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Speed

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Created by scubaste > 9 months ago, 10 Mar 2014
scubaste
WA, 210 posts
10 Mar 2014 10:33AM
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How fast have you been on your kite board?, is a race board faster than a freeride, or foilboard????

Plummet
4862 posts
10 Mar 2014 11:06AM
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only 40kph in chop with a gos. 50-60kph with a car following on a mutant TT.

about 40kph on the longboard skateboard.

65kph on the landboard

71 kph on the buggy.

Kamikuza
QLD, 6493 posts
10 Mar 2014 4:37PM
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Out-run a dog the other day, but then the wind died and I couldn't catch the hottie who was joggling in a bikini...

cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
10 Mar 2014 4:35PM
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Strong onshore on an 11 edge, had a mate coming back from a run on a quad running along side he phoned to say he tracked me at 75 kph, slow compared to the lluderitz challenge guys who hit well over a hundred on average, on 9 mtr kites in 50knts

member82
SA, 7 posts
10 Mar 2014 8:51PM
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Kamikuza said..

Out-run a dog the other day, but then the wind died and I couldn't catch the hottie who was joggling in a bikini...


As they say......MY MAN

Kevok
WA, 37 posts
10 Mar 2014 7:06PM
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Thought of this when i saw this thread..

pilotpete said..


Picture below shows the GPS speed graph at impact my speed was 30kmh tacking hard up wind, during the impact you can see the sling shot effect to 118kmh for a brief moment then down to zero, after that the readings are as the rescue boat takes me into Mindari.

terminal
1421 posts
10 Mar 2014 7:50PM
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Foils are fastest.

Sailrocket 65 knots on foils.

Then a tiny directional kiteboard on very smooth water in very strong wind 56 knots.

Americas Cup giant catamarans of 2013, Hydroptere etc. on foils.

Then kite foil board like this.


cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
10 Mar 2014 8:20PM
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terminal said...
Foils are fastest.

Sailrocket 65 knots on foils.

Then a tiny directional kiteboard on very smooth water in very strong wind 56 knots.

Americas Cup giant catamarans of 2013, Hydroptere etc. on foils.

Then kite foil board like this.





So why arnt they anywhere close to the race guys also last time I watched the bridge to bridge Johnny Heineken kicked arse on an edge lei

INTHELOOP
QLD, 1855 posts
10 Mar 2014 10:40PM
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my highest GPS was on a temavento slalom board with tectonics fins 32/32/30cm doing bit over 40knts.

there is some speed guys that do over 50knts

terminal
1421 posts
10 Mar 2014 10:46PM
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cauncy said..

terminal said...
Foils are fastest.

Sailrocket 65 knots on foils.

Then a tiny directional kiteboard on very smooth water in very strong wind 56 knots.

Americas Cup giant catamarans of 2013, Hydroptere etc. on foils.

Then kite foil board like this.

?rel=0



So why arnt they anywhere close to the race guys also last time I watched the bridge to bridge Johnny Heineken kicked arse on an edge lei


In 2013 he kicked arse on an Edge LEI too, but on a foil board and smashed his own record on a race board, dropping his time from 14 minutes 14 seconds to 12 minutes flat.

terminal
1421 posts
10 Mar 2014 10:55PM
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Chris6791
WA, 3271 posts
11 Mar 2014 1:48AM
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I have to question how reliable GPS are for measuring speed, especially if the speed run is in short bursts. My fitness tracker thingy regularly throws up max speeds of 20-25 km/hr when I'm just out walking. Those that know me know I'm no athlete and I couldn't run that fast even if I tried.

ffifty5
VIC, 102 posts
11 Mar 2014 9:27AM
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Very much a known science with specific GPS now. With the windsurfers pushing the envelope. Not unusual get some flyers though. GPS can be downloaded and computer analysed. Check this Seabreeze Forum Windsurf Speed section.

Cauncy, you seem almost casual in remarking you were clocked at 75kmh!!!! That bout 40kts. (kmh for land lubbers)
That is very fast for anything but a flat water spot. What boards were you and your mate on?

I have seen a few fast days at Sandy Point, saw that NZ bloke David Trewerne hit 48kts I think it was.

At Luderitz, the pulling up of the kiteboarders at the end of the strip must be kitemarish.

Plummet
4862 posts
11 Mar 2014 7:40AM
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ffifty5 said..
Cauncy, you seem almost casual in remarking you were clocked at 75kmh!!!! That bout 40kts. (kmh for land lubbers)
That is very fast for anything but a flat water spot. What boards were you and your mate on?



I don't want to rain of Cauncy's parade. But i think its highly unlikely that he was doing 75kph in 11 edge wind speeds.

terminal
1421 posts
11 Mar 2014 7:53AM
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40 knots with a 14m.

INTHELOOP
QLD, 1855 posts
11 Mar 2014 10:07AM
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Kender is super fast no doubt. He has got a few new toys including a Vitesse 61 litres board and a KFA Foil.

See what he does once it gets a bit warmer up in Boston.

Phezulu1
WA, 66 posts
11 Mar 2014 8:35AM
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Completely unscientific, unsubstantiated GPS numbers:
twintip 36 knots (Very smooth flatwater - big front Woodman Point Beach 3)
Foil board - 25 knots (short peak, home made foil)

I chatted to Olaf Marting who used to hold the speed record a few years ago, I remember him saying up to about 39 knots peak is achievable for most people in the right conditions with fairly basic gear - but upwards of that it gets very much harder (also to maintain that over 500m)

Blackbeard
WA, 103 posts
11 Mar 2014 9:07AM
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Chris6791 said..

I have to question how reliable GPS are for measuring speed, especially if the speed run is in short bursts. My fitness tracker thingy regularly throws up max speeds of 20-25 km/hr when I'm just out walking. Those that know me know I'm no athlete and I couldn't run that fast even if I tried.


Probably poor satellite reception!

AndyHansen
WA, 278 posts
11 Mar 2014 10:16AM
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cauncy said..

terminal said...
Foils are fastest.

Sailrocket 65 knots on foils.

Then a tiny directional kiteboard on very smooth water in very strong wind 56 knots.

Americas Cup giant catamarans of 2013, Hydroptere etc. on foils.

Then kite foil board like this.

?rel=0



So why arnt they anywhere close to the race guys also last time I watched the bridge to bridge Johnny Heineken kicked arse on an edge lei



And most recently Johnny took several minutes off the bridge to bridge record on a foil kite board and LEI kite.

stamp
QLD, 2776 posts
11 Mar 2014 1:41PM
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Plummet said..

ffifty5 said..
Cauncy, you seem almost casual in remarking you were clocked at 75kmh!!!! That bout 40kts. (kmh for land lubbers)
That is very fast for anything but a flat water spot. What boards were you and your mate on?



I don't want to rain of Cauncy's parade. But i think its highly unlikely that he was doing 75kph in 11 edge wind speeds.


mate, after some of your claims on this forum i wouldn't be throwing any stones if i were you...

Plummet
4862 posts
11 Mar 2014 1:46PM
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stamp said..

Plummet said..

ffifty5 said..
Cauncy, you seem almost casual in remarking you were clocked at 75kmh!!!! That bout 40kts. (kmh for land lubbers)
That is very fast for anything but a flat water spot. What boards were you and your mate on?



I don't want to rain of Cauncy's parade. But i think its highly unlikely that he was doing 75kph in 11 edge wind speeds.


mate, after some of your claims on this forum i wouldn't be throwing any stones if i were you...


Fair enough. Who am to reduce someones stoke. Carry on roosting.

cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
11 Mar 2014 1:57PM
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Plummet said...
ffifty5 said..
Cauncy, you seem almost casual in remarking you were clocked at 75kmh!!!! That bout 40kts. (kmh for land lubbers)
That is very fast for anything but a flat water spot. What boards were you and your mate on?



I don't want to rain of Cauncy's parade. But i think its highly unlikely that he was doing 75kph in 11 edge wind speeds.


Your not plums, I'm only relaying to what I was told, it was a strong onshore I was in butterflat water inside the breakers, he was on his king quad running along side me approx 50 Mtrs away for approx 2 klms , it was typical winter gusts , shouldn't see why it not achievable, the fastest I've rode was at dirk Hartog island at tetra don loop in a screamer cross off ,I felt like I was chattering across the water 'how fast ?

Plummet
4862 posts
11 Mar 2014 5:39PM
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Well that's an insane effort then!

I did 74.1kph today in the kitebuggy. Man this speed thing is addictive.. maybe I need a 7 edge for insane speed.

suniboy21
VIC, 1090 posts
11 Mar 2014 9:21PM
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Plummet said..

Well that's an insane effort then!

I did 74.1kph today in the kitebuggy. Man this speed thing is addictive.. maybe I need a 7 edge for insane speed.


Were you wearing your Hawaiian shirt?

Plummet
4862 posts
11 Mar 2014 6:57PM
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Dammit not this time! left it at home!

martinmm5
NSW, 44 posts
13 Mar 2014 9:19AM
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Over 40 knots on Xelerator board (link below) quite easily, it would go much faster on flat water, tried at Sandy Point/Shallow inlet in VIC, but when get into even very small chop gets quite hard on legs, especially if you chase 500m average speed. Also need motocross or sky goggles for flying sand for offshore winds. :-)

epikoo.com/kiteboarding/gear/kiteboards/xelerator-speedie-2011

If anyone from Sydney wants to try, can borrow :-)

Plummet
4862 posts
13 Mar 2014 7:21AM
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martinmm5 said..

Over 40 knots on Xelerator board (link below) quite easily, it would go much faster on flat water, tried at Sandy Point/Shallow inlet in VIC, but when get into even very small chop gets quite hard on legs, especially if you chase 500m average speed. Also need motocross or sky goggles for flying sand for offshore winds. :-)

epikoo.com/kiteboarding/gear/kiteboards/xelerator-speedie-2011

If anyone from Sydney wants to try, can borrow :-)


what sort of wind speed did you so your 40 knots in?

martinmm5
NSW, 44 posts
13 Mar 2014 7:43PM
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Plummet said..

what sort of wind speed did you so your 40 knots in?



I guess around 30 knots on 9m Cabrinha Crossbow IDS, just few m from beach on offshore from the sandbar; had also Genetrix Hydra 7m, but did not have much luck for stronger winds, I think Genetrix could go much faster.



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