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Sylvain Hoceini Sets New Nautical Mile Speed Sailing World Record
Sylvain Hoceini Sets New Nautical Mile Speed Sailing World Record
Sylvain Hoceini broke the nautical mile speed sailing world record at Plage du Rouet, in La Palme, France. On July 15, at 8:40 pm, the French kiteboarder rode his kite at 39.11 knots (44.88 miles per hour) during the 2020 Prince of Speed. Hoceini...
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World Record Kitesurf Odyssey – The Documentary
World Record Kitesurf Odyssey – The Documentary
In September 2017, professional kitesurfers Francisco Lufinha and Anke Brandt kite crossed the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and mainland Portugal. The Portuguese-German duo took turns of morning and night shifts and, after nine days of sailing,...
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Finnish Kitesurfers Set New World Record
Finnish Kitesurfers Set New World Record
Three Finnish kitesurfers broke the world record for the longest simultaneous kiteboarding journey. Juuso Tilaéus, Otso Ahvonen and Pekka Rintala sailed 316 kilometers across the Baltic Sea, from Sweden to Finland. The previous record was s...
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Rob Douglas Sets New World Record
Rob Douglas Sets New World Record
Rob Douglas has set a new nautical mile speed sailing world record at Plage du Rouet, in La Palme, France. On June 10, the American kiteboarder rode his kite at 39.04 knots (44.93 miles per hour) during the 2019 Prince of Speed. Douglas sailed to...
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Neilson SUP Armada Festival Sets World Record
Neilson SUP Armada Festival Sets World Record
Nearly 400 paddlers came together in the UK this past weekend for fun, racing, and claiming a new Guinness World Record. The Neilson SUP Armada Festival was held in Bewl Water, located about 50 miles southeast of London. The festival featured someth...
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Anke Brandt Sets New World Record
Anke Brandt Sets New World Record
Elite rider Anke Brandt has set on a daring mission on the 17th of March: to kitesurf 550kms from Bahrain to Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. The GET Kite Mission- Kitesurf Arabia was initiated with the aim to raise money for ‘Wings for Life&rsquo...
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MINI Kitesurf Odyssey Full Documentary
MINI Kitesurf Odyssey Full Documentary
Back in 2015, Francisco Lufinha managed to set an incredible world record. He departed on an amazing 48 hour, 472 nautical mile nonstop solo run on a kiteboard, from Lisbon, Portugal to the Islands of Madeira. And his adventure was a huge success. F...
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Anke Brandt Aims for New Kitesurfing World Record
Anke Brandt Aims for New Kitesurfing World Record
Flysurfer elite rider Anke Brandt holds Guinness World Record holder for longest distance kitesurfed by a female (250km in 12 hours). She is also a regular on freestyle and long distance racing competitions podiums. And now she aims to beat her own...
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New World Record for the Virgin Kitesurf Armada
New World Record for the Virgin Kitesurf Armada
Hundreds of kitesurfers gathered in Cape Town on the 30th of January for the Virgin Kitesurfing Armada event, with a clear goal: to break the record for the ‘Largest Parade of Kitesurfers’, held by the Spain event until now. And the kite...
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Francisco Lufinha Sets New World Record
Francisco Lufinha Sets New World Record
A couple of days ago, Francisco Lufinha embarked on the MINI Kitesurf Odyssey, with the aim to break the world record of “the longest distance kitesurfing without stops”. The journey on which he set was not an easy one, as he had to face...
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