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

sjoukje.jpgSjoukje Bredenkamp has set the bar to an incredible 45.20 knots in 2008, beating her own previous record by almost 3 knots.
 
National Records: Greece
500 m Men P. Adamidis 42.47kn
500 m Women  n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Men N. Vardalachos 36.89kn
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

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

  • ISWC Overall Men

    1. B. Dunkerbeck, SUI
    2. H. Kreisel, NED
    3. D.-J. Knol, NED
    4. C. Lockwood, AUS
    5. M. Bengtsson, SWE

  • ISWC Nations

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

  • 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 Women

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

  • IKA Nations

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

Seasons Top Speed

44.19 kn

Dave Williams
at the Speed Europeans
Dungarvan, Ireland

Rider of the day

Daniel Aeberli, SUI
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Karpathos, GRE

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Spot Record: 43.68 knots
Antoine Albeau, FRA, 2008

 
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French Cup: Day 1 PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Not much to report today, the wind was too light and too downwind. The race committee tryied a fun race today, but speeds rarely exceeded 30 knots. The forecast for the next days is very good, so stay tuned with us. Philou from www.windsurfjournal.com is here with us to bring you as many information as possible with their livecast.
 
Kick off for the 2008 Speed:World:Cup season PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 21 March 2008
Even if conditions have not been favourable on thursday and friday for the Driven by Wind and Masters of Speed record attempts, the action will start tomorrow with the first event of the 2008 season. The first edition of the "Coupe de France" will be run from tomorrow 22nd of March, in Port St. Louis, followed by the Gruissan Speedweek starting on Monday. We are down in Port St. Louis at the moment to support Jochen Krauth and his team, and we hope that we can establish a livecast from the race action later in the week. Stay tuned with us !
 
MoS warning for Friday 21st PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
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We have a good prediction for North West wind for friday march 21st, 35/40 Knots with some gusts at 45 Knots, 110 km/h we saw on tv weather reports. North west direction on the canal is rare but it could happen...

 
Driven by Wind is calling PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
drivenbywind.jpgDriven by Wind is calling for Thursday, with the wind starting in a southerly direction. Lets hope that it holds until the afternoon low tide, before it goes to far around to the west or north. Stay tuned !
 
Some slots left PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 17 March 2008
psl08.jpgBe informed that we have some final slots left for the kick-off event of the 2008 kitespeed season. For details, please check www.dmckite.net or get in touch with us directly !
 
The eye of...: Jean-Marie Albeau PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 17 March 2008

Father of a certain Antoine Albeau, Jean-Marie had a front row seat for the world record run for speed sailing on the 5th March at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Passionate windsurfer in his own right, but acting as coach and caddy for the day (but what a day !) he talks us through his view of an emotional day !

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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 !
 
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