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

Thierry BielakThierry Bielak was holding the windsurfers 500m record from 1991-2004.
 
National Records: Poland
500 m Men M. Metler 34.83kn
500 m Women  n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Men n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2008

  • ISWC Sail Manufacturers

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

  • ISWC Nations

    1. France
    2. Netherlands
    3. Switzerland
    4. Germany
    5. Greece

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

  • ISWC Overall Men

    1. C. Moussilmani, FRA
    2. B. van der Steen, NED
    3. A. Albeau, FRA
    4. B. Dunkerbeck, SUI
    5. C. Bordes, FRA

  • PKRA Overall Women

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

  • PKRA Top Speed Women

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

  • PKRA Overall Men

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

Seasons Top Speed

50.57 kn

Alex Caizergues, FRA
at the PKRA Finals
Luderitz, Namibia

Rider of the day

Patrik Diethelm, ITA
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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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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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