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: Australia
500 m Men S. McKeon  46.42kn
500 m Women  A. Shreeve 32.85kn
Nautical Mile Men n/a n/a
Nautical Mile Women n/a n/a
 

Rankings 2008

  • 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 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 Men

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

  • 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 Women

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

  • ISWC Board Manufacturers

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

  • PKRA Overall Women

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

Seasons Top Speed

50.57 kn

Alex Caizergues, FRA
at the PKRA Finals
Luderitz, Namibia

Rider of the day

Torsten Mallon, GER
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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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Sail: 88
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 100 kg
Birthdate: 12.04.1965
Nationality: South African
Residence: South Africa

Biography
Started sailing at age four on Mirrors and moved onto competitive dinghy sailing in Optimists, Lasers, Fireballs and 505's.  In 1983 was talked into buying a half-share in a Ten Cate Hunter by my Dad - this turned out to be a great move!   I found the simplicity, freedom and speed that boardsailing offered really appealing.  Spent a number of years sailing some pretty remote spots in southern Namibia with a really good bunch of friends - memories that will stay with me forever.  Got into the speed sailing scene in 1989 on a Sailboards Maui slalom board in Walvis Bay, Namibia.  The speed bug really bit and since then I've spent many days having fun on the Walvis strip and any stretch of flat water that I've been able to find.  Moved to Saldanha on the west coast of South Africa in 2002 and am fortunate to live within 100 metres of Saldanha Bay (just north of Langebaan).  Saldanha's a great sailing spot - good clean wind and lots of open water to have fun.


Best Results :
First person to break 40 knots over 500 metres in Africa at the Walvis Bay speed strip in 1996.
Overall winner of the Walvis Bay speed week - 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003.
Managed to convince Bjorn Dunkerbeck to join us for the Walvis Bay speedweek in Namibia in 2004.  Bjorn's personal best run during this event helped to establish the Walvis speedstrip as one of THE hotspots in the speed sailing world.   

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