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briansuntrax
- Medium Poster
- Posts: 159
- Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:13 pm
- Kiting since: 1999
- Local Beach: Dolphin Beach, Tableview.
Golfinho hotel, Cumbuco.
- Favorite Beaches: Dolphin Beach.
Cumbuco, upwind of Golfinho hotel.
Taiba to Paracaru downwinder.
Rede beach at low tide.
NOT Cauipe
- Style: Freeride
- Gear: Naish Dash and Pivots - Monarch TT.
- Brand Affiliation: Owner Suntrax - Importer Naish Kitesuf South Africa.
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Postby briansuntrax » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:16 pm
Today at Walvis Bay Sailrocket cracked 65knots! - not sure if this is official though?
http://twitter.com/sailrocketlive
Amazing!!
Out of reach for kite and wind surfers?
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mede
- Frequent Poster
- Posts: 401
- Joined: Fri May 24, 2002 1:00 am
- Kiting since: 2001
- Local Beach: Villa-Arcadia.com
Sri Lanka West Coast (Kandathoduwa)
- Favorite Beaches: Sri Lanka West Coast (Kandathoduwa), the endless and windy beach in front of villa-arcadia.com
- Style: Strapless surfing, Big Air
- Gear: Tomo Vanguard 5.2 (firewire kitesurf edition), Shinn Monk
- Brand Affiliation: villa-arcadia.com
- Location: Sri Lanka / www.villa-arcadia.com
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Postby mede » Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:47 am
I think it's official, they have it on their website too....
Top speed:
67.74 knts ... insane

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Ned Divine
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- Kiting since: 0
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Postby Ned Divine » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:02 am
Amazing, this is sooo impressive! I really hope this guy is relatively safe, I guess he is, this thing seems pretty stable.

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SupaEZ
- Very Frequent Poster
- Posts: 2978
- Joined: Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:47 pm
- Kiting since: 99
- Local Beach: Space coast Florida 5th street
- Favorite Beaches: One block from condo
- Style: surfboard strap waves transitions
- Gear: Boards quads & tri
Kites19-17-12-10-8-6-5 sqm
Postby SupaEZ » Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:18 pm
I would be more impressed if the record was done....standing up

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briansuntrax
- Medium Poster
- Posts: 159
- Joined: Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:13 pm
- Kiting since: 1999
- Local Beach: Dolphin Beach, Tableview.
Golfinho hotel, Cumbuco.
- Favorite Beaches: Dolphin Beach.
Cumbuco, upwind of Golfinho hotel.
Taiba to Paracaru downwinder.
Rede beach at low tide.
NOT Cauipe
- Style: Freeride
- Gear: Naish Dash and Pivots - Monarch TT.
- Brand Affiliation: Owner Suntrax - Importer Naish Kitesuf South Africa.
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Contact:
Postby briansuntrax » Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:32 pm
Full report of the 65knot day, plus great video, well worth a read - get caught up in the excitement!
http://www.sailrocket.com/blogs
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Toby
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- Posts: 36624
- Joined: Mon Sep 24, 2001 1:00 am
- Kiting since: 2000
- Local Beach: Cumbuco, Brazil
Barra do Cauipe, Brazil
- Style: Airstyle
- Gear: Rebel 2015 18
- Brand Affiliation: None.
- Location: World (KF Admin)
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Postby Toby » Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:49 pm
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tautologies
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Postby tautologies » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:06 pm
Jaw droppingly awesome.

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