Congratulations Tim on the new Australian Kite Speed record.

I've heard the trench has been re-dug now and more wind is coming so hopefully conditions will soon allow for even faster runs.

Hi Guys,
Yesterday was lighter winds than friday but picked up in the last hour to half hour of the session. I was really happy with my times which seemed to match the best riders in the world, When I decided to come in and call it a day I was sitting on 4th at 41 knots for the 500m behind gavin 41.5, rob douglas 42.5 and alex 43 .
Only later when the wind picked up that the other guys started to post some nice quick speeds, so all in all I was really happy.
Today is going to be really windy so I guess a new world record will be set and I hope my goals are met aswell .
Thanks guys for your support

Ouch! Sorry to see you end your day like that & hope you haven't broken any bones!

Falling at those sorts of speeds can be nasty. I found a new video of the canal on youtube - looks like there is not much room to slow down after the 500m marker:

Has Alex done it for real?

54.10 knots....

I can't believe how quick they're going!

I'm interested to know what is the formula for so much speed. Is it kite size & style, riding technique, board design or the biggest balls! Possibly a combination of the above?

Chaps said...

I can't believe how quick they're going!

I'm interested to know what is the formula for so much speed. Is it kite size & style, riding technique, board design or the biggest balls! Possibly a combination of the above?

yeah, I've been doing some research and experimenting a bit myself and it appears the board, epic wind (40kts+) and flat water are the main ingredients.

sbray said...

Hi Tim,

Congratulations on your continued success on the world stage!!

Have you seen anything, i.e. technique, gear etc. that will give you that extra few (critical) knots to bust the world record for yourself?

I assume that you have to change your underwear regularly after this adrenaline rush on speed .

kind regards
fossil

Hi Scott,
Yeah I found out that you have to be insane to bust the record but hey Iam working on it.

Hi Tim, did you wear your GPS when you did your runs and if so, are you going to post them on gps-kitesurfing.com website? The 500m speed from your GPS (if you wore it) will probably be a bit higher then the official speed, because it works out the fastest 500m part of your run.

DaGodfather said...


Looks like they had another epic day at Luderitz and now they broke through 55 knots!!!

(and ladies through 50 knots)!!!

luderitz-speed.com/

Yes but they forgotten tell the world that rob is flying back home cause he broke his arm and needs surgery , and charlotte got a contusion to her eye. Anybody who comes back alive from that place is doing well.
No gps uploads from me as I plan to smash my 500m when it goes off at paza.

catman is in another world and has no fear , I would say he is the most skillful speed rider in the world and his fearless attitude will get him the record one day, but at what price who knows.

www.tmz.com/2010/11/11/kite-surfing-record-rob-douglas-broken-wrist/

DaGodfather said...

Holy sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

How did he end up stopping? Tim, were you still there when this happened?

Iam not sure how he stopped , he done it at the end of the comp when I wasn't there so it would have been good to see the whole run to the end.