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Kite ATB New World Record

indigo_wolf - 23-3-2018 at 12:49 AM

61.9mph/99.62kmh Just a whisker away from 100 kmh

Click image for Vimeo video.




ATB,
Sam





skimtwashington - 23-3-2018 at 05:05 AM

:o

I wish it was filmed from a distance to actually see the rider and board ...and kite. Fixed POV is limiting.

A crash at 60 mph on a board seems disastrous... ( injurious)...

...and any imbalance in little wheels at that speed would be a REAL problem.

Wonder what board was used?

Remarkable achievement.


:thumbup::thumbup:

indigo_wolf - 23-3-2018 at 11:29 AM

Quote: Originally posted by skimtwashington  
:o
Wonder what board was used?


Looking at an earlier Ivanpah video and looking at the sponsor list on the Vimeo video for the world record, he looks to be riding a French made carbon fiber deck called an X-Shape X-Race (http://www.x-shape.fr/en/shop/race/x-race/).

Top View/Bottom View


In the Ivanpah footage it looks like he has opted for MBS trucks rather than one of the Trampa trucks offered on the X-Shape website. Can't tell what tires he is running, but they look oversized.



ATB,
Sam

RedSky - 23-3-2018 at 09:38 PM

Jean-Claude Van Damn!! ...but why not send the kite ?

abkayak - 24-3-2018 at 01:45 PM

you know this really is kinda sick...:thumbup::thumbup:
congrats on the record :thumbup: