The Outright World Record for a Sailing Craft in Jeopardy This Week; Bredenkamp Sets the Outright Mark for Females
Speed Kiters in Namibia are inching ever closer to the outright sailing world record. The record, held by former Naish Windsurfing team rider Finian Maynard, is set at 48.70 knots. Current Naish Kiteboarding team rider Manu Taub was clocked this last week at 46.98 knots over the 500m course. That average puts Taub at #3 all time in speed sailing. Taub is sitting at #2 in Namibia right now with the leader at 47.77 knots; a mere .93 off the record.
Female speed legend Sjoukje Bredenkamp set the even higher for female sailing by taking over the outright female record from a windsurfer. Bredenkamp averaged 42.35 knots for the course eclipsing the old record of 41.25 knots on her new 2008 Sigma Series Helix kite.
Congratulations to Manu and Sjoukje! Keep up the good work and good luck!
http://www.luderitz-speed.com/index.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugBXkpfHw7o
Manu Taub,
Fully committed into kitespeed, he has been the first kiter ever to break 40 knots on 500m, 2 times WSSRC world kite sailing speed record man in Leucate (France) and Fuerteventura (canaries islands),
Manu, Mr "F13" will never miss an occasion to push the limits. You can contact him at : contact @manutaub.com
Name: Manu Taub
Birth day: 13 06 69
Birth place: France
Current residence: Spain
Kiteboarding/Windsurfing Since: 1998
Favorite Kiteboarding/Windsurfing spot: wave
Competition results: 2 times kitespeed world recordman
Other sports: Stand up Paddling / Surfing / Fitness
Sponsor: EXA / Naish / 2nd Sky / Radical / Microfin / Q-powerline / Electric / Suunto / Pull in
Upcoming Plans: Kite record ... Overall record ... 50 knots
Comments on equipment: After few years of competitions, Kite speed equipment is reaching nowadays some kind of maturity, it is a good timing now to express ourselves on a spot like Luderitz.
The experience reached now in terms of riding knowledge & technical development will let us exploit the epic conditions will probably meet there !
P.S.
cia senesni jo pasivazinejimai
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