{"id":3051,"date":"2009-11-18T10:08:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T10:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2011-03-24T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T12:01:14","slug":"new-world-kite-speed-record-at-luderitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/11\/new-world-kite-speed-record-at-luderitz\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Kite Speed Record at Luderitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 14, saw Frenchman Alex Caizergues break the world kiteboarding speed record with an incredible speed of 50.98 knots, improving on the previous world record of 50.57.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/w_B3-HUKMLI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>With two weeks still left in the competition at Luderitz, everything is still up for grabs, including the highly sought after world outright speed sailing record of 51.36 knots, set by the French Hydrofoil l&#8217;Hydopt\u00c3\u00a8re in September this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 14, saw Frenchman Alex Caizergues break the world kiteboarding speed record with an incredible speed of 50.98 knots, improving on the previous world record of 50.57. 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