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

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National Records: Belgium
500 m Men C. Barret 40.87kn
500 m Women  S. Rondelez 33.60kn
Nautical Mile Men A. de Gendt 37.54kn
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2009

  • ISWC Overall Women

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

  • ISWC Nations

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

  • ISWC Overall Men

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

  • 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

Seasons Top Speed

44.19 kn

Dave Williams
at the Speed Europeans
Dungarvan, Ireland

Rider of the day

Alberto Possati, ITA
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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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1. Interview with Farrel O'Shea
(Press/Interviews)
...windy day and don’t have to travel all over the world to do this. I really enjoyed this. The Canal: How do you get invited? Farrel: I’ve done quite a few of the speed events by no...
Tuesday, 22 April 2008

2. Monsieur Bielak says good by
(Press/Interviews)
..., how did you manage to deal with that ? TB : Exactly, when I did the speed attempt with Finian on the canal, I put so much pressure on myself  that it actually held me back, it wasn’t ri...
Thursday, 17 April 2008

3. Pascal Maka on the Microphone
(Press/Interviews)
...f 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 ...
Wednesday, 09 April 2008

... water sail speed record … Official timekeeper but also the chief conductor of the infamous speed canal, Christophe Simian takes time out to talk about the net result of the event, even if the ...
Tuesday, 08 April 2008

...ALBEAU of France. Antoine ALBEAU (FRA) set the new outright world speed record mark on the purpose built canal in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, France. The Record Record: Outright World Speed...
Monday, 07 April 2008

6. MoS warning for Friday 21st
(News/General News)
...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... ...
Wednesday, 19 March 2008

... Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer by 4.00pm at the latest. Get the van and equipment ready, we need to be on the canal at 7.00am to rig and tune the equipment !!!". Luckily, nothing ever phases us and ev...
Monday, 17 March 2008

...I got back to Paris the day before at 9.00am, I had to get to my house on the west coast and down to the canal on the south coast and do it all in less than 12 hours. I got there at half past midnight...
Sunday, 16 March 2008

9. Interview with ITA-120
(Press/Interviews)
...ured 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 st...
Wednesday, 12 March 2008

10. Finians point of view
(News/General News)
... and he clearly hasn’t spoken his last words on the subject ! "This winter of speed at the canal has been the height of frustration for me. Individually I know that my sails, boards and ...
Tuesday, 11 March 2008

... in Saintes Maries de la Mer, France. After months of waiting for the big mistral winds, the speed canal at the shores of the mediterrean sea came to life again. Strong mistral winds with 45-50 ...
Wednesday, 05 March 2008

Record conditions on the canal today. Patrik Diethelm with an unofficial 46.5 knots on production board, and Antoine Albeau with unconfirmed 48 knots ! The wind seems to be superstrong, but v
Wednesday, 05 March 2008

13. Big Mistral forecasted
(News/General News)
The Canal has laid dormant for eight weeks since the last session whilst the MoS organizers still searched for the big day to try and break the official WSSRC 50-knot barrier. However, it loo
Monday, 03 March 2008

14. Hydroptere is getting ready
(News/General News)
... This record made history and was not beaten until 2004 by the windsurfer, Finian Maynard, on the Canal des Saintes Maries de la Mer, a canal especially constructed for this race. In 2005, Fi...
Thursday, 28 February 2008

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