Saw this on the feed today

www.instagram.com/p/CvK6j3jos5p/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Madness!! 25 knots on foils feels like 40 on normal gear, cant imagine how scary 40 on foils would be.

I'm clenching from 22.

Respect

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elmo said..
I'm clenching from 22.

Respect

Me too !

And such a nice guy also !!!

I can't open the link ..what gear was he on ?

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skyking1231 said..
I can't open the link ..what gear was he on ?

Foil Phantom INFINITE Ltd with 360 wing, 170 stab and 100 -30 titanium fuselageBoard IRIS R mk2 78Sail IRIS R mk2 4.5

www.glissattitude.com/en/blog/windfoil-1/la-barriere-des-40knt-tombe-5761

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Paducah said..

skyking1231 said..
I can't open the link ..what gear was he on ?

Foil Phantom INFINITE Ltd with 360 wing, 170 stab and 100 -30 titanium fuselageBoard IRIS R mk2 78Sail IRIS R mk2 4.5

www.glissattitude.com/en/blog/windfoil-1/la-barriere-des-40knt-tombe-5761

A question: who on earth claims speed records over a 2" framework? Nothing comes to mind other than this "record" by Godard ...

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duzzi said..
A question: who on earth claims speed records over a 2" framework? Nothing comes to mind other than this "record" by Godard ...

A lot of speedsurfers focus on "top speed", which is a single point measurement and the least accurate speed number. Top speed is even used as one of several numbers in some speedsurfing competitions.

2 seconds is quite an improvement over that; with the Motion GPS he apparently was using, the 2 second speed likely includes 10 or 20 points (depending on whether he's recording at 5 or 10 Hz).

One problem with 2 second speeds is that 2 second top speeds can easily be set in catapults. But that's more a problem of beginners and intermediates who crash a lot, and in particular with winging. I Nico had gotten the 41 knots in a crash, we surely would have seen some amazing crash footage. He probably would have bounced multiple times .

And, of course, 2 seconds is used as the "top speed" category in the GPS Team Challenge, and also tracked on GPS-speedsurfing.com (which, however, focuses on the 5x10 second category since it is less prone to artifacts and "lucky gusts".

I mean he's hitting over 39kts on 10 seconds and for half a km almost 38kts...Seems like he's consistently very fast just based on those, let alone the 2second peak.

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boardsurfr said..

duzzi said..
A question: who on earth claims speed records over a 2" framework? Nothing comes to mind other than this "record" by Godard ...

A lot of speedsurfers focus on "top speed", which is a single point measurement and the least accurate speed number. Top speed is even used as one of several numbers in some speedsurfing competitions.

I mean other than speedsurfers, nobody else comes to mind ...

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duzzi said..

boardsurfr said..

duzzi said..
A question: who on earth claims speed records over a 2" framework? Nothing comes to mind other than this "record" by Godard ...

A lot of speedsurfers focus on "top speed", which is a single point measurement and the least accurate speed number. Top speed is even used as one of several numbers in some speedsurfing competitions.

I mean other than speedsurfers, nobody else comes to mind ...

It's a fairly typical split time across other sports. Back when I was speedskiing 180km/hr was thought of as very fast, and it took two seconds to go through the 100m trap. (Record now is 255.5 and I'm sure foil-sailing will experience a similar surge soon). We had no GPS so timing through a trap was state of the art but if we'd had it we would have used it. Good GPS units make two seconds an easy interval for peak speeds without generating a lot of spurious spikes. I'll use it for freeskiing and am often surprised when what felt fast wasn't and vice versa.

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Paducah said..

skyking1231 said..
I can't open the link ..what gear was he on ?

Foil Phantom INFINITE Ltd with 360 wing, 170 stab and 100 -30 titanium fuselageBoard IRIS R mk2 78Sail IRIS R mk2 4.5

www.glissattitude.com/en/blog/windfoil-1/la-barriere-des-40knt-tombe-5761

And the Free-fall hook for safety...

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duzzi said..
I mean other than speedsurfers, nobody else comes to mind ...

I think you are right, few people use the 2s. Most people who talk about speed just tell us the max recorded by their Apple watch.

awalkspoiled - you have led an interesting life. Also, you make an interesting point. 2s at his speeds is about 150 ft /81 m . That's most of the way across a football pitch. That's more than just a blip.

Any way you slice it he is exponetially faster than most or all of us! Respect!

Did he "claim" a record? I just saw him show that he had broken 40.

How windy was it?

Man thats fast...huge effort. My fastest so far is 26, mind you choppy water and 900 front wing, but scared the brown stuff out of me. I just can't imagine 40 on a foil.

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BullroarerTook said..
Did he "claim" a record? I just saw him show that he had broken 40.

Exactly, and he wrote "challenge completed". He never claimed any records.

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boardsurfr said..

duzzi said..
A question: who on earth claims speed records over a 2" framework? Nothing comes to mind other than this "record" by Godard ...

A lot of speedsurfers focus on "top speed", which is a single point measurement and the least accurate speed number. Top speed is even used as one of several numbers in some speedsurfing competitions.

I mean other than speedsurfers, nobody else comes to mind ...

This is totally outrageous, right? I think you should start a petition in change.org to make it an international crime to post 2s top speeds.