Young Spanish prodigy, Marc Avella, paid homage to his country by setting a new record of 48.33 knots (89.51 km/h), bettering the existing record of 42.76 knots, despite the capricious wind throughout the day. Yesterday, he had pushed his record with 48.55 knots!

Marc treated the canal like his new playground and combined with his smile, his good vibe and easy sailing technique, we think that he will be doing fantastic things in his future kite surfing career.

"I feel great today! I've been here for three years, and yesterday, it was a big jump in my performance. It came from hard work.

"I do a lot of water sports as waterski racing. I started kite-surfing three years ago and I've learned from the French Seb Cattelan; he helped me with everything as a mentor. I think kite-surfing is an amazing sport to be achieving speeds over 100 km/h without any motor or engine, just natural power!

"I would like to be a professional kite-surfer and waterski too. I love water sports, and paella of course!"

French kite-surfer Alex Caizergues became the first surfer to break the 100-km/h speed sailing mark, setting a new world record at the annual L?deritz Speed Challenge last week.

Caizergues clocked an average speed of 100.2 km/h during his first run on Tuesday at the 500-metres during the speed-sailing event held on a windy lagoon off Namibia's Atlantic coast.

"I am extremely happy about this world record," Caizergues said.

"It is my second record for speed sailing. I have two other records in kite-boarding and all four of them were broken in Namibia," he added. Organizers said the record is now officially recognized by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC).

Caizergues, 31, broke the previous record of 95.1 km/h held by fellow Frenchman, Alain Thebault, who set the record last year using a hydroptere, an experimental multi-hull sailing craft that Thebault designed especially for speed.

The WSSRC awards records based on average speeds clocked over a 500-m course.

The event, which is renowned for its super high winds, saw five new national records tumbling.

The battle for the title of "the fastest speed sailor in the world" is far from over though, with more big winds forecast in L?deritz in the coming days, putting Caizergues' new record in danger.

Latest Standings:
Kite Surfing:
USA - Rob Douglas, 51.88
Namibia - Stefan Metzger 45.02
New Zealand - Gavin Broadbent, 50.93
French Women's National record - Charlotte Consorti, 45.23
Australia - Tim Pumpa, 46.78 (best kite speed record performance)

Windsurfing:
Sweden - Anders Bringdal, 44.80.
U.K - Zara Davis, 36.99, Female World performance with Production Board.
Sebastien Cattelan from France is placed 2nd in the world speed sailing rankings at 52.33 knots.