Awesome vid again Matt, love the Stimo cam and commentry

Another fantastic vid Matt and "Stimo cam", if those on water shots don't entice so crew from over East next year nothing will!
Big thanks to all the girls and guys from SUPWA that make this happen.
Hope your back on the water soon Ben, need to keep the rivalry going!!

Mid week I'm still thinking about that run......
.....it's like my Happy Gilmore - Happy Place - ........cruising onto bumps and surfing down connecting up runs, coming on shore and having someone carry my board and hand me a cold drink. Later I'm sitting in an easy chair getting handed a Guinness - the only thing missing is that one handed guy playing a white piano, I think I'd prefer Thom Yorke though.......
.....then I come back to reality and play better golf.

It's been a few days since race day, but I still get flashbacks from the race that bring a smile to my dial. Like Stimo and I trading runners for the last 15 k's, sometimes with less than a board length between us as we're charging downhill at 20+ k's. The super competitive yet friendly quest for the elusive runner-up in the O/50 div ( sorry Kev, superhumans don't count !!) with Gordo, Kent, Rick, Ian, Derek and myself. never more than a few hundred metres in it, even after 21 k's. The awesome welcome at the finish (thanks girls and guys !!), and the fantastic vibe provided by everyone involved. Especially to Beau and Terrene for making the effort to get to the event, and being so down to earth, and generally just being top people to have a chat to.
Best SUP event yet - fantastic effort SUPWA, the sponsors, and all involved.

And a question - Marcus and Ben finished the race in a time that was approx. 15 minutes faster than their times from last years' KOTC, in conditions that were fairly similar. I know a lot of other competitors finished 10-15 minutes faster than their times from last year too. Technique ? board design ? more experience ?
And what could we expect next year ( time wise) if we have similar conditions again??

Beaus time is really, really fast - but it doesn't beat this: Maui - Molokai 2012: Connor Baxter was first over the line in a time 2 hours and 55 minutes. With the course being roughly 26.5 miles long (42.6kms) that means the Maui wunderkind paddled at an average speed of 9.1 mph (14.6 kms/h) for almost three straight hours.

Beaus time is about 13.8km/h which is solid. As some have noted everyone improved times - the conditions of the day have a lot to do with how fast it will be.

Our weekly 10.1km race record in Cape town is 42.57 which is 14.1km/h but if there is less wind the guys can't even get under 50minutes. But conditions for downwinds are so diverse it doesn't really pay to compare.

shout out to all of SUPWA and Surfing WA !
One of the funnest and most enjoyable events
That 21.7km run was pure fun and congrates to the winners, i envy the participants that did times 1:30 to 1:45 epic efforts, that is actually pretty loose to be travelling at that speed.
cant wait till the next event

Matt great Video also, if your not hooked after your vision of the event .....

\m/

Goochi said...

PeterP said..

Beaus time is really, really fast - but it doesn't beat this: Maui - Molokai 2012: Connor Baxter was first over the line in a time 2 hours and 55 minutes. With the course being roughly 26.5 miles long (42.6kms) that means the Maui wunderkind paddled at an average speed of 9.1 mph (14.6 kms/h) for almost three straight hours.

Beaus time is about 13.8km/h which is solid. As some have noted everyone improved times - the conditions of the day have a lot to do with how fast it will be.

Our weekly 10.1km race record in Cape town is 42.57 which is 14.1km/h but if there is less wind the guys can't even get under 50minutes. But conditions for downwinds are so diverse it doesn't really pay to compare.

Hi Peter

The King of the Cut course is actually 21.7km long, with Beau's time at 1:31:23hrs this is 14.3km/h average. Connor's time was incredible for that distance on an unlimited board (17'?) and Beau was on his 14'. Not sure how that compares around the world, but it seems fast and the race track is very fast and reliable. (we also had Ben and Marcus only 2 minutes behind.)

I have seen footage of the Cape Town run you guys do, it looks amazing and I love the way Chris Bertish paddles - he makes it look so easy. It would be great to have you guys come over for this next year - maybe Naish could get a team over? Just a short hop across the Indian Ocean!

Correction - kotc course is 21.2km. Beau's ave speed was 13.9 km/h. Beau didn't have a GPS so we averaged the straight line distance. Everyone that wore a GPS had a range of distances depending on their line - hence 21.7. Beau had a straight course.

stimo said..

So can we confirm fasted DW wind track in the world for 14 foot div 21.3 k average distance from most GPS watch wearers mine was 21.7 k

The ride in the bus doesn't count Stimo.

stimo said..

So can we confirm fasted DW wind track in the world for 14 foot div 21.3 k average distance from most GPS watch wearers mine was 21.7 k

Chris Ting said..

stimo said..

So can we confirm fasted DW wind track in the world for 14 foot div 21.3 k average distance from most GPS watch wearers mine was 21.7 k

I'd like to see that as confirmed........

Guys it's was 21.17 k On race day and on Tuesday 21.47. Lach had a 21.17 on race as well if I can work out how to up load the garmi I will

I've recorded a distance of 21.17Km for the run.

Hi Goochi - if Beau had a GPS that can spit out a GPX-file then we can check his 1km/10km splits and see what they were like. It sounds to me like you could have one of the fastest runs for sure - more wind more speed!

if we do a run with 30 knots id think we will go quicker but i can't see myself ever doing 15.9kph.