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C. Moore 04-28-2009 05:09 PM

30mph record broken
 
It was my own personal best record. I could never seem to break my 30mph record. I sustained 31mph this weekend down in the Islamorada. Tammy and I did a DW with Gabe, Brian May, and Doug. What an amazing weekend. I also had one of my worst wipeouts when trying a speed run. Water hurts more at high speeds, I saw stars for a while. (Seriously)

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._6886032_n.jpg

andres 04-28-2009 06:18 PM

Sweet!!

Whitey 04-29-2009 07:13 AM

Isn't it wild that these guys are making runs almost double that speed. No to take away from the proof that you hit 30, thats quite an accomplishment, I mean with 6 more mph you don't need the board anymore you can start to barefoot. Come to think of it with the kite pulling up a little bit it is not out of the question to give it a run. Next time you are at 30mph kick the board off and head downwind a little and see how far you can barefoot ski with a kite. Good job Chris.

H 04-29-2009 10:54 AM

Congrats Chris.

C. Moore 04-29-2009 11:24 AM

I can't even imagine what it would feel like to hit 50mph. I also wouldn't want to know what it feels to hit the water at that speed either.

Does anyone else know what speeds they have hit? I think Crazy J hit 38 or 40 a while back down in the keys.

Danimal8199 04-29-2009 12:21 PM

I hit 45 yesterday until the old lady in front of me slowed down!

Todd RT 04-29-2009 01:04 PM

I FEEL like I've gone in the 40's before! :D But it's probably like boosting... hard to judge.

What type of GPS did you use to log this data?

C. Moore 04-29-2009 02:56 PM

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8703

Its water proof but I still carry it in a waterproof pouch. I also put in a 2gb micro sd card. This thing is pretty cool.

theshiatispimpin101 04-29-2009 03:04 PM

Congrats! thats awesome, winds were rippin in the keys.
Do you just wear the GPS on some sort of belt?

C. Moore 04-29-2009 07:37 PM

I stuff it in my pocket of my board shorts. It looks impressive. :P


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