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

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National Records: Portugal
500 m Men P. da Silva 37.84kn
500 m Women  n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Men n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2008

  • ISWC Overall Women

    1. V. Ghibaudo, FRA
    2. M. Raisi, FRA
    3. K. Jaggi, SUI
    4. E. Duby, FRA
    5. S. Hebert, ARM

  • PKRA Overall Women

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

  • PKRA Overall Men

    1. Sebastien Cattelan, FRA
    2. Alex Caizergues, FRA
    3. Christophe Prin-Guenon, FRA
    4. Rolf v/d Vlugt, NED
    5. Jerome Bila, FRA

  • ISWC Sail Manufacturers

    1. North Sails
    2. Loft Sails
    3. Neil Pryde
    4. Gaastra
    5. Simmer Sails

  • ISWC Board Manufacturers

    1. F2
    2. Fanatic
    3. Starboard
    4. Carbon Art
    5. T1

  • 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

  • PKRA Top Speed Women

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

Seasons Top Speed

43.09 kn

Alex Caizergues, FRA

Rider of the day

Birger Bruhns, GER
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Sotavento, ESP

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Spot Record: 44.21 knots
Roddy Lewis, USA, 1995

 
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Live ! from Karpathos

Chris Benzing, GER PDF Print E-mail
 Christian Benzing

Sail: 77
Height: 186 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Birthdate: 20.05.1967
Nationality: German
Residence: Germany
www.chrisbenz.de

Biography
Windsurfer since age 15. First attempts in 1982 in Fuerteventura / Spain and at Lake of Constance / Germany.
First windsurfing speed contest in 1986 in Fuerteventura. In the first race : 30.3 knots on a Cobra Production board. That was good enough to break Michael Puchers World record of 28.6 knots which he has held on the same board for nearly 2 years.
Since then affected by speed races and in the year 2005 speedsurfing-comeback  in Fuerteventura.

Best Results :
year 1986: 30.3 knots on a production board!
year 2006 : 35.26 knots

Sponsors:
North, F2, Proof, Chris Benz Watches

 

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