Topspeed of 102,35 km/h at Luderitzspeedchallenge 2021 | Andy Laufer 4K

It is always an honor to be able to compete in the Luderitzspeedchallenge. Last time, I didn't take my GoPro on those fastest runs as I wanted to concentrate on my runs. This year I took my brandnew GoPro Hero10black.
The result is absolutely fantastic. The quality of this cam is insanely good. So clear, so sharp - just perfect.
At first we had some beautiful training and testing runs in Shearwater Bay near Diaz Point. That spot is the fastest, the most reliable and most beautiful open water spot in the world at the moment. It's just about 10km away from the canal. Twan did over 100 km/h on each single day over there. Perfect to test and tune the new Neil Pryde RS EVO Speed 2023 5.1 sqm.
Thanks for filming some sequences with my cam from shore #HaraldClaessen
Straight after we had some more nice testing days on the canal before the wind kicked in with over 50 knots on the 18th of November.
We hit the 100 km/h barrier already in lower windspeeds and we knew that this will be a good day to break records, maybe the Nationals, maybe the World Record of Antoine Albeau (53.27 knots on 500m). I took my cam on my helmet to capture those stunning moments. I hope you enjoy as much as I did in every single run.
Hans Kreisel was in World Record mode, pushing hard and he could break the Dutch National Record of Twan Verseput already in the beginning. He wanted more, I could see it in his eyes.
There was also Björn Dunkerbeck pushing for his 100 km/h goal and he got it pretty early on that day too. He managed to go over 103 km/h!
At the end we could all reach World Record speeds of over 53 knots on 250 meters but we couldn't manage to hold that speed on the 500 meter.
The wind was too inconsistent so we always slowed down for the rest of our runs.
There are at least 6 or 7 guys now who can break the record if the wind is kicking in even stronger. That day will come - next year for sure!
Special appearance:
Twan Verseput NED-127, Hans Kreisel NED-85 and Björn Dunkerbeck E-11
0:00 - 0:08 Intro
0:09 - 2:28 Shearwater Bay - Diaz Point
2:29 - 4:23 Testing Day at Cana,
4:24 till End: Canal 18.11.21
5:29 - 5:42 Hans Kreisel by @OisinvanGelderen
6:50 - Congrats Dunki
Music:
"The Racer" created by Tristan Barton
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Special thanks to #OisinvanGelderen
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Cheers, Andy

[@Luisdefunes1]

Dunkerbeck and you in your fifties and hitting new world speed records. That is truly inspirational. Age is in the mind.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot Fantomas

[@LordOfLight]

No it isn't. Age is in the muscles, bones, joints, internal organs and brain. And I can prove it.

[@alasdair1571]

It looks very dangerous to have your body hanging over the hard edge of the canal, with no helmet. Total trust in the equipment and your skills...respect!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@mikaelfrigeniua208]

Do keep the Zen ! Water is like a brickwall if in thouble just let go and disconnect your harness asap from the boom and then go from there to another go !!

[@mikaelfrigeniua208]

The sum total is goes something like this : Your weight , m2 of the sail relating to the windspeed Then when it all comes together there will be ZEN !

[@giorgosk2884]

100km above water.. Incredible the essence of speed

[@leflef2924]

Amazing video We feel the speed to watch it

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot

[@TheRochental]

The highest class of speedwindsurfing 🤙 Great footage !!!

[@J3hudi]

absolutely stunning - fantastic footage and surfing on the edge - literally. Hitting that wall on that speed whould not only break the gear. thanks for taking us with you and big respect for the speed.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot mate

[@hanef8852]

So cool to see you and Dunkerbeck still ripping, in fact being at the top of the game.

[@AndyLaufer]

yes indeed

[@keytes]

Wow massive respect I have never been half that speed windsurfing.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mike

[@RaisingGambler]

Haha, same here, Mike! :-)

[@sandorbpbalsamico4186]

Ist das der Wahnsinn? Nein, das ist der totale Wahnsinn! 😍👍👍👍👍👍 Supergenial! 👍👍👍 Gratulation und mein höchster Respekt! 👍👍👍

[@AndyLaufer]

Dankeschön

[@wouterdobbelaere]

Off the scales! Congrats! Scary!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@TheMartinchostar]

Extreme windsurfing speed & skills....the sensation must be amazing, almost no touching the water flying like a bullet... Respect!

[@zorrobreizh44]

Perfect spot, perfect gear, perfect wind, means perfect speed. A dream

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Cedric

[@DLStarbuck]

63.6 miles per hour!!! Brilliant🏁 .

[@rolandehmig]

Herzlichen Glückwkunsch Bub !!! Wer hätte das gedacht ! Unglaubliche Fahrt - sieht sehr easy aus auf dem Wasserski ...Alles Gute und gute Heimreise....

[@AndyLaufer]

dank Dir Roland. Liebe Grüße

[@hartmutleger4473]

Yep! Congrats! Feel the WIND OF VICTORIES ...

[@dengordo]

Sick video, Andy! Very well showed that sensation of ultra fast speed sailing on the edge and limit of human and gear abilities. It was nerve wrecking when you looked at the camera an nearly hit the sand bags. Keep pushing. Your videos are very inspiring!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot Den! Really appreciate your feedback!

[@windsurfer]

Another sick video Andy!!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Paul

[@hoonjekye1344]

wow... board is like a bird! you terrific.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@chriskona7652]

Wow! You are so in control. Perfectly trimmed, relaxed. Amazing!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Chris

[@martinbailly573]

Incredible Andy ! Amazing footage ! Insane speed ! Thank you and mostly congratulations for your amazing performance ! Kudo !

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot Martin

[@speedquestwindsurfing]

Holy crap man. That is insane.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks man

[@OkinawaSeasider]

Great stuff. Really liking raw footage with the wind audible, over slick beatmatched video cuts to an audio track now. Gonna stop watching now and jump from a 1080 monitor to my 4K tv to enjoy this more!

[@AlainNLDB]

Incredible footage!!! Thanks for recording and sharing!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks for watching

[@ezza2fly]

Wow congrats! That was fantastic footage, so close to the sandbags! The beach spot looked incredible too.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Eric

[@deroux]

Bravo Andy! Congratulations! Thrilling & Inspiring video.

[@Windsurf254]

Amazing...so close to the bank at that speed...I'm jelly

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Dan

[@dvxdxv]

Congrats! The best video footage, as always!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot!

[@duncanflint3579]

Incredible footage. Real sense of speed. The location is perfect as well. Howling winds and almost glassy water.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Duncan

[@maxp.502]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[@hansdinger2752]

Ganz entspann bei soviel Speed! Super!!!!!

[@AndyLaufer]

danke Hans

[@geofreycluff8754]

Love your movies Andy your love of the sport really comes through in the movies you make. I find the helmet cam view to be the most immersive for the Luderitz footage. It really gives a sensation of speed.

[@detlevpomp]

Hammer! Respect for this guys.👍

[@AndyLaufer]

danke Detlev

[@lolmrmathieu]

Amazing 🚀🚀 thanks for your effort that goes into filming and editing to let us enjoy this 😍

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks aot Mathieu!

[@saltflyer]

Simply incredible!! Well done...!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@KordessPL]

I must say that the new JP boards look amazing!

[@gregripp]

Thanks for posting this unique sport. And thanks for all the videos angles. Sailed The Gorge in some high winds but never with flat water, must be fun.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot Greg. Gorge must be super fun as well!

[@RaulEdu33]

Mesmerizing! Top skill and Top wind harnessing technology 🥇🏄⛵

[@guuuhmanguuuhman2186]

HAMMER Video und Performance Andy!!

[@AndyLaufer]

dank Dir

[@stevesummerfield1731]

Great video, you make sailing at insane speed look so easy!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Steve

[@ChrisBenzWatches]

Yeah!

[@AndyLaufer]

sers Chris :)

[@kenzephyr]

Awesome video again !!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Kenneth

[@vermontsownboy6957]

Impressive, yes. But unless I'm missing something, the advertised 102.35 km/h topspeed was an instantaneous reading, not an official average over a 500 meter course. According to the Ludderitz speed challenge results from 2021, the top official speed was 97.57 km/h, or 52.68 knots/hr. Fast, yes. But for perspective, Paul Larsen's Sail Rocket II team absolutely smashed the world speed sailing record in 2012 with an astonishing speed of 65.45 knots, or 121.21 kph, beating the old world speed record by just shy of 10knots. An unutterably magnificent achievement. At that time Paul Larsen stamped the speed record so high that as to put it out of reach for an astounding 10 year...at least. There's now a team (see: "SP-80") chasing a new record with a fantastically out-of-the box approach, gunning for 80 knots in 2023. Best of luck to them. These are amazing times!

[@AndyLaufer]

yes and sail rocket is another sport. more or less eneneering stuff. was great to watch but different. can't compare sailing with windsurfing.

[@Redheadred1111]

Rockn. Love that board1

[@AndyLaufer]

me too :) thanks

[@SlowfingerJC]

Amazing

[@kzh2559]

As fast as kitesurfer Alexandre Caizergues and Hidroptere trimaran 👏 👏 👏 👏 Bravo!

[@tuurvandenbroeck1230]

great video Blue steel!!!

[@TheLowtec]

Brutal 👍 - Great video

[@c__d0ao990]

Awesome Andy, having seen Twan and now your footage of Diaz, want to sail there so bad. :D

[@AndyLaufer]

yes thats an awesome place to sail!

[@jos_t_band3912]

So close to edge of the canal. With that speed.

[@Sequoiaandpines]

Best vídeo ever!!!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Antonio

[@wiliss3670]

How far has wind surfing come in 40 yrs.. amazing 👏 👍

[@freddy7700]

Yes, indeed.

[@erwinrovers]

very nice , editing , filming , superb

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Erwin

[@fernandferra4470]

Que c'est bon et que ça me manque, je ne peux plus en faire - BRAVO des vitesses comme çà c'est magnifique.

[@GustafStechmann]

Insane

[@davethewave9380]

Glückwunsch!!! 🚀

[@AndyLaufer]

danke :)

[@StewartGartland]

Pretty dang cool!!!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks steward

[@sipkebijlsma]

Insane but thrilling video !

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@thextremeking]

Great footage!!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@oliverpolden]

Wow, that looks like so much fun! It looks like they always start with spin out. I guess once you’re up to speed with a relatively big sail for the conditions you’re going to want a small fin. I couldn’t imagine gaining such speed while going sideways!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Oliver. And yes speed windsurfing is highly addictive :)

[@clarkewi]

Radical.

[@protchejulien508]

World record : go for it Andy! Train your body at the gymnase sometimes with specific exercices, and i think you can explose the world record. You gear seems to be good, nothing can't stop you, come on! Thank you for the video brother.(excuse my english spoken : is very bad, however i hope your understand the message.) Take care.

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Julien. Yes since this year I know that I could break it. Just need about 5-10kn more of wind.

[@SoulFyahProductions]

sick

[@flyingparapente6485]

Super 👌👍

[@Beauty.and.FashionPhotographer]

WOW ! Unglaublich !

[@Riseagainstandi]

Go hard or go home 😎🤙

[@AndyLaufer]

exactly :)

[@zorrobreizh44]

J'adore ❤❤❤❤

[@AndyLaufer]

merci

[@pepegaschnitzel8957]

Everyone else at over 70 kmh: Wow fuck i‘m fast Andy: wait a minute lets ajust that camera

[@AndyLaufer]

:) thanks matw

[@AndyLaufer]

mate

[@mistralmatulja288]

1:49 the gopro video looks soo good in this part🔥🔥🔥

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@veryoldtrialbiker4980]

cool!

[@paulmelis1862]

Sjeesh, at 4:50, don’t look up, that was drifting to just a few cm from the edge 😮

[@AndyLaufer]

hehe true :)

[@toninhocunha1544]

Sensacional.

[@berniste3855]

Voll krass, Speed pur 👍🚀

[@AndyLaufer]

danke Bernie

[@berniste3855]

@@AndyLaufer wie nah du an an den Sandsäcken vorbei ballerst, da mach ich mir schon beim zuschauen in die Hose 😂

[@giulianopastor]

WOW!!!👏👏👏👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙

[@Robbo1966]

Hardcore and no helmets!

[@debu3255]

🤙 🤙 🤙 🌬️ 🌊 ☀️

[@HamburgdasTorzurWelt]

Waahhhnsinn !!!! Super !!! :) Hab´s Anfang der 90iger gerade mal auf 65 km/h gebracht -

[@AndyLaufer]

danke :)

[@glenrisk5234]

Used to love windsurfing.

[@davemarch1811]

Thanks for sharing Andy. But where is your helmet are you crazy!?:)

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Dave, on my head or where do you think is the cam? :)

[@davemarch1811]

@@AndyLaufer haha yes but only sometimes , often there's nothing on your head. Great video as always though!

[@perryquinn8401]

Off the planet ,great stuff ,I don't know what to say ,speeds equalling the record and almost the outright recorded ,incredible ,do they say you have the GPS or outright world record ,my speeds are 53.7 knots or 99.3km/h average at speed trial event and police radar speeds of 102 km/h and 104 km/h radar checking 4km/h slow ,incredible to watch and Verry inspirational ,kind regards Perry from australia

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot Perry

[@mmilhazes]

WOW!! Loved this vídeo!! You are fucking awesome!! I am your age and have a lot of respect and admiration for you!! 👏👏💪💪🚀🚀🙏🙏🔥🔥

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Mario

[@loukaskapsimidis9647]

Great do Andy ! Congrats 🤙 What sail size should I use for same conditions with my weight 80kgs ?

[@AndyLaufer]

I'd say about 3.3

[@HT-ne1qt]

Super, Gratuliere

[@AndyLaufer]

Dankeschön

[@HT-ne1qt]

@@AndyLaufer ich soll noch liebe Grüße von der Anneliese Held ausrichten, mit Ihrem alten selbergebautem WOMO

[@AndyLaufer]

ach was, das freut mich sehr! Ich hoffe es geht ihr gut. bitte richte ihr ganz ganz liebe Grüße aus

[@HT-ne1qt]

@@AndyLaufer Danke, dass mach ich, bis bald am Kochelsee oder Walchensee, Hubert

[@HT-ne1qt]

@@AndyLaufer Treffe Sie ind Ihren Holger immer wieder am Lago, es geht Ihr soweit ganz gut,

[@joeblow1942]

102?! No way!!!

[@AndyLaufer]

:)

[@MaDaMamut]

Hey Andy , still speeding after all this years?!?! Tolles Video - irre😅

[@tomspotterychannel]

Music i think is very good!

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@kezkez0778]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@user-wt5vb6lz1p]

Coole Sache! Windstärke und sonstige Daten wärennoch interessant! )).. Schönes 2024 @**

[@coolmove5]

Unfassbar.....

[@vicbauwens]

Speed needles still have it

[@paspasyam4805]

Completely mad ! I've been terrified by the speed, in my sofa ....

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks mate

[@MarcoB838]

Cool to watch your vids : "Hans Kreisel was in World Record mode, pushing hard and he could break the Dutch National Record of Vincent Valkenaers already in the beginning" Vincent is not Dutch but Belgian ;-)

[@AndyLaufer]

ups sorry, I meant Twan hahaaa

[@MarcoB838]

@@AndyLaufer ah. Yes Twan is a big Dutchie for sure!

[@xristinakamberi5175]

Amazing feeling, i admire you, I am a bit jealous of you and your skills. Let me ask the volume of your board in litres and the sail size ? Take care !

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks a lot. board 41 liters, sail 5.15sqm

[@grahambrown8239]

Wow..the quality footage ...the epic speed and control absolutely tops .We'll done

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks Graham

[@hardymanboy]

Amazing.. what is your watch at the end of the video please ?

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks. its a gw-60 watch

[@matejpolivka4883]

Hi! Andy could I ask for your gopro windsurf settings?

[@AndyLaufer]

yes of course. superview 4K/60fps

[@hammerniko]

Hi Andy gratuliere zu neuem PB ohne Helm. Der bremst bestimmt oder? :-) Tolles Video.

[@AndyLaufer]

dank dir nikolai. was meinst du, wie die Aufnahmen vom PB-run gemacht worden sind? :)

[@BassSwirls]

I'd love to chase in my kite buggy ...

[@AndyLaufer]

That would be nice!

[@dixhuit7078]

Merci beaucoup, Mr Laufer, géniales images. -Lorsque vous naviguez à 100 km/h la force du vent ce jour là est à combien de knots s'il vous plait? -A cinquante noeuds de vent personne ne part naviguer? Vielen Dank, Herr Laufer für die tollen Bilder. -Wenn Sie mit 100 km / h segeln, ist die Windstärke an diesem Tag wie viel Knoten bitte? - Bei fünfzig Knoten Wind wird niemand segeln?

[@AndyLaufer]

thanks for watching. wind was 30 to 50knots

[@thomo74]

Where about s is the canal? Is that in Namibia too?

[@hartmutberger5611]

Sehr geil! Gerade als ich dachte: "Ein Tacho im Bild wäre jetzt gut", wurde auch die der Tacho eingeblendet :-) P.S.: Ihr seid komplett waaahnsinich :-)

[@AndyLaufer]

dank dir Hartmut

[@TomEliaerts]

Really epic! Without the Gopros you would have gone 60knots + with ease ;)

[@AndyLaufer]

hehe maybe :)