Kiteboarding Distance Record

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Kiteboarding Distance Record

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Anybody know what the world distance record is for kiteboarding on the water? If so, where did you find that info?

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Hi Pete

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Pete Evans wrote:Anybody know what the world distance record is for kiteboarding on the water? If so, where did you find that info?

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Hi Peter,
The record is 137 miles sailed between Ireland and Scotland set by a woman a few months ago
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aw, I sail that distance on a good Nitinat day, easy :wink:
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I know this was an old post, but i had some extra time at work, and was doing some reading. In the spring of 06, Manu Bertin from France kited across the Atlantic Ocean. a three-week, 2,700-mile journey from the Canary Islands to the French West Indies. Is this due able at Nitinat???
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absolutely, you just need to cross the lake 4320 times.
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some guy traveled by kite for like 40 days or something like that, but that is not a continuous kite session. if you are thinking of breaking the record it is somthing i have wanted to do so let me know.
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Well it’s funny that you should say that, because I was thinking about maybe a Vic- Maui attempt in 2008 too tie in with the yacht race that summer. I think that you would need 3 kitters, and im looking into a safety boat already. If your interested drop a post.
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Or something like that!!!!!!!
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