| Wow! Luderitz went off the scale today and so did the internet!!!
Massive winds hit 2nd Lagoon today during the warm up to the Luderitz Speed challenge 2009! Not only were potential GPS records set and broken, but the wind took out the internet dish and the whole of the Luderitz area is now official cyber-blacked out!
BUT, the information via old-school-comms, the telephone is simply insane.... Sebastien Cattelan hit a VMax of 61.7kts and, subject to ratification, has set a new Record for the 10 Second average of 56.5kts including a 56.8 10 Second run and an even more important 53.058kts 500m just before the official start of the WSSRC event!
Hennie Bredenkamp and Basil Cambanis were on hand, as well as World Kitespeed Record holders Alex Caizergues and Sjoulkje Bredenkamp, who all went out in some serious winds hitting 48kts! Alex and Hennie were touching on the 58's VMax with 53's on the 10 second runs, but Hennie, who borrowed a new Bandit promptly destroyed it after his 2nd run, with what he muted as his "worst beating for years," went on to to Diaz Point with his sailboard, but couldn't keep the tail down using a 4.2 Stealth! Manu Taub trashed an 8m Bandit, Sophie has damaged her ankle and most were on the sidelines watching the day unfold due to the super strong winds. Sjoukje's 4.5m was too much to risk and Charlotte was tip-toeing down the strip. Luderitz showed it's teeth today and all are hoping for more to come!
Winds were solid all day, with a good angle, but spin drift and more, didn't stop Seb from using a 9m kite in winds close to 50 knots! What is to come for the month ahead??? Who knows, but it has certainly been preempted by major and World beating GPS speeds so far (subject to ratification!)
Keep an eye on www.gps-kitesurfing.com for sessions being posted and on www.luderitzspeed.com for all of the news from Luderitz (once the internet has been restored!)
Regards
Rob
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| Big thanks Rob for getting the info Out
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| Yiiihaarrr. Good luck to all the coming month!
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Basil. Rob is it possible to up load Sebs tracks love to see what 60 knots looks like
Can the Tec guys over lay it on Google Earth
Its mind blowing that he has broken the UK motorway speed limit set at 70 mph
Seb 71.01670 mph
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| Yep, he was really flying down the strip and making it look so easy. But don't be fooled, it's anything but.
Seb is so dialled into the spot and his equipment it's frightening.
I uploaded his tracks when I posted his record session, his user status needs to be changed before it'll appear under in the record rankings.
I've uploaded one of his track files to my site in the interim.
You can download it from http://speedkiting.org/site/Tracks/Sebs_618.rar
There's also stunning video on the www.speedkiting.org site which shows the fastest runs and some wipe outs.
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| Thanks Basil
Regards
Mike
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| Thanks for the updates Basil. Fantastic video.Talk about selling the place! The NZ crew would love to be there. Maybe next year. Well done Paul great footage. Best of luck to all at Luderitz.
Best winds.
C
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| you guys did a amzing job overthere. As a windsurfer it hurts but this is an outstanding result, congrats!!!
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http://www.luderitz-speed.com/News/tabid/182/EntryID/58/Default.aspx
It’s time! Now! Well, in a few days. The forecasts are looking excellent for a huge blow this weekend, everyone is very excited about what looks like some record-setting conditions.
http://www.speedkiting.org/site/
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