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: Hungary
500 m Men D. Hasulyo 24.11kn
500 m Women  n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Men n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2008

  • PKRA Overall Women

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

  • PKRA Top Speed Women

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

  • 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 Top Speed Men

    1. Alex Caizergues, FRA
    2. RObert Douglas, USA
    3. Sebastien Cattelan, FRA
    4. Sylvain Hoceini, FRA
    5. Chris Prin-Guenon, FRA

  • ISWC Sail Manufacturers

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

  • ISWC Overall Women

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

  • ISWC Board Manufacturers

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

  • ISWC Nations

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

Seasons Top Speed

50.57 kn

Alex Caizergues, FRA
at the PKRA Finals
Luderitz, Namibia

Rider of the day

Valerie Ghibaudo, FRA
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Approved Worldcup Spots

Port St. Louis, FRA

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Spot Record: 43.09 knots
Alex Caizergues, FRA, 2008

 
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Live ! from Dungarvan

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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