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

Fred HaywoodFred Haywood was the first Windsurfer over 30 knots, an unbelievable barrier in 1983.
 
National Records: South Africa
500 m Men H, Bredenkamp 44.62kn
500 m Women  S. Bredenkamp 42.35kn
Nautical Mile Men H. Bredenkamp 40.33kn
Nautical Mile Women N. Petersmann 30.00kn
 

Rankings 2008

  • PKRA Top Speed Men

    1. Alex Caizergues, FRA
    2. Rolf v/d Vlugt, NED
    3. Sebastien Cattelan, FRA
    4. Manu Taub, FRA
    5. Sylvain Hoceini, FRA

  • ISWC Overall Women

    1. Valerie Ghibaudo, FRA
    2. Jose Stok, NED
    3. Birgit Hoefer, GER
    4. Marie Geldorf, BEL
    5. Marion Raisi, FRA

  • PKRA Top Speed Women

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

  • ISWC Overall Men

    1. Dylan De Jong, NED
    2. Pieter Bartlema, NED
    3. Robert Kreisel, NED
    4. Alex Van der Meer, NED
    5. Hans Kreisel, NED

  • PKRA Overall Women

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

  • PKRA Overall Men

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

Seasons Top Speed

43.09 kn

Alex Caizergues, FRA

Rider of the day

Panagiotis Drakopoulos, GRE
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Approved Worldcup Spot

Karpathos, GRE

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Spot Record: 40,01 knots
Bjorn Dunkerbeck, ESP, 2006

 
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Live ! from Fuerteventura

Sailrocket hits 44 knots ! PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 21 April 2008
Speed Sailing World Record contender "Sailrocket" is warming up for more. We just received news that Paul has hit 44 knots in 20-22 knots of wind and rough water. There is more to come... check www.sailrocket.com for more details !
 
Monsieur Bielak says good by PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 April 2008
An unmissable character from the windsurf world, specially where that concerns speed sailing, 3 times world speed record holder and Speedsailing Hall of Fame member Thierry Biélak is saying his farewells after years of appearing on the runs and roads for the RRD brand… New horizons, new projects ahead, he takes time out to talk to us about his long career as a speedboard addict !!!
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Driven by Wind closes its doors PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 April 2008
drivenbywind.jpgHere is Dave's final statement: "Sorry to say, but windfinder has joined the other forecasts in predicting an East wind for the next few days, this ensures we will have no further sessions on the water for drivenbywind.
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Speed:World:Cup welcomes KA ! PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 16 April 2008

kasails.gifKA is proud to support the speed sailing and in particular the World Cup. KA has been promoting local speed events for some time and due to its recent expansion realized it was time to support the sport in the global arena. For the full range of high performance sails please check www.kasail.com

 
Fuerteventura Speed:World:Cup Registration is open ! PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 15 April 2008

fuerte.jpgWe are happy to announce the organization of the 2008 Fuerteventura Speed:World:Cup.

The windsurf event will be held as one-off world championship, the kitesurf event as part of the world tour, counting towards the world championship.

The registration forms can be downloaded in the events section.

 
Sorry for being offline PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 14 April 2008
Seems as we are popular object of hacking attacks, so we used the latest downtime for security updates and patches. Hope we can serve better now !
 
Important information about sailnumbers PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
We noticed a lot of almost impossible to read sailnumbers during the latest events. We take this for reason to give you some hints about do's and don'ts  - always remember that your sailnumber is your brand mark, if we can't read it, you will not be timed. So please go carefully through the following list and check if your sailnumbers are ok.
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Pascal Maka on the Microphone PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 09 April 2008

After Christophe Simian, now it’s time for Pascal Maka, Masters of Speed coordinator and race director, to tell Windsurfjournal.com his side of the 5 months spent on the canal at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The net result, personal memories, regrets, his view of the future !

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