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Michel
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Speedkite EuropaCup - Etretat (France) 12 & 13 september

Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:33 pm

Hi all,

Is there Speedkiters in U.K. ?

If yes, they must come to the first Speedkite Europa Cup in Etretat (France), beside the great kite festival "Les Arches du Vent".

Not very far from United Kingdom... 8)

More informations :

- in french => here

- in german => there

... or by PM.

Have fun ! :dancing:

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Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:10 pm

Shame it clashes with Bristol.
 
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Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:40 pm

Yeah, but what a great spot to fly!

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Speedkite Europa Cup 2009 - the results

Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:34 am

Image World speed record : 212 km/h Image

01 Christian Gebhardt - Germany - 212 km/h - S-045
02 Markus Willems - Germany - 192 Km/h - Armageddon 170 Race
03 Mark Rauch - Germany - 185 Km/h - Gargoyle 140
04 Laurent Morales - France - 182 Km/h - Tiger II Mylar [TS] (Long Duong)
05 Schmendrick - Germany - 175 Km/h - Armageddon 180 Race
06 Raphaël Marieux - France - 172 Km/h - Tsunami II (Raph)
07 Jean Charles Le Lay - France 165 Km/h - Mustang (Long Duong)
08 Stephan Radday - France - 162 Km/h - Tsunami (Raph)
09 Freiherr - Austria - 159 km/h - S-Kite 0.9
10 Long Duong - France - 156 Km/h - Tiger II Mylar
11 Michel R. - France - 150 Km/h - Mustang (LD)
12 JC40 - France - 149 Km/h - Tsunami II (Raph)
13 Jonathan Fertig - France - 144 Km/h - X-Celerator (HQ-Kites)
14 Uwe Böhmer - Germany - 140 Km/h - Tiger II Mylar
15 Steffi Rauch - Germany - 140 Km/h - Gonzo 140 Race
16 Maël Chevalier - France - 136 Km/h - Tsunami II
17 Philippe Laurent - France - 136 Km/h - construction perso
18 Michel Vianesch - France - 124 Km/h - X-Celerator

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Peter
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Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:32 pm

not bad!!
212 kilometer/hour = 131.730 692 76 mile/hour (mph)
S-045 - don't know the kite, any further info please


I wonder what a wild thang could do??????? :D
 
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Re: Speedkite EuropaCup - Etretat (France) 12 & 13 september

Mon May 10, 2010 9:40 pm

Sorry for me digging this old corpse out,
but i think Peter should get his curiosity satiesfied:

The S-045 is a custom designed kite, one of a kind.

Here is a vid from that contest warm up flights, the first kite shown is the S-045:

http://www.vimeo.com/6644717

Pictures you can find at the very end of the page here:

http://sites.google.com/site/freiherrx/etretat-2009

And a few sprinkled thought the page.