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40 knots by a 14 year old !

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Created by KA360 > 9 months ago, 7 Apr 2013
KA360
NSW, 803 posts
7 Apr 2013 2:23AM
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Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
7 Apr 2013 6:50AM
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He is a big 14 year old!

eastcoast
94 posts
7 Apr 2013 6:45AM
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Cool spot where is it? And nice speed!

kato
VIC, 3506 posts
7 Apr 2013 10:41AM
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Nice spot

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
7 Apr 2013 12:16PM
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vMax 36.7kn.... where was the 40 knot run? Impressive none the less especially for a 14y.o.

KA360
NSW, 803 posts
7 Apr 2013 3:08PM
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The vid was taken the day before he turned 15 .He did 36.7 kn that day.He has previously had a 40+ 1sec and high 39's 2sec I believe.
He is huge,Koester size.What do they feed these kids?
Alex had a leap of 2 knots in speed last month(after the Guy Cribb coarse) ,so I thought I should weigh him again. In the last year he has grown 3 shoe sizes bigger and 12cm taller.He is no longer 33kg.He gained 1 and is now 34kg!
He 'd better concentrate on freestyle.

Rolz
QLD, 169 posts
8 Apr 2013 1:42PM
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nice... not sure if I could handle the cold, but maybe if I had a speed sailing spot like that I'd think about it

lelos12345
NSW, 453 posts
8 Apr 2013 9:05PM
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TAKE NOTE CANTON COUNCIL AND ILLAWARRA IF ANYONE HAS A FEW THOUSAND TON OF CLEAN WAIST I HAVE A GREAT SPOT FOR IT ;-)

CaptainHadoc
NSW, 128 posts
18 Apr 2013 12:36PM
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eastcoast said...
Cool spot where is it? And nice speed!

St Marie de la mer. Some guys used to do speed there (Master of Speed), before they realised they don't really need to windsurf with temperature so close to 0C, and with only two or three shots at the title per 6 months waiting period.
The wind (named mistral) quite often gets over 40kt there, thought you'd only get 50-60kt a handful of time per year. And it's a cold wind (comes from the Alpes). Even without that, temperatures would be in the 2-7C range at best during winter.




This 14yo older brother is still the U21 and U18 WSSRC record holder with 42,71kt, which he did in 2008 on this same canal during the MOS (the day Albeau did 47.69). Both brothers are/were pretty oversized for their age: 1.95-2.00m and 90+kg.

Bonominator
VIC, 5477 posts
18 Apr 2013 8:34PM
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KA360 said...
The vid was taken the day before he turned 15 .He did 36.7 kn that day.He has previously had a 40+ 1sec and high 39's 2sec I believe.
He is huge,Koester size.What do they feed these kids?
Alex had a leap of 2 knots in speed last month(after the Guy Cribb coarse) ,so I thought I should weigh him again. In the last year he has grown 3 shoe sizes bigger and 12cm taller.He is no longer 33kg.He gained 1 and is now 34kg!
He 'd better concentrate on freestyle.


Must eat heaps of coc au vin!



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