The French Kitesurfer, Alexandre Caizergues, defeated yesterday on the salt-de-Giraud Canal and in the salt and speed framework, his own record of the
world of speed in 500 metres with a 57,97-metre stratospheric average. 107,36 km / h.
couldn't find any videojeffnyc - 14-11-2017 at 11:33 AM
Can't wait to see new vid. His old record looked insane. I would not want to wipe out there going 1/4 as fast!indigo_wolf - 15-11-2017 at 02:01 AM
While waiting for NEW video for the current records, this is what his runs looked like in 2013....
Amazing! Shared this on kiteforum .com. jeffnyc - 15-11-2017 at 03:23 PM
Do you think they dragged him to the start by the back of his harness for each new try? "C'mon guys, faster! The wind's picking up!" ("I say we let
him go")
That just looks so sketchy in every way. One little glitch and he eats it in the dirt.
Amazing performance, but I'm setting my sights on mowing the lawn in 5mph with a Chronos...B-Roc - 15-11-2017 at 03:42 PM
Eh, I'd be more impressed if he sent it at the end of the run RedSky - 15-11-2017 at 05:58 PM
So... he went only a little faster than the wind speed itself.. or in gusts, actually less...
Friction!
I think there has been talk in the past about this very subject. The physics of diminished returns pertaining to wind speed. Just because you can go
triple the wind speed at 15mph, doesnt mean its the same at 60mph wind speed. I really don't understand the physics behind it, just that I experience
this same phenomenon when trying to go for speed on ice covered lakes. Water friction plays a hug role for sure!Feyd - 20-11-2017 at 04:09 AM
Cheddar is right. You can only get so much out of so much. And I will add that edge grip plays a huge role in dictating your end results.
We go as fast or faster in less wind because we can squeeze the most out of a given windspeed by virtue of the fact that a solid skier on a solid edge
experiences very little to zero downwind drift. It all gets translated to forward motion.
For the guys on water, they need the controlled conditions and the insane amounts of wind to both offset the drag in the water but also to bag the raw
speed while splitting the balance between forward motion and drift. Their boards (some barely more than a water ski it looks like) do an amazing job
of getting bite. But still at the cost of additional drag I imagine. So they need a ton of wind.
We won't even mention the air temp boost factor that they lack vs. winter riders. Both disciplines have thier advantage and disadvantages.
Not long ago it was a pretty remarkable achievement to go 2X the wind speed. Now with modern race variant wings we can go 3-4x the wind speed in
light winds. But as Cheddar stated, diminishing returns come in at higher wind speeds.
