Er staat wel een fout in de tekst,Robby zou 38.47 knopen gevaren hebben en het record stond/staat op 38.28 knopen,de journalist zegt echter:
Robby clocked 38,47 knots - mere inches off the kite speed record
foutje???
After the severe damage to the speed course over the weekend and the sudden withdrawal of France's Antoine Albeau from the Challenge, the mood at Arinaga had dropped significantly.
All this was to change by Tuesday, when Robby Naish was testing the 500-meter course, looking to get a feel for his equipment in this environment. Just after a couple of runs and without any preparation for it, Robby clocked 38,47 knots - mere inches off the kite speed record.
But things were about to get even better after a series of speed runs at the top of the course, called into the base camp by the WSSRC Commissioner Graham Ward. Ward had relieved Michael Ellison earlier last week.
As the high tide was dropping by late afternoon the remaining Challengers Anders Bringdal, Björn Dunkerbeck and Robby Naish started to produce speeds averaging well over forty knots at the first few hundered meters of the course, measured over the 100-meter distance of the repaired course.
In the end Naish found himself flying over the water with 44,20 knots, Bringdal with 44,30 knots and Björn Dunkerbeck with a whopping 46,30 knots - taking a peak at the current world record of 46,52.
It called for cheers at the end of the day with the certainty, that the speed course is very effective and close to be repaired over the full 500-meter distance
Robby clocked 38,47 knots - mere inches off the kite speed record
foutje???
After the severe damage to the speed course over the weekend and the sudden withdrawal of France's Antoine Albeau from the Challenge, the mood at Arinaga had dropped significantly.
All this was to change by Tuesday, when Robby Naish was testing the 500-meter course, looking to get a feel for his equipment in this environment. Just after a couple of runs and without any preparation for it, Robby clocked 38,47 knots - mere inches off the kite speed record.
But things were about to get even better after a series of speed runs at the top of the course, called into the base camp by the WSSRC Commissioner Graham Ward. Ward had relieved Michael Ellison earlier last week.
As the high tide was dropping by late afternoon the remaining Challengers Anders Bringdal, Björn Dunkerbeck and Robby Naish started to produce speeds averaging well over forty knots at the first few hundered meters of the course, measured over the 100-meter distance of the repaired course.
In the end Naish found himself flying over the water with 44,20 knots, Bringdal with 44,30 knots and Björn Dunkerbeck with a whopping 46,30 knots - taking a peak at the current world record of 46,52.
It called for cheers at the end of the day with the certainty, that the speed course is very effective and close to be repaired over the full 500-meter distance
