Sjoukje guns for world record

SJOUKJE Bredenkamp, 19, from Langebaan, South Africa, has just finished second overall on the 2007 Speed Kiteboarding World Tour and is now competing in Luederitz, Namibia.

She will attempt to set an international world record. Bredenkamp has been following the 2007 Speed Kiteboarding Tour, she was ranked second overall for the Year and Crowned the Fastest Lady for 2007 for the best speed.The South African speed girl has now been busy on the water at Luederitz, where she averaged a new world record of 39,75 knots last week.She improved her original record of 37,24 knots to 38,45 knots in the previous week, but shattered that mark just a short time later.She is currently the third fastest woman on the Outright Ranking, a mere 2 knots off the Outright Women’s record held by Karen Yaggi of Switzerland.Bredenkamp was riding a Helix Kite, a new model in the Naish Sigma range, a revolutionary new shape in the kiteboarding world, and a specially designed speed board from Cape Doctor Kiteboards in Table View.The 500-metre course set up in Second Lagoon at Luederitz has proven very fast so far.The male competitors improved the previous world record and are getting dangerously close to the outright sailing record.Sebastien Cattelan, originally from France, now a Table View local, is in the lead with an astounding speed of 46,71 knots, the second fastest sailing speed ever, just behind current Outright World record holder Finian Maynard from the Virgin Isles.Taro Niehaus, also from Langebaan, has just improved his best times and stolen the South African Kiteboarding record.The contest will be running until October 15 and Bredenkamp and her fellow riders are still chasing more records.For more information and results see www.luderitz-speed.comBredenkamp has been following the 2007 Speed Kiteboarding Tour, she was ranked second overall for the Year and Crowned the Fastest Lady for 2007 for the best speed.The South African speed girl has now been busy on the water at Luederitz, where she averaged a new world record of 39,75 knots last week.She improved her original record of 37,24 knots to 38,45 knots in the previous week, but shattered that mark just a short time later.She is currently the third fastest woman on the Outright Ranking, a mere 2 knots off the Outright Women’s record held by Karen Yaggi of Switzerland.Bredenkamp was riding a Helix Kite, a new model in the Naish Sigma range, a revolutionary new shape in the kiteboarding world, and a specially designed speed board from Cape Doctor Kiteboards in Table View.The 500-metre course set up in Second Lagoon at Luederitz has proven very fast so far.The male competitors improved the previous world record and are getting dangerously close to the outright sailing record.Sebastien Cattelan, originally from France, now a Table View local, is in the lead with an astounding speed of 46,71 knots, the second fastest sailing speed ever, just behind current Outright World record holder Finian Maynard from the Virgin Isles.Taro Niehaus, also from Langebaan, has just improved his best times and stolen the South African Kiteboarding record.The contest will be running until October 15 and Bredenkamp and her fellow riders are still chasing more records.For more information and results see www.luderitz-speed.com