JKS Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 It's always good to share the love around Quoted from SCB Kiteboarding Tilmann Heinig put in an incredible performance on January 26th with an average of 50.9 -knots over 500-meter distance. The world record breaking speed was recorded on his GPS unit. [ATTACH]1738[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1739[/ATTACH] Heinig was in almost perfect conditions at Westerhever, Germany with winds between 35 and 45 knots. He also recorded a maximum speed of 55.2 knots (102 km/h)! It's a new GPS record and is recognized by gps-kitesurfing.com. This record sets the stage for kiteboarders to smash windsurfing’s hold on the outright world speed record, as sanctioned by The World Sailing Speed Record Council. Naish Windsurfing team member Finian Maynard holds the current outright sailing speed record of 48.7 knots over a timed 500-meter course. The record was set at “Le Canal" near Saintes Maries de la Mer in 2005. The current official 500-meter kite speed record, 47.92 knots, was set by Alexandre Caizergues at Luderitz, Namibia in October, 2007. WCbAhiNIR_8 FRFWwwVASoY :eek:Happy Days:eek: Quote
Goz Posted February 10, 2008 Report Posted February 10, 2008 You wouldn't want to misjudge one of those fence posts at that speed OUCH :eek: But damn that's moving Quote
JKS Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Posted February 10, 2008 Faster than a ............ lol ......... cant think of anything that wont offend SOMEONE .. lol Bloody Fast !!! Top Buggy speeds taken from PTW site Top Kite Buggy Speeds From Around The World 70mph + 116kmh/72.8mph verified Luk Stanek (Canada) 60mph – 69.99mph 110kmh/68.35mph verified Eli Anderson (USA) 109.43kmh/68mph verified Bulletmagnet (England) 102.3kmh/63.57mph verified Leandro Tercette (Brazil) 101kmh/62.76mph verified Perrin (New Zealand) 99.5kmh/61.83mph verified Gusso (Argentina) 98.5kmh/61.21mph verified c_quad_squad (Australia) This guy is SPECIAL ...... but Oh yeah ! Imagine hitting the post ..... shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh THWACK Happy Days Quote
SHEPPO3930 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Posted February 11, 2008 interesting. all he needs to do is average that for 500m and he gets to be the fastest wind powered vessel in the world. Quote
MilesMan Posted February 13, 2008 Report Posted February 13, 2008 Guys kiteboarding at those speeds can have detrimental effects on your body if you screw up or are misfortunate enough to have something fail. I remember hitting just over 82km/h and my knees felt like they were going to shatter. Good thing he was on flat water, then you just need to ask how deep it is because if you come off wrong you can either skim over the top or you go into the water like a torpedo. Top effort either way, but just trying to deter people without ideal conditions to attempt these stunts. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 13, 2008 Report Posted February 13, 2008 This is a quote from the Jojo kites site.. "JOJO RM holds many titles both in Europe and America. The most important are Snowkiting World champion 2001, 2003 and 2004 or current world buggykite speed record 122,6 km/h reached in America." here... http://www.jojowing.com/powerkiting/rm+/rm+.php *head scratch* Nas. Quote
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