I think that there is little doubt that my good friend Mr Shafinsky is the best Russian kitesurfer in London. It’s always good to hear from him. Yesterday he sent me this Downfall hack and I couldn’t stop laughing. It’s ace! Thanks Alex.
Archive for the 'Speed' Category
Here’s a very interesting history of Flexifoil. There are some great classic old pics and crazy experiments and stories. It’s quite amazing how humble fun things like this evolved into massive sports like paragliding and kitesurfing.
Here goes Tilmann Heinig unofficially breaking the world speed record in perfect austere conditions in Westerhever, Germany with wind speeds between 35 and 45 knots. It was January 26 and it looks icy cold! Being closer to frozen wind often feels more powerful when it’s cold so perhaps this worked to his advantage.
Over a 500-meter course he averaged 50.9 knots. This world record breaking speed was recorded on his GPS and is recognised by gps-kitesurfing.com. He clocked a top speed of 55.2 knots (102 km/h)!
Read more about it here.