Luderitz Speed Challenge 2012 : 5 novembre / 16 décembre

[Kek85]

Ca navigue pas et ca naviguera plus en planche!!

C'est finit pour la pluie de records.

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[Olivier44]

Anders Bringdal : That's it, The wind forecast did not show up. I am packed up ready to leave tomorrow morning.
Bjorn left a few hours ago and Antoine goes like me.
Now it is time to heal up a little and ten get sorted out for the next time.... I have had a super event here and we got what we came for. My boards/sails and fin combo have been super good and even if I think we can push it again a little I am proud to see what we have done.
Huge thanks to Seb and Sophie. With out you we would not have been here.
Easy Night tonight and tomorrow I'll take on the 1640km drive to Johannesburgh....

[Olivier44]

Luderitz Speed Challenge : Ending ceremony with the riders. The windsurfing's attempts are over for this year. Now the canal is open for the kitesurf.

Le classement final V500m du Luderitz Speed Challenge 2012. Merci Gozo.

52.05 nds : Antoine Albeau (FRA-192)
51.45 nds : Anders Bringdal (SUE-10)
51.26 nds : Jurjen Van Der Noord (NED-55)
51.09 nds : Bjorn dunkerbeck (SUI-111)
50.56 nds : Nick Vardalachos (GRE-800)
50.49 nds : Patrik Diethelm (SUI-20)
50.17 nds : Cédric Bordes (FRA-91)
49.66 nds : Mark Grinnell (RSA-321)
48.82 nds : Farrel O Shea (GBR-81)
48.21 nds : Martyn Ogier (GBR-68)
47.95 nds : Martin Van Meurs (NED-62)
47.34 nds : Matthias Röchtter (NAM-9)
46.75 nds : Christian Bornemann (GER-29)
45.83 nds : Zara Davis (K-47)
45.74 nds : Lena Erdil (TUR-33)
45.57 nds : Christian Benzing (GER-77)
44.69 nds : Dieter Gerichhausen (GER-8)
44.47 nds : Alberto Possati (ITA-107)
44.29 nds : Boris Vujasinovic (CRO-00)
40.95 nds : Alexander Goncharov (UKR-873)
39.75 nds : Eric Bellande (FRA)
38.12 nds : Albeau/Bordès en tandem (FRA-192/91)

Les scores Overall V500m sur GPS-Speedsurfing http://www.gps-speedsurfing.com/default ... peedType=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Stef38]

Elle fait petite Lena Erdil par rapport aux autres!

7 riders au dessus des 50nds , et deux rideuses au dessus des 45nds, un grand succès cette édition!

[Olivier44]

Lüderitz Speed Challenge, Rendez-vous en 2013 !

http://www.windsurfjournal.com/article, ... -2013,1948
http://www.windmag.com/actu-luderitz-sp ... t-trop-bon
http://www.windmag.com/actu-14-nouveaux ... naux-total

"Outre un véritable raz-de-marée de nouveaux records nationaux, des temps plus impressionnants les uns que les autres, nous retiendrons quelques chiffres comme 45,83 nœuds pour l’anglaise Zara David, 52,05 nœuds pour Antoine Albeau mais aussi 43 nœuds comme la rafale la plus forte relevée à Second Lagoon sur un mois de tentative.
Alors qu’en mars 2008, Antoine Albeau luttait avec sa 4.8 m² sur le canal des Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer dans le sud de la France dans un violent Mistral frôlant les 50 nœuds et réalisait à l’arrachée 49,09 nœuds, 4 ans plus tard, ce même FRA-192 se "baladait" presque en 5.4 m² à plus de 52 nœuds !!! En 10 jours, la vitesse en windsurf a fait un bond en avant de plusieurs années, bond qui permet au sport de ressortir fier et grandi lui qui s'était laisser quelque peu "débordé" par les kitesurfers.
C’est désormais une certitude, le canal de Second Lagoon marche également pour les windsurfers et le meilleur est sans nul doute à venir !!!"

[Olivier44]

Luderitz Speed Challenge : Luderitz Speed Challenge

The first ever windsurfing World Record was set by Pascal Maka, who clocked 38.86 knots in 1986. This was bettered nine times before Antoine Albeau took the record to 49.09 knots in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Mer in the South of France in March 2008.

After this things went a little quiet, though a promising phenomenon was brewing near the tip of Africa. The Lüderitz Speed Challenge was born in 2007 and by October 2008 the event had entered the annals of sailing history, after the event’s kitesurfing co-organizer Sébastien Cattelan broke through the mythical 50 knots barrier. From that moment on, records have continued to tumble here on one of the world’s harshest coastlines.

The wind speeds that enable these incredible feats are the result of warm desert winds meeting the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean, creating a massive pressure differential. What remained was for the organizer’s to study the local conditions in meticulous detail and to use their world-beating sailing expertise to continually improve the 500m run to the point at which, today, the event serves a model for other world-record breaking attempts around the world.

After the development of a channel on the margins of the lagoon in 2009 Lüderitz became home to the fastest ever sail speeds, speeds which received world press when kite surfers shattered world records several times (ending with 55.65 knots).
The lagoon-side innovation continued and for the Lüderitz Speed Challenge 2012 the organizers excavated an extraordinary artificial channel at a remove from the lagoon, resulting in flatter, safer conditions that enabled the big names of the windsurfing community to book their tickets for Namibia.

Three days into the four week windsurfing component of the Lüderitz Speed Challenge 2012 Frenchman Antoine Albeau improved the Windsurfing World Record with an average recorded time of 49.41 knots. Six days later his countryman Cédric Bordes clocked 49.66 knots but this was soon surpassed by Swiss Patrick Diethelm’s speed of 49.71 knots. It was clear that the 50 knot threshold was going to be pushed and it was Anders Bringdal from Sweden who became the first ever windsurfer to do so with a time of 50.43 knots, though his triumph was short-lived as Albeau finished that day with a time of 50.62 knots. Pushed on a daily basis by Bringdal, Albeau broke the World Record eight times over the competition’s four weeks period, ending with the fastest time of 52.05 knots. Albeau was joined in making history by the fastest female of the event, Zara Davis of Britain, who posted a windsurfing world record speed of 45.83 knots (made on Production board).

12 national multi-discipline records were broken during the course of the event, which is incredible when one considers that 13 nations were represented. The records were as follows:

SWEDEN: Anders Bringdal: 51.45 kts (95.3 kph) which is also the World Record on Production Board.
NETHERLANDS: Jurjen Van Der Noord: 51.26 kts (94.9 kph)
SWITZERLAND: Patrick Diethelm : 50.49 kts (93.5 kph) and then Bjorn Dunkerbeck: 51.09 kts (94.6 kph)
GREECE: Nick Vardalachos: 50.56 kts (93.6 kph)
GERMANY: Christian Bornemann: 46.75 kts (86.5 kph)
UNITED KINGDOM: Farrel O’Shea: 48.82 kts (90.4 kph)
FEMALE UNITED KINGDOM: Zara Davis: 45.83 kts (84.8 kph)
FEMALE TURKISH: Lena Erdil: 45.74 kts (84.7 kph)
ITALIAN: Alberto Possati: 44.47 kts (82.3 kph)
CROATIAN: Boris Vujasinovic: 44.47 kts (82.3 kph)
UKRAINIAN: Alexander Goncharov: 40.95 kts (75.8 kph)

In addition four national windsurfing records were posted in Lüderitz: the French, South African and Namibian records were respectively broken by Antoine Albeau (52.05kts), Mark Grinnell (49.66kts), Matthias Röchtter (47.51kts).

All in all seven riders hailing from five different countries went over 50 knots. These were:
FRANCE: ANTOINE ALBEAU (52.05kts) and CEDRIC BORDES (50.23kts)
SWEDEN: ANDERS BRINGDAL (51.45 kts)
NETHERLANDS: JURJEN VAN DER NOORD (51.26 kts)
SWITZERLAND: BJORN DUNKERBECK (51.09 kts) and PATRICK DIETHELM (50.49 kts)
GREECE: NICK VARDALACHOS (50.56 kts)

Some other speed:
-Martin Van Meurs (Dutch):47.95 kts
-Martyn Ogier (British):48.21 kts
-Christian Benzing (German): 45.57 kts
-Dieter Gerichhausen (German): 44.63 kts
-Antoine Albeau/ Cédric bordes - TANDEM: 38.12 kts

These unprecedented performances were made possible not only by the incredible skill and athleticism of each contestant but also by their belief in the event and their willingness to give of their experience to improve the sailing conditions. All the windsurfers agree that this year’s results can definitely be improved, and who wouldn’t, when you consider A.Albeau went three knots faster than he did in 2008, in less wind! The riders are presently leaving Namibia with ideas for modifying their gear in order to return for more action in stronger winds in 2013.

Anders Bringdal left saying that “The Lüderitz Speed Challenge World Record Attempt is the dream of every fanatic of speed”. Everything suggests that the future editions of the Lüderitz Speed Challenge will be legendary!

[Olivier44]

Patrik Diethelm, le shapeur le plus rapide au monde ! http://planchemagleblog.blogspot.fr/201 ... monde.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Olivier44]

La FFVoile vous attend au Nautic du 8 au 16 décembre 2012 :

"Nous vous présenterons également la planche d’Antoine Albeau qui lui a permis d’établir son record du monde de vitesse à 52,05 nœuds en novembre en Namibie."

[Windsurfstyle]

Le pourquoi Finian Maynard était le grand absent du Lüderitz Speed Challenge :

http://www.windmag.com/actu-finian-mayn ... -tres-vite

" je penserai à défendre mon titre de champion du monde de vitesse si une bonne compétition avec un prize money décent venait à voir le jour"... bon esprit

[Ronan]

" je penserai à défendre mon titre de champion du monde de vitesse si une bonne compétition avec un prize money décent venait à voir le jour"... bon esprit

Mais non, je suis sûr qu'il voulait parler de la beauté du geste, dans un esprit totalement désinteressé, et juste avoir le plaisir de recevoir une fraternelle poignée de main au bout, comme naguère les skippers qui avaient le talent (et la chance...) de finir l'Ostar...

[stephane29]

honteux son discours,, mais bon il a tjs ete comme ça.....

[Olivier44]

Interview d'Anders Bringdal par Planchemag http://planchemagleblog.blogspot.fr/201 ... tions.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Pascal M]

Le pourquoi Finian Maynard était le grand absent du Lüderitz Speed Challenge :

http://www.windmag.com/actu-finian-mayn ... -tres-vite

" je penserai à défendre mon titre de champion du monde de vitesse si une bonne compétition avec un prize money décent venait à voir le jour"... bon esprit

Combien vaut le diamant ? Il ne le savait peut-être pas... Bientôt A² avec un diam's à l'oreille, comme Robert, Robby, ...

[frank44]

Reportage world class avec Rob Douglas. A 2:10 c'est

In Martha's Vineyard, the professional kiteboarder Rob Douglas trains to defend his title as the fastest human under sail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_9wq7lDWvk&list" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Ricou]

Y'a des news des kiteux à Luderitz ?