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

Fred HaywoodFred Haywood was the first Windsurfer over 30 knots, an unbelievable barrier in 1983.
 
National Records: Australia
500 m Men S. McKeon  50.07kn
500 m Women  A. Shreeve 32.85kn
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 Women

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

  • 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 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

Alex van der Meer, NED
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Walvis Bay, NAM

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Spot Record: 44.35 knots
Bjorn Dunkerbeck, ESP, 2004 

 
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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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