rainVraagstellerlid sinds 2008 · 57 berichten9 sep 2009 09:56
een australische collega was zo aardig om me op het volgende artike te wijzen... misschien iets voor de volgende downwinder? 👍
James Weight in action Photo: Nalu Productions
Two Melbourne men have become the first people in the world to kite surf across Bass Strait.
Friends Ben Morrison-Jack and James Weight, both aged 33, completed the 260km journey when they landed at Apollo Bay in Victoria's southwest early on Wednesday night.
"The trip couldn't have gone better, apart from the wind dying down in the last kilometre," Morrison-Jack said.
The men made the trip on their kite boards in just under 12 hours, after leaving Stanley in Tasmania's north at 7am (AEST).
She said the friends were driven by a lust for adventure and had
been thinking of taking the journey for years.
"They have a passion for kite-boarding ... and it's just a personal achievement as well as for the love of the sport," she said.
Kiteboarders wear a harness attached to a kite above them that they steer to allow the wind to push them along the water while their feet are strapped to a board.
Mrs Weight said her husband had been one of Melbourne's pioneering kiteboarders but had never kitesurfed in open water.
Mr Morrison-Jack is an experienced sailor who had competed in the America's Cup.
They are being followed by a support boat in case the wind dies or the pair can't continue the trip.
Lees het verdere verhaal HIERRRR.
Local daredevils cross Bass Strait - by kite
MEX COOPER
September 9, 2009 - 7:36PM
James Weight in action Photo: Nalu Productions
Two Melbourne men have become the first people in the world to kite surf across Bass Strait.
Friends Ben Morrison-Jack and James Weight, both aged 33, completed the 260km journey when they landed at Apollo Bay in Victoria's southwest early on Wednesday night.
"The trip couldn't have gone better, apart from the wind dying down in the last kilometre," Morrison-Jack said.
The men made the trip on their kite boards in just under 12 hours, after leaving Stanley in Tasmania's north at 7am (AEST).
She said the friends were driven by a lust for adventure and had
been thinking of taking the journey for years.
"They have a passion for kite-boarding ... and it's just a personal achievement as well as for the love of the sport," she said.
Kiteboarders wear a harness attached to a kite above them that they steer to allow the wind to push them along the water while their feet are strapped to a board.
Mrs Weight said her husband had been one of Melbourne's pioneering kiteboarders but had never kitesurfed in open water.
Mr Morrison-Jack is an experienced sailor who had competed in the America's Cup.
They are being followed by a support boat in case the wind dies or the pair can't continue the trip.
Lees het verdere verhaal HIERRRR.
