not book before official documents are available !
 
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