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Previous Record - Guy Bridge sets the initial WSSRC Isle of Wight kitefoiling mark - 2 h 32 min 25 s
World Record Snapshot
- Record Title
- Fastest kite foil circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight
- Discipline
Kite Foiling- Class
- Open / Circumnavigation
- Measured Result
- Duration: 2 h 32 min 25 s - (Lower is better)
- Date
- 2016-06-30
- Has Stood For
- 4 years, 315 days until broken on 2021-05-11
- Location
- Around the Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
- Record Holder
- Guy Bridge
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The Epic Record Run
The World Sailing Speed Record Council entry for Guy Bridge is one of the cleanest formal records in this dataset. WSSRC identifies the course as Around Isle of Wight, the category as Kitesurfer and Singlehanded, the vessel as a Foil Kitesurf Board, and Guy Bridge as the rider.
It gives a start time of 10:10:49 UTC and a finish time of 12:43:14 UTC on June 30, 2016, producing an elapsed time of 2 hours, 32 minutes, and 25 seconds over the 50 nautical mile course. WSSRC labels it the initial world record. This is squarely within kite foiling rather than general kitesurfing because the vessel line explicitly names the foil kitesurf board.
Rules of the Beast
The rider must complete the World Sailing Speed Record Council around Isle of Wight course while using a kite-powered hydrofoil board. Timing is elapsed time from the stated start to the stated finish. Lower time is better. Entries should use WSSRC records or a clearly sourced result that identifies the foil kitesurf board, rider, date, and elapsed time.
How This Got the Nod
Official WSSRC newsletter provides rider, foil kitesurf vessel type, date, course, start, finish, elapsed time, distance, and average speed.