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 10 national Records Broken at the 2018 Luderitz Speed ChallengeThe 2018 Luderitz Speed Challenge is over, and ten new national records have been set. Antoine Albeau and Alex Caizergues can relax for now. They are still the fastest windsurfer and kiteboarder on the planet, but there are several riders close on their heels. In this year's edition, the Luderitz Speed Challenge debuted a live speed update system, which allowed fans to follow the action in real time. The event had excellent wind conditions, and everyone enjoyed great sportsmanship and cool vibes. The speed strip has been re-shaped to improve the entry speed between one and three knots. The fastest windsurfer of the Namibian speed sailing meeting was Hans Kreisel with 52.26 knots over 500 meters, and the fastest kiteboarder was Sebastien Cattelan with 53.86 knots. The national speed sailing records broken in Lüderitz were as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Luderitz Speed Challenge returns with high hopesThe world's fastest windsurfers and kitesurfers will hunt new speed sailing records from October 22nd through November 25th, in Luderitz, Namibia. The 2018 Luderitz Speed Challenge has returned with high hopes and plenty of well-known faces. The event has been running since 2007. Bjorn Dunkerbeck, Steve Allen, Chris Bertish, Philippe Bru, Mark Grinnell, Farrel O'Shea, Twan Verseput and Alberto Possati (Windsurfing), as well as Sebastian Cattelan and Martin Carter (Kitesurfing), are some of the stars of this year's showdown.
Pep Bonet will be shooting video and photo alongside Stefan Csaky, but he will also race at Luderitz. The Spaniard hopes to improve his personal best of 44.3 knots set during the 1995 Tarifa World Cup Speed Week. The speed sailing event is expecting wind to blow on average at 35 knots plus, at least three times a week during the five-week waiting period. Organisers believe that the warm and stable wind will often reach between 40 and 45 knots, and occasionally peak at 50, 55, 60 and maybe 65 knots. Live Results - The event will feature a state-of-the-art video timing system that will send the riders' speeds at the channel directly to the official website in real-time. The stakes are really high, but the sailors will give their best to improve personal, national, continental, and international records. Let's not forget that the world's fastest windsurfer is Antoine Albeau with 53.27 knots (98.65 km/h), and the fastest kiteboarder on the planet is Alex Caizergues with 57.97 knots (107.36 km/h). Namibia's Luderitz and France's Salin-de-Giraud are currently the windiest speed sailing strips on the planet. 2018 Luderitz Speed Challenge | Fastest Confirmed Riders 1. Sebastien Cattelan (FRA) 55.49 knots 2. Mark Grinnell (UK) 51.83 knots 3. Farrel O'Shea (UK) 51.20 knots 4. Bjorn Dunkerbeck (ESP) 51.09 knots 5. Twan Verseput (NED) 50.05 knots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 37.29 knots: Zara Davis sets a new speed sailing recordThe British windsurfer sailed at 37.29 knots during the La Palme Speed Masters 2018, in the south of France. Davis, who held the record for nearly 12 years, saw her mark of 34.74 knots being smashed by Heidi Ulrich at the French event. On July 16, the Swiss windsurfer improved Zara's world record after sailing at 35.91 knots. However, the veteran sailor from Clevedon only needed five days to reclaim the fastest mark on a nautical mile speedway.
"It was the first time I have sailed this spot. It was an interesting experience, even though I have not done the nautical mile for 12 years. I had some difficult kit choices," explained Davis.
"It was again a close competition with Heidi Ulrich. It was hard having to fly home and go back to work with no world record that I had held for 12 years, but the mission to return to La Palme and take the record back was well worth it." The nautical mile is one of the three most popular speed sailing records, alongside the 500-meter record and the 24-hour distance record. The rules for the one nautical mile record are identical to the 500-meter regulations, except that instead of 500 meters, sailors can ride their craft over an 1852-meter course.
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 2018 Dunkerbeck Speed ChallengeThe ISWC Speed World Championships hosted by the Dunkerbeck Speed Championships, on behalf of the class, had to overcome some local difficulties displaying their event at the proposed site at Sotavento. This turned out to be a huge stroke of luck. Bjorn Dunkerbeck and his team managed to improve the event by moving to different locations on the island of Fuerteventura. The island had for the whole competition period unusually fluky winds from the North East. This meant that, had the Championships been run on the intended site which had light winds and side shore winds over the whole competition, we would not have had any competition rounds. The best location with this direction turned out to be Punto de Jandia, about as far South as you can get on the island of Fuerteventura. A beautiful isolated spot in the national park accessed via 19 km of unmade dirt roads. The remoteness of the site did cause a headache for the organisers as the GPS units used transmitted data via a mobile phone signal. This was poor in the area and caused delays and some missed runs but the majority of this was overcome. These limitations were worth it though, as 3 championship rounds were held in ideal offshore winds ranging from the minimum 20 knots to the windiest round held with winds over 40 knots and top speeds of almost 43 knots. The competition as always at this event was fierce but the experience of the top riders shone through with the top spots of the men's and women's fleets were won by last year's winners Twan Verseput from Holland in the men's fleet and Zara Davis from the UK winning the women's fleet for a record 3rd time. Twan was kept honest by very experienced PWA slalom racer new to speed sailing Andy Laufer from Germany in 2nd place who pushed previous winner and event organiser, Bjorn Dunkerbeck who was coming back from injury, into 3rd place on the podium. Zara was also pushed by last years women's vice champion Anne Schindler from Germany who finished in 2nd place. Newcomer to the event Anja Kruse also from Germany came 3rd; she didn't get to stamp her authority on the event due to an injury off the water but has vowed to come back stronger next year. The Class AGM was also held at the event with all the Committee up for re-election apart from chairman Peter Davis who has two years to run and Jan Hendrick De Bruin from Holland who stepped down and was thanked for his time on the board. Experienced racer and Italian businessman Alberto Possati was nominated and was voted in unanimously to replace him. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISWC Notice of AGM The 2018 Annual General Meeting of ISWC shall take place during the forthcoming World Championships on Fuerteventura - 29th June to 4th July. The exact day and time will be announced during the event, depending upon wind conditions and the competition schedule. Those members unable to attend to vote in person may vote via e-mail - see AGM notice for details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 2018 Dunkerbeck Speed ChallengeFor the first time, the Dunkerbeck Speed Challenge will take place at the famous classic Speed Spot - Sotavento Beach! A very fast spot with constant winds. The fastest time at this location: 44 kt on 500m & 46 kt Vmax by Bjorn Dunkerbeck. The Speed course will be 250m long with the option to extend it to 500m (depending on the conditions) The official timing will be realized by video. That means each sailor has to have a SAIL NUMBER on Starboard tack according to the International windsurfing Rules (https://goo.gl/ejsdsh) For this ISWC World Championship all riders must be members of the ISWC. Click here to open the ISWC inscription form. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Zara Davis Breaks Women's Speed Windsurfing World RecordZara Davis has broken the women's speed windsurfing world record, at the 2017 Luderitz Speed Challenge, in Namibia.
The world's most famous speed sailing canal has once again delivered the goods. British speed windsurfer Zara Davis broke a record set in 2015.
Two years ago, Swiss bullet Karin Jaggi raised the women's bar and stole the world record from Davis by sailing at 46.31 knots in a 500-meter run. But revenge for Zara Davis arrived this year. The experienced windsurfer set the new mark at 46.49 knots, improving the previous world record by 0.38 knots.
"I am so stoked to have achieved this record for the second time and especially to do it on the new Simmer Speed Demon 40, which was incredibly stable at speed and so fast," said Zara Davis. "I have been with Simmer sails now for nine years, so I know how good they are and broke the last record on them. But this year's SC Speed sails are a big step ahead and super fast. The combination is a real winner." At the 2017 Luderitz Speed Challenge, Davis has also peaked at 49.35 knots, and became the fastest women on GPS speed surfing of all time at 5x10 seconds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Speed's New Guard Dominate in Fuerteventura
24 year old Dutch speed star Twan Verseput is the new ISWC speed world Champion. Twan together with a huge junior fleet of young talented sailors from around the world were the stars of the Dunkerbeck GPS speed challenge.
The speed spot in Matas Blancas in the south of Fuerteventura once again delivered a fantastic week with challenging conditions that pushed the 55 strong fleet of men, women and kids to their limit. Conditions varied all week, from riders being maxed out on their smallest 5.0m sails and speed boards to the minimum wind limit slalom boards and 7.8 m sails.
The surprise upset from the 1st heat was that 42 times world champion and the winner of the last 3 years at this event was not winning! The young speed star from Holland, Twan was on form from the start. He then went on to win 3 of the 7 heats and 2nd place in all the rest, despite Bjorn using all his experience to fight back. Both he and the Strong man from Sweden, Markus Emanuelsson, had to fight all week for the 2nd and 3rd place positions. With Bjorn on the last heat of the week taking 1st place and 2nd overall. As if to make a point, Bjorn achieved the fastest run of the week at 38.66 knots.
The new World Champion Twan had this to say at the prizegiving at the prestigious R2 Rio Calma hotel: "This is my 2nd time at this event, the Pro Am concept works great here and I would encourage anyone to come. When I was younger I never thought I would be competing with my hero Bjorn Dunkerbeck let alone beat him. I am still in shock!"
The women's fleet went more according to the form book. With the double world record holder Zara Davis from the United Kingdom winning all of her heats to become World champion for the 2nd year. This was despite strong challenges from her rival from last year Anne Schindler from Germany in 2nd place and attending her first speed event PWA rider Miriam Rasmussen in 3rd place. Zara said on winning her 2nd world title at this spot, "I was super happy to win here again, the other girls are getting quicker every year and I can't afford to take any round for granted."
The UK had a very strong team of riders entered this year. Jim Crossley, who has been to this event 3 times, came out top male Brit in 5th place overall. But Nigel Spriggs on his first time at this event made a late charge once he got used to the conditions and was giving Jim a run for his money towards the end. Tim Frampton was the final member of the team who really struggled in the first few days but also improved all week and promised to be back next year.
The truly international fleet of riders from all over the world came together to create a very special vibe. Rivals on the water for sure but they offered support, encouragement and help to each other, to go faster and faster. The real stars of the show were the large youth and junior fleets with entries coming as far away as Canada and the youngest entrant, Ancor Sosa at 9 years old. They all performed brilliantly in some very tough conditions, out pushing hard for a hour at a time in their rounds without stopping. They drew some of the biggest smiles from their parents and admiration from the rest of the competitors and public. 1st youth place went to Jonas Thyme from Denmark and the fastest junior Alexa Escherich from Germany.
The last word must go to Bjorn Dunkerbeck, the event's founder and last year's ISWC World Speed Champion. "We are very happy with this year's event, great vibe 4th time at this site and second time hosting the World Championships. Congratulations to Twan, at half my age he just had more speed than me this time. But watch out, I will be back!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dunkerbeck GPS Speed Challenge/ISWC Speed World Championship 2017The best speed sailors from around the world descended on the island of Fuerteventura for the fourth edition of the Dunkerbeck GPS Speed Challenge which started with epic conditions on Matas Blancas beach. In winds of up to 40 Knots and a massive shore break the fifty plus strong men's fleet, women and kids made the most of it from day one with peak speeds of over 40 knots.
After five valid heats the men's open fleet is not going to form! The leader is Dutchman Twan Verseput followed by Sweden's Marcus Emanuelsson and, surprisingly, 42 times world champion and winner of the three previous editions, Bjorn Dunkerbeck is in third position so far. But knowing Bjorn he will not take this lying down and will be fighting back hard to retain his World Speed title.
The Lady's fleet is once again clearly dominated by Zara Davis, but she is being kept honest and chased hard by her rival from last year Anne Schindler and the newcomer to speed Miriam Rasmussen from Norway in third.
New this year is the timing measurement system from DotVision.com that provides live-tracking of each rider online. The speeds of the rider can be followed on the computer or mobile phone giving a fantastic interactive experience. If you want to follow the action live, go to www. Motion.dotvision.com/events. You can also replay all the heats so far.
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ISWC Notice of AGM The 2017 Annual General Meeting of ISWC shall take place during the forthcoming World Championships on Fuerteventura - 30thJune to 5th July. The exact day and time will be announced during the event, depending upon wind conditions and the competition schedule. Those members unable to attend to vote in person may vote via e-mail - see AGM notice for details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISWC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 - "Dunkerbeck GPS Speed Challenge" For the fourth year in a row, the Dunkerbeck GPS Speed Challenge will take place in Fuerteventura! To be able to take part in the ISWC World Championship all riders must be members of the ISWC. Click here to open the ISWC inscription form. Enter the event here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Speed Windsurfing elect new chairman and new committeeThe Annual General Meeting of the International Speed Windsurfing Class Association took place on Fuerteventura during the 2016 Speed Windsurfing World Championships. A new chairman and committee were elected to take the discipline forward over the next quadrennial. Pete Davis, incoming Chairman, thanked the members for their support and said he was looking forward to delivering a full championship programme in 2017. The other committee members elected were: - Victor Couto, Spain - Jan Hendrik de Bruin, Netherlands - Raffaello Gardelli, Switzerland - Orlando Lavandera, Spain - Anne Schindler, Germany. Executive Secretary - Ceri Williams - iswc@internationalwindsurfing.com Minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DUNKERBECK SPEED CHALLENGE 2016 During the third Soronmasters 2016 we had a fairly good wind, 66 slalom competitors, 21 Freestyle competitors and 39 Dunkerbeck Speed Challenge competitors. The youngest competitor was 8 years and the eldest competitor will be 70 at the end of June ?16. Every day we had DJ Limoncello and Dan?s Classics to keep good vibes on the beach during and after the competitions. Together with Bjorn Dunkerbeck and Philippe Bru we decided that the Defiwind Caribbean 2017 will be from June 17th until June 21st and the Sorobonmasters and Dunkerbeck Speed Challenge 2017 will be from June 22nd until June June 25th at Sorobon Beach Resort. Registration will start September 1st 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 ?Dunkerbeck Speed Challenge? Pan-American & Caribbean Speed Windsurfing Championships 16th to 19th June Sorobon Beach, Bonaire, Caribbean, NED | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 After an exciting week full of races and battles on the water, a very successful Dunkerbeck GPS Speed Challenge has come to an end. After several years without an official World Championship, this year the Dunkeberck GPS Speed Challenge hosted the ISWC World Championship, with more than 50 competitors from 10 different countries fighting for the World Crown in both the Men?s and Women?s categories. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Annual General Meeting of ISWC shall take place on the evening of June 3rd 2016. The exact venue and time will be published on the event Official Notice Board. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISWC Notice of AGM The Annual General Meeting of ISWC shall take place during the forthcoming World Championships on Fuerteventura (1st to 5th June). The exact date and agenda will be published no later than the 20th May. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Calling all speed windsurfers - renew your membership now! The International Speed Windsurfing Class (ISWC) invite you to join now for 2016 at a new reduced fee. Full membership of the class, including full voting rights, is only available to individuals, the speed windsurfers of the world. This year will see the announcement of a World Championship, at which will be held an Annual General Meeting of members. Full details will follow later this month. Complete your membership form and submit payment online | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's official - the 2016 Dunkerbeck GPS Speed Challenge will crown Speed Sailing World Champions, from June 1st-5th, in Fuerteventura's Matas Blancas, Canary Islands. The event designed by Bjorn Dunkerbeck will simultaneously host the 2016 ISWC World Championship and, as a result, the competition will crown world champions in two divisions - Men and Women. Youth and Junior sailors will also receive awards for their performances. Fuerteventura, with its flat waters and steady tradewinds, certainly has what it takes to open a new chapter in speed sailing. Matas Blancas offers a 250-meter speed strip for both amateur and professional windsurfers traveling from all corners of the globe. When the wind's not strong enough, go surfing in Fuerteventura's multiple spots. Speed is probably one of the most exciting disciplines in windsurfing. The world record for the fastest ever windsurf run - 53.27 knots - belongs to Antoine Albeau. The Frenchman raised the bar in Namibia during the 2015 Luderitz Speed Challenge. For three years Zara Davis had been untouchable with her benchmark speed of over 45 knots. With her hand well and truly on the record, Davis seemed like an unreachable force until Karin Jaggi put an end to Davis's run. Clocking an impressive 46.31 knots, after a month in Luderitz, with plenty of highs and lows, Jaggi pushed the limits of speed to secure this new women's World Record. The ISWC will hold its AGM in Fuerte during this event - details to follow very soon. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luderitz Speed Challenge 2014 Now On . . .The Chris Benz Luderitz World Record Chase is seeing another page of the adventure being written. The hard work, dedication and training have paid dividends! The level of riders participating in the 2014 event is very high and the new records prove it. The wind increased throughout day two reaching 35 knots with stronger gusts exceeding 40 knots plus. A passionate battle was fought between Anders Bringdal, the Swedish legend, and 2013 event winner, Patrick Diethelm, the Italian Record Holder, and Hans Kreisel, the young talented Dutch rider. Hans Kreisel who has lead most of the day has reached 49.66 knots followed by Anders Bringdal with 49.61 kts and then, Patrik Diethelm killed it, exceeding 50 knots 4 times, achieving a new Italian Record with 51.09 kts (was previously 50.49 kts). Martin Toth from Czech Republik has improved his Record from yesterday on his first run today with 41.42 kts (was 39.96) and increased it with44.63 knots. Franz Grabner, Austria, who was close to his country's national Record yesterday with 42.09 kts, pushed hard, very hard and achieved an excellent 47.88 knots! Remo Diethelm the Swiss Record Holder with 47 knots went close to his record today with 46.87 knots. Andrea Baldini, Italian Windsurfer beat his best speed today with 42.79 knots (was 41.94 knots) as did the South African, Hennie Bredenkamp, with 45.3 knots (was 42.99 knots). Jacques van der Hout from Netherlands who also competed with the best and achieved the 4th time in the ranking day: 48.28 knots! Erik Beale, the famous British windsurfer, is launching his comeback at Luderitz! He was the first person to go to 40 knots in the 80's and is a legend of the speed sailing world. He arrived only late today but had set up his equipment and got the feeling of the channel to be ready to tackle the windy days ahead. For Friday the conditions are not good enough to race so let's see on Saturday how it goes . . . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ISWC European Championships We are pleased to announce the Official ISWC European Championships for the Dunkerbeck Fuerteventura Pro Am event with European titles for men, women and youth. The event will take place at Matas Blancas on Fuerteventura from 8-13 June. Top stars are lined up for this event, including Anders Bringdal SWE, Jurjen Van Der Noord NED, Zara Davis GBR. And, for the first time, three generations of Dunkerbeck's will be competing at this event. That's right, Bjorn Dunkerbeck will be competing with his son Liam and his father Eugen. A large turnout is expected with riders from all over Europe View poster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martyn Ogier, from Guernsey, was another top rider and talented speedsailor to take on the might of the Luderitz canal. Martyn managed a top speed of 45.17 knots in the tricky conditions this year, but we?re sure he and all the others could have really pushed their numbers with a little more wind. Follow Martyn's journey to Luderitz and his time there in the vide Martyn Ogier, Luderitz 2013 from Pierre Bisson on Vimeo. We cannot help wondering how much faster the Brits could go next year, if the conditions come through. Or even if they could be breaking some more records in the near future at our home speed strip of West Kirby. With the likes of Farrel O'Shea, Zara Davis, Ian Richards and more all here and going faster and faster, 2014 certainly looks like it will be a year to remember for speedsailing! Want to check out more on speedsailing on Boards? Here's our favourite features: The Golden Rules for your perfect speedsailing setup Read more at http://boards.mpora.com/news/speed-stars-share-their-secrets.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"There is one place on the planet where the trees seem to tremble and the earth shakes . . . here there is certainty, precision, absolute focus . . . We have the ability to do anything and yet we choose to risk everything . . ." This year's world record race in Luderitz Namibia from 7 October to the 17 November will send riders into unknown territory. The best riders from all over the World in Windsurfing & Kitesurfing will come to smash National & World Records. "The battle to be the fastest is not only about challenging someone else it's about challenging themselves." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 ESSENTIALLY A BIG WINDSURFER When Australian Paul Larsen shattered the outright speed record in Namibia on November 24, 2012, piloting Vestas SailRocket to 65.45 knots on theWalvis Bay 500 meter track, it was the result of a decade of diligence. But what is Sailrocket, and how did it eclipse the speed of 55.65 knots set by American kiter Rob Douglas in 2010? One of the fundamental keys to Sailrocket's performance is eliminating the heeling force, but she's not the first to this by a long way. By canting their rigs to windward and with the sails above their heads, windsurfers do it all the time to balance out the forces. Once in equilibrium, as they hammer along in straight line, there is no heeling moment on the board itself. Instead, it's all about balancing the sail forces against the skeg. In practice, Sailrocket is rather more complex because of her size, but essentially she is just a big windsurfer with the hull and crew pulling down on the tip of the mast and a strut lower down instead of sitting in a harness attached to the wishbone. Yachting World has posted a descriptive diagram to demonstrate how Sailrocket functions: http://www.yachtingworld.com/fileBank/PNG/how_sailrocket_works.png | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of two new World Records
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| Luderitz Speed Challenge 2012 The first 2 days of this Windsurfing World Record Attempt have already created a communication buzz all over the world! Antoine Albeau, who is currently - and has been for 20 times in the past - the World Champion in Slalom held the previous World Windsurfing Record of 49.09 kts (2008), has just broken it again today with 49.41 kts! The fact that this close-to-50-knots record was set in only 38 knots of wind, makes us all see the possibilities of the next days with more serious wind conditions! The Swedish legend Anders Bringdal, who lead the 1st day, broke the World Record in Windsurfing on Production board twice on day two - and he improved his national Record to 48.38 knots ! The Female World Record in Windsurfing was broken twice by Zara Davis who obviously enjoys the new concept and the new "Luderitz Speed Challenge" channel! With 44.19 knots she is also the fastest Female British windsurfer. Read more . . . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Final round of the European Tour is over The 40th Anniversary of Weymouth Speed Week was the host to the final round of the European Speed Tour. Light winds for the first few days but they built towards the end of the week. The conditions were tough on the first 4 rounds with winds from the east meaning a course set in the harbour and the inevitable chop! the final two rounds on the last day was the best with winds from the traditional SW and a flat course along the beach. The racing was close between the top 4 contenders David Garrel LUX Last years winner, Thorsten Mallon GER 2nd last year and leading coming in to this event, Daniel Borgelind SWE on the back of a win from Germany was on great form and so was his fellow countryman Anders Bjorqvist. Read more . . . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The Walvis Bay Speedweek wrapped up with the prize giving ceremony on Saturday 29 September after a highly successful event. There were three days during the week were the course was open for speed sailing and the competitors took to the water in challenging conditions. The open format where the sailors would go out and record their runs over the gated 500m course on a GPS worked very well. There was no time pressure and sailors could tune their equipment and recharge their energy levels when they needed to. This lead to very good performances by the competitors and a lot of personal bests were recorded. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The Walvis bay Speedweek is making a comeback in 2012! This will be a recognised event by the ISWC and the winners will be awarded the title African Speed Windsurfing Champions. The event is being staged by the legendary Hennie Bredenkamp and will run from the 23rd to the 29th of September. Full details can be found including details on accommodation, NOR and Entry forms on their website. http://walvisbayspeedweek.co.za/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The dates of the 2012 Luderitz Speed Challenge have been confirmed and registration opened. Scheduled to run from the 5th November until the 2nd December, the 2012 Luderitz World Speed Sailing attempt is set to be better than ever before. Two years have been spent constructing a new course in Namibia and this will be the first time many of the top names have fired themselves down it attempting to break the 50-knot barrier. Built 300m further inland from the original course, the new speed run is said to have cleaner wind and be set at a better angle to the prevailing wind - all essential factors in world record attempts. Current entries include Anders Bringdal, Farrel O'Shea, Andrea Baldini and Zara Davis, who will join them in November? Keep an eye on http://www.luderitz-speed.com/ to find out! For further information and registrations please contact luderitz.speed.challenge@gmail.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dunkerbeck GPS Speed Challenge to crown the European Speed Sailing Champions 
Luderitz Speed Challenge 2014 Preparation Is On . . .
2014 ISWC European Champions crowned 
Speed Stars Share Their Secrets...
2013 Speed Challenge In Luderitz - The Chris Benz World Record Race 
Luderitz 2013 - the 7th edition! 
Luderitz Concludes
50 knots+ at Luderitz!! 
Luderitz Speed Challenge Confirmed
Steve Thorp hits 50.48 knots in West Kirby
Zara Davis the UK's queen of speed has been voted UK windsurfer of the year
Anders Bringdal Interview.......
