Grande noticia para o Kitesurf Mundial!
Tuesday, 09 December 2008 11:11

O World Sailing Speed Record Council confirmou uma reclamação de validação do Recorde Mundial de Velocidade com Kitesurf:

("...In accordance with this, the WSSRC announces the ratification of a new World Record:

Record: Outright World Sailing Speed Record.
Board: Fone Prototype Speed. Fone Bandit Dos Speed 7sq m kite.
Name: Alexandre Caizergues. FRA
Dates: 4th October 2008.
Start time: 15:35:00.84
Finish time: 15:35:20.06
Elapsed time: 19.22
Distance: 501m
Current: 0.1kts
Average speed: 50.57kts
Venue: Luderitz, Namibia.

Previous record: 2008. Sebastien Cattelan. 50.26 kts

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council")

Mais infos aqui:
http://www.internationalkiteboarding.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144:kiteboards-are-holding-the-outright-record-&catid=36:press-releases&Itemid=154

http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/content/view/14/16/