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How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby Peter_Frank » Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:44 pm

Curious - we were talking about it here locally, but did not know...

Today one guy, James, did some really fast runs in 18-20 knots or so, reaching 41,7 knots (77.3 km/h) in 2 seconds, and 38.4 knots (71.1 km/h) in 10 seconds, I find it amazing but have no idea how other fast riders are doing ?

Myself I ride only half the speed when fast, ha haa - not into speed but love the challenge and to follow whats possible :thumb:

Speedboards and windsurfers ride in a lot more wind when fast, riding WITH the wind, not as efficient and a totally different ballgame, inefficient :roll:

How fast are the fast ones, kitehydrofoiling ?

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby davesails7 » Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:53 am

That's fast! Was he on a race wing or some kind of speed wing?

I've only hit about 32 knots. Talking to a top racer only a year ago, he had only hit 35 knots, but maybe everyone's faster now?

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby Tone » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:39 am

Your friend is super fast Peter!!!!

One of my friends with a 15m Flysurfer sonic race has done 40.01 knots which is mental in 12-14 knots of wind. He was on a Mikes Lab and he is very talented.

Nico Parlier has recorded over 44 knots.

Personally my fastest is about 36 knots but that was only for a second or two. I find it really quite hard to maintain anything over about 30 for very long. During races, the top guys are doing 19-22 knots up wind and 25-27 downwind and the mid 30's on the reach to the line when being pushed by another rider. It's the angle they ride at these speeds which is the impressive bit!

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby SparD » Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:07 am

One of the top ranked racers in the world who I share my homespot with told me he did 41kts peak on his Mike's Lab.

My personnal best is 38kts peak and 35kts during 10s. Wind was 15-25kts offshore with big gusts, I was flying my Ocean Rodeo Flite 10m² and riding my Spotz (RIP :() Tuna strapless.

I hope to improve that as I finally decided to put straps on :)
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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby Pedro Marcos » Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:21 am

Its hard to understand how can they go so fast, ive never tried a full race setup yet, meaning: race wing+race foil with short lines+flat water , but with the race wings and a 15m v2UL on long lines my max speed is around 26knots ( in around 12knots of wind) which is really far away from 40+ !!!

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby cwood » Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:46 am

Peaks for me (very short) at what feels crazy fast on my Moses 558 wing on Vorace mast are around 21 knots. This is with Flysurfer speed 5's which I tend to ride on the large side. Seems hard to believe guys going at double.

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby Tone » Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:58 am

cwood wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:46 am
Peaks for me (very short) at what feels crazy fast on my Moses 558 wing on Vorace mast are around 21 knots. This is with Flysurfer speed 5's which I tend to ride on the large side. Seems hard to believe guys going at double.
Look up some vids by SparD - there is a vid of him doing some nutty speed, strapless on his Tuna (RIP).

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby sedluk » Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:07 pm

I can be out on the water on a free ride wing and thinking that I must be breaking some record only to find that I was going 20 knots. It can feel really fast if flying over chop and swells.

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby TomW » Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:23 pm

I'm still a noob, but soon an intermediate after 50+hrs. I regularly do 16-19 knots peak on my Moses Fluente w 550 /330 wing. And I'm using a North Mono, which I feel is not a slippery fast through the air kite.

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Re: How fast are the fast ones ?

Postby Peter_Frank » Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:29 pm

sedluk wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:07 pm
I can be out on the water on a free ride wing and thinking that I must be breaking some record only to find that I was going 20 knots. It can feel really fast if flying over chop and swells.

This is exactly how I feel too, going faster than ANYTHING else in chop and waves, to find it is only 20 knots ha haa :rollgrin:

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