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Luderitz Speed Event 2010 - Records broken on day 1

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10:04 PM Sun 10 Oct 2010 GMT

'Anders Bringdal' Luderitz Speed Challenge

The first National Speed Record was broken within minutes of the start of the Luderitz Speed Event 2010 on what was expected to be simply a training session in anticipation prior to the big winds forecast for next week. Kite surfer Gavin Broadbent smashed the existing New Zealand national record within 13 minutes of the opening of the first day of the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge on Friday October 8th at second Lagoon, Luderitz Bay, Namibia. After only 3 runs his official average speed over 500m was recorded at 44.51 knots - the previous record being 40.68 knots. 70 minutes ...

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