Adrenaline junkies primed
The annual Lüderitz Speed Challenge is expected to pull a large crowd to the seaside town.
STAFF REPORTER
Namibia’s most famous annual sporting spectacle, the Lüderitz Speed Challenge, will take place at the second lagoon, about seven kilometres from the historic town centre, on 21 October.
This year’s event has attracted top speed windsurfers from around the world, including Bjorn Dunkerbeck (multiple world champion), Gunnar Asmussen (German champion) and Mark Grinnell (South African champion).
The speed challenge has thus far produced close to 130 national and 17 speed-sailing world records in both windsurfing and kiteboarding.
All records achieved at the event have been officially ratified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). It is the only Namibian sporting event to appear in multiple editions of the Guinness World Records.
All speed-sailors at this year’s event will go all-out to break their national records, and ultimately, the world record of 53.27 knots/98.65kph achieved by Antoine Albeau from France at the 2015 event.
The 2019 event will surely deliver more records, and who knows, perhaps yet another world record.
“I encourage all visitors to Lüderitz during sailing days, to travel down to the second lagoon to see these courageous speed-sailors in action,’’ said Ulf Grünewald, general manager of the Lüderitz Nest Hotel.
Namibia’s most famous annual sporting spectacle, the Lüderitz Speed Challenge, will take place at the second lagoon, about seven kilometres from the historic town centre, on 21 October.
This year’s event has attracted top speed windsurfers from around the world, including Bjorn Dunkerbeck (multiple world champion), Gunnar Asmussen (German champion) and Mark Grinnell (South African champion).
The speed challenge has thus far produced close to 130 national and 17 speed-sailing world records in both windsurfing and kiteboarding.
All records achieved at the event have been officially ratified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC). It is the only Namibian sporting event to appear in multiple editions of the Guinness World Records.
All speed-sailors at this year’s event will go all-out to break their national records, and ultimately, the world record of 53.27 knots/98.65kph achieved by Antoine Albeau from France at the 2015 event.
The 2019 event will surely deliver more records, and who knows, perhaps yet another world record.
“I encourage all visitors to Lüderitz during sailing days, to travel down to the second lagoon to see these courageous speed-sailors in action,’’ said Ulf Grünewald, general manager of the Lüderitz Nest Hotel.
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