Outright World Records

500 m Men Hydroptere 51.36kn
500 m Women  S. Bredenkamp 45.20kn
Nautical Mile Men Hydroptere 50.17kn
Nautical Mile Women Z. Davis 34.74kn
 

Hall of Fame

Fred HaywoodFred Haywood was the first Windsurfer over 30 knots, an unbelievable barrier in 1983.
 
National Records: Germany
500 m Men D. Hanel 42.44kn
500 m Women  M. Schlune  36.50kn
Nautical Mile Men T. Doeblin 36.74kn
Nautical Mile Women C. Pihan 30.55kn
 

Rankings 2009

  • IKA Overall Women

    1. M. Gil, USA
    2. C. Consorti, FRA
    3. S. Bredenkamp, RSA
    4. J. Grobbelaar, GBR
    5. Caroline Adrien, FRA

  • IKA Nations

    1. France
    2. USA
    3. Great Britain
    4. Germany
    5. South Africa

  • IKA Overall Men

    1. Alex Caizergues, FRA
    2. Sylvain Hoceini, FRA
    3. Rob Douglas, USA
    4. D. Williams, GBR
    5. D. Leroy, USA

  • ISWC Overall Men

    1. A. Bringdal, SWE
    2. H. Kreisel, NED
    3. B. Dunkerbeck, SUI
    4. C. Bornemann, GER
    5. D.-J. Knol, NED

  • ISWC Board Manufacturers

    1. Carbon Art
    2. Starboard
    3. Mistral
    4. JP
    5. Proof

  • ISWC Sail Manufacturers

    1. Loft Sails
    2. Challenger Sails
    3. Severne
    4. North Sails
    5. Neil Pryde

  • ISWC Overall Women

    1. V. Ghibaudo, FRA
    2. Z. Davis, GBR
    3. B. Hoefer, GER
    4. M. Raisi, FRA
    5. M. Geldhof, BEL

  • ISWC Nations

    1. France
    2. Netherlands
    3. Germany
    4. Sweden
    5. Italy

Seasons Top Speed

44.19 kn

Dave Williams
at the Speed Europeans
Dungarvan, Ireland

Rider of the day

Christian Bornemann, GER
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Leucate, FRA

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Spot Record: 39.95 knots
Manu Taub, FRA, 2005

 
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ISWC Rulebook updated PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

The 2009 version of the ISWC rulebook is online now. Please check carefully for the changes affecting the 2009 season.

Changes have been made especially to the scoring of the events to allow for more flexibility, new venues and cost effectiveness.

Download the full rulebook here

 
French Speed-Cup starts today PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

The "Coupe de France de Vitesse" is kicking of today, with the mistral already blowing...

World Ranking Leader Cyril Moussilmani as well as names like Anders Bringdal and Valerie Ghibaudo can't wait to collect the first points for the 2009 World Ranking.

Windsurfjounal is broadcasting the event live on the internet. Follow the action here: http://www.windsurfjournal.com/frontblocks/live/live.asp? 

 

 
Feed Sailrocket: The Rocket returns to the launch-pad. PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

 Well...it's great to be back.

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PSL Kitespeed Worlds Pre-Registration List updated PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 16 March 2009

A list of registrations received so far has been updated further down. Please check if your registration is listed, otherwise complete the registration form using the link on the right hand side.

We are at 42 registrations at the moment, and it looks like this will become the biggest kitespeed event ever !

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Feed Sailrocket: On with the show! PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 15 March 2009

Hi all... one slightly beaten up Sailrocket jockey here.

Firstly, thanks to all those near and far who have sent their regards. It's always appreciated.

Obviously the last couple of days have been pretty strange from my perspective. One moment I'm going 47+ knots with the glorious Walvis Bay 'speed-spot' stretched out before me and ready for the taking... the next I'm on a hospital Gurney sort of aware that I'm asking the same question over and over... "what happened"?

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Feed Sailrocket: 4th world record attempt PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 13 March 2009

It appears that something failed structurally early on the record attempt today and the boat collapsed and turned over very quickly. Paul has some nasty cuts and was badly concussed. We will report in more detail tomorrow when we have looked at the boat and any available footage.

 

 Posted by Malcolm 

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Feed Sailrocket: Friday the 13th.... Our lucky day??? PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 13 March 2009

A world record attempt on Friday the 13th??? Well we haven't had much luck weather-wise during this record session so we will take it whenever it comes. Unusual amounts of rain inland have affected the normal 'flows' of wind up the coast. It's becoming tiring as we are all sitting around making work and itching to get wet. Forecast winds keep moving away from us like a mirage and when we finally catch them they have usually weakened to the point where we don't even go out.

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Feed Sailrocket: Another mid 40 run yesterday... and another window to jump through today PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 09 March 2009

Yesterday we did manage to get a run in... our third for this record attempt.

VESTAS SAILROCKET performed flawlessly and executed a very smooth 42.5 knot 500 meter run with a peak around 44.7 knots. The average wind was 19.5 knots.

 

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Feed Sailrocket: Tooling up and heading out... PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 08 March 2009

The wind has come in a little stronger than expected/predicted so we are all getting geared up and will head across to Speed-spot for the fourth time in this record attempt.

VESTAS SAILROCKET is sitting patiently outside whilst we burden her with data loggers, Trimble GPS units and onboard cameras.

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