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.
Select to expand quoteskyking1231 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
Select to expand quotePaducah 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 ...
Select to expand quoteduzzi 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 
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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.
Select to expand quoteboardsurfr 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 ...
Select to expand quoteduzzi 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.
Select to expand quotePaducah 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...
Select to expand quoteduzzi 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.
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.
Select to expand quoteBullroarerTook 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.
Select to expand quoteduzzi 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 ...
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.
