The International Speed Windsurfing Class (ISWC) is a class of speed windsurfing boards that has developed over the last 30 years in order to facilitate high performance competition in strong winds and on flat water. The International Speed Windsurfing Class is controlled by World Sailing and has been adopted as an international class in spring 2007. The class is defined as an "experimental" class, which means that the class rules give a wide possibility for the development of new equipment, also outside commonly used technologies. Speed windsurfing events are normally held on "flat water" as opposed to coastal surf; which means side-offshore wind directions with a strength of at least . The ISWC speed world champion is established throughout a tour, th
Speed World Cup

Records

Antoine Albeau Antoine Albeau is a French windsurfer who holds twenty-four Windsurfing World Championships in different disciplines since 1994. Born on 17 June 1972 in La Rochelle, France, Albeau set a new all–category world windpowered sailing speed record ...

is the current record holder with a speed of over a 500 m course at Luderitz Speed Challenge (Namibia) on 13 November 2012. The previous record holder is

Finian Maynard Finian Maynard (born 22 November 1974 in Dublin, Ireland) is a six-time speed windsurfing world champion (1998 - 2001, 2006 and 2009) and held the absolute 500m sailing speed record for all sailing vessels from late 2004 until early 2008. He we ...

having reached an average speed of over the same distance at the same location, on 10 April 2005. This exceeded his previous record of set on 13 November 2004 at the same venue.
Updated List of Speed Sailing Records, Speed All Time Ranking

Boards Magazine Speed-Sailing History

Record Spots and Event Sites

Speed Windsurfing events are normally held at venues with reliable, strong offshore winds and flat water. In opposite to the venues for record attempts, accessibility is important as well as a not to difficult course to allow for proper race organization. For world record attempts, venues are chosen only by the best wind and water characteristics.
Sotavento Beach, Fuerteventura, SpainWalvis Bay, NamibiaLuderitz, Namibia

Prominent Competitors

Björn Dunkerbeck, 2005 World Champion

, 2006 World Champion

External links

International Speed Windsurfing Class websiteISAF websiteInternational Windsurfing Association
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