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

dunki2.pngBjorn Dunkerbeck is the most successful professional windsurfer of all times, and still chasing for new records.
 
National Records: Canada
500 m Men S. Stephan 30.37kn
500 m Women  J. Parker 22.86kn
Nautical Mile Men n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2009

  • 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 Women

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

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

Seasons Top Speed

44.19 kn

Dave Williams
at the Speed Europeans
Dungarvan, Ireland

Rider of the day

Kean Rogers, USA
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Luderitz, NAM

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Spot Record: 50.57 knots
Alex Caizergues, FRA, 2008

 
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1. 2010 Rulebooks published
(News/General News)
... the same point system applies as for all other kiteboarding disciplines (depending on price money plus factors for continentals and worlds). Points score towards the speed ranking as well as for the ...
Tuesday, 19 January 2010

...ion to beat, but the Netherlands are coming closer ! Congratulations to The Loft, winning the manufacturers title for the sailmakers and Carbon Art, who is winning the manufacturers title for th...
Friday, 27 November 2009

3. ISWC World Rankings Updated
(News/General News)
...re the 2009 World Ranking Winners, congratulations ! The rankings for nations, sail and board manufacturers will be updated in the next days. ...
Monday, 16 November 2009

...uninsured for this event. In the event that someone is unable to provide the documents to the satisfaction of the organisers, membership of the Irish Windsurfing Association and the Irish Kitesur...
Thursday, 22 October 2009

...2009 in Karpathos, with the same official timing equipment as for the worldcup. This gives this event a factor of 2.0 ! Please check with Philip Adamidis and Manolis Kritsiotis for registration,...
Friday, 26 June 2009

...rediction. Of course cavitation, control and structural issues will mess with us long before then. The fact is it will happen in fractions of a second. The water on the course will also be pretty ro...
Thursday, 02 April 2009

...e don't want to do this in top-end conditions like we have been experienceing. Our day will come and in fact it looks like it might be sooner rather than later. The weeks forecast is looking pretty sp...
Friday, 27 March 2009

 Well...it's great to be back.   The fact that VESTAS SAILROCKET now sits outside this here container 100% ready for another assault on the Walvis Bay Speed sailing course
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

...quot;what happened"? I won't go into too much detail here until we are certain of all the factors. I went straight back to the container once out of hospital and had a look at all the on...
Sunday, 15 March 2009

... So the wind is already blowing today and we hope to be on the water earlier rather than later. In fact... it's looking pretty flash at the moment. One of these days.... one of these days. ...
Monday, 09 March 2009

...te results post processed off the TRIMBLE GPS to see what we really did down the mile the other day. In fact we only got the results back yesterday afternoon. Here they are... Peak speed- 46.75 ...
Saturday, 28 February 2009

...away (it reduces the angle of attack of the inclined foil which also reduces the 'down' component. This factored in the flip scenario). With the wing eased, the boat will tend to want to turn towards ...
Sunday, 22 February 2009

...d Valerie Ghibaudo (FRA, Loft Sails) take the victory of the 2008 ISWC World Cup Ranking. The Board Manufacturers Ranking is won by Starboard, in the Sail Manufacturers category North Sails takes the ...
Saturday, 06 December 2008

...d Valerie Ghibaudo (FRA, Loft Sails) take the victory of the 2008 ISWC World Cup Ranking. The Board Manufacturers Ranking is won by Starboard, in the Sail Manufacturers category North Sails takes the ...
Saturday, 06 December 2008

15. Sailrocket fastest boat on earth ?
(News/General News)
... become the fastest boat in the world before ripped in pieces with an incredible airborne. Here are the facts: 51.76 knots peak, 47.35 knots over 500m, 46.4 knots over 1000m, all speeds to be comfirme...
Thursday, 04 December 2008

16. Alain's report on Dungarvan
(News/General News)
...ves instead of the extremely flat water next to the sandbar. What makes the spot so exceptional, is the fact that it’s a peace of cake to get to the speed strip. A football wide grass field, nex...
Tuesday, 07 October 2008

17. New WSSRC waterdepth rule
(News/General News)
...fect in reducing the drag of craft sailing in very shallow water, that it became significant at a depth factor of half the beam of a planing surface and that in general a minimum water depth of 50 cms...
Monday, 01 September 2008

18. ISWC World Rankings updated
(News/General News)
...A, Loft Sails), clearly ahead of Marion Raisi (FRA) and Karin Jaggi (SUI, F2, North). In the manufacturers ranking, T1 climbed some places up to third, F2 still in the lead ahead of Fanatic, bu...
Thursday, 28 August 2008

19. Manufacturers Rankings updated
(News/General News)
F2 and North sit on top of the 2008 ISWC Manufacturers ranking after the first big event of the season, the ISWC Speed World Championships in Fuerteventura. The places behind are pretty close together
Thursday, 07 August 2008

20. ISWC Rankings updated
(News/General News)
... Rankings 2008 for men, women and nations have been updated in the Events->Rankings section. The manufacturers rankings will follow shortly, but the calculation process is a little bit more difficu...
Tuesday, 05 August 2008

The first race of the ’08 speedwindsurfing world championship is a fact and right from the start we had a good one with a double extension. At the mandatory skippersmeeting this morning
Saturday, 26 July 2008

22. Minutes 2008
(AGM_Minutes/Minutes)
...max and positive buoyancy = accepted by voting (majority) #Pete explains and asks for feedback on the factors used on the different championships. He wants to find out what criteria we need to loo...
Saturday, 26 July 2008

23. BVI-1 signs RRD
(News/General News)
...d I. I wish F2 all the best for the future. WJ :  Why did you choose RRD and not another manufacturer like JP Australia or Fanatic ? FM :  The RRD boards fit my style. I have been ri...
Friday, 04 July 2008

24. Weymouth Speedweek News
(News/General News)
...r event for this year. There will be a full range of demo gear from the cream of the board and sail manufactures and Speedsailing stars like Dave White and Zara Davis on hand for help and advice. It w...
Wednesday, 11 June 2008

25. KA Konzept
(Featured/Featured Equipment)
...nt, more smooth: therefore more speed" The changes are top secret – all the major manufacturers are trying to figure this sail out! By the way did we mention - 47.6 knots for ...
Thursday, 17 April 2008

26. Monsieur Bielak says good by
(Press/Interviews)
...t all worked because in truth I wasn’t really destined for windsurfing or for competitions !!! In fact, in parallel to my sporting career I’ve always kept my job as a salesman. But I&rsquo...
Thursday, 17 April 2008

27. Pascal Maka on the Microphone
(Press/Interviews)
...mpetition. The second is to have seen Albeau pushing himself and his equipment to the very limits ! The fact of sailing on the edge like that all through the day, that’s what helped him get the ...
Wednesday, 09 April 2008

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

29. All eyes set at southend
(News/General News)
... knot run. Even more amazing it was only 0.4 of a knot off the new production record. Due to the fact that no record attempt had been held at the site an open week was necessary to comply with ...
Wednesday, 23 January 2008

30. The 2007 World Champion Titles
(News/General News)
...avis, third places to Thorsten Luig (GER, F2/Thommen, North) and Maaike Kallenborn (NED). The Manufacturers ranking are won by F2 and North, the Nations ranking goes clearly to France. In ...
Monday, 10 September 2007

...vis, third places to Thorsten Luig (GER, F2/Thommen, North) and Maaike Kallenborn (NED). The Manufacturers ranking are won by F2 and North, the Nations ranking goes clearly to France. In...
Saturday, 08 September 2007

32. Events 2010
(Static Content)
... Title    Pricemoney   Factor Supporting Documents  Status&n...
Monday, 25 January 2010

33. Rankings 2009
(Static Content)
...RA 2. Z. Davis, GBR 3. B. Hoefer, GER 4. M. Raisi, FRA 5. M. Geldhof, BEL ISWC Board Manufacturers Ranking 1. Carbon Art 2. Star Board 3. Mistral 4. JP 5. Proof ISWC Sa...
Friday, 24 April 2009

34. Events 2009
(Static Content)
... Title    Pricemoney   Factor Supporting Documents  Status&n...
Wednesday, 11 February 2009

35. Rankings 2007
(Static Content)
...ke Kallenborn, NED Nations Ranking 1. France 2. Great Britain 3. Switzerland Manufacturers Ranking 1. F2 2. Fanatic 3. Thommen 1. North 2. Loft Sails 3. Neil Pr...
Thursday, 03 January 2008

36. Rankings 2008
(Static Content)
... FRA 2. Z. Davis, GBR 3. M. Raisi, FRA 4. K. Jaggi, SUI 5. B. Hoefer, GER ISWC Board Manufacturers Ranking 1. Starboard 2. Fanatic 3. T1 4. Carbon Art 5. F2 ISWC S...
Thursday, 03 January 2008

37. Events 2008
(Static Content)
... Title    Pricemoney   Factor Supporting Documents  Status&n...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

38. Events 2007
(Static Content)
...ifferent grades:   Grade A - The original Grand Prix events, with the highest factor counting towards the           &nb...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

39. Championship Rules
(Static Content)
...f the ISA tour and for the ISA speed windsurfing production board world championship, if it is also manufactured by a brand who is a recognised corporate member. In addition, any production boards fro...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

40. Class Rules
(Static Content)
...rule is to enable sailing crafts that are regarded as windsurfers to participate regardless if they are factory or custom made. Development of equipment is encouraged. The rig/sail configuration is ...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

41. Class Constitution
(Static Content)
...t of the prescribed annual subscription be open to any board builder, sailmaker and other equipment manufacturer interested in the Speed Windsurfing class. c) ASSOCIATED MEMBERSHIPS shall be o...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

42. Industry Partners
(Static Content)
...nd today we are still one of the leading windsurfing brands worldwide. We owe this status partly to the fact that we constantly create new concepts and ideas to improve technological standards. Our sh...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

43. Events 2010
(Static Content)
... Title    Pricemoney   Factor Supporting Documents  Status&n...
Monday, 25 January 2010

44. Rankings 2009
(Static Content)
...RA 2. Z. Davis, GBR 3. B. Hoefer, GER 4. M. Raisi, FRA 5. M. Geldhof, BEL ISWC Board Manufacturers Ranking 1. Carbon Art 2. Star Board 3. Mistral 4. JP 5. Proof ISWC Sa...
Friday, 24 April 2009

45. Events 2009
(Static Content)
... Title    Pricemoney   Factor Supporting Documents  Status&n...
Wednesday, 11 February 2009

46. Rankings 2007
(Static Content)
...ke Kallenborn, NED Nations Ranking 1. France 2. Great Britain 3. Switzerland Manufacturers Ranking 1. F2 2. Fanatic 3. Thommen 1. North 2. Loft Sails 3. Neil Pr...
Thursday, 03 January 2008

47. Rankings 2008
(Static Content)
... FRA 2. Z. Davis, GBR 3. M. Raisi, FRA 4. K. Jaggi, SUI 5. B. Hoefer, GER ISWC Board Manufacturers Ranking 1. Starboard 2. Fanatic 3. T1 4. Carbon Art 5. F2 ISWC S...
Thursday, 03 January 2008

48. Events 2008
(Static Content)
... Title    Pricemoney   Factor Supporting Documents  Status&n...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

49. Events 2007
(Static Content)
...ifferent grades:   Grade A - The original Grand Prix events, with the highest factor counting towards the           &nb...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

50. Championship Rules
(Static Content)
...f the ISA tour and for the ISA speed windsurfing production board world championship, if it is also manufactured by a brand who is a recognised corporate member. In addition, any production boards fro...
Thursday, 27 December 2007

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