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    Posted: 08 Oct 08 at 4:38pm
conclusion: 50 knots is fast, and 100km/h isnt that much faster.
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But each knot is harder than the last...
Interestingly (kind of) is that 100kph, or 62mph, is the accelleration time given for cars on things like Top Gear. How fast would a kite surfer actually reach these speeds? Fast enough to brat an Ariel Atom, or so slow as to be beaten by a VW camper? I really have no clue...
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fast enough that it's really gonna hurt if you pile face first into that next wave? 
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Originally posted by Rupert

But each knot is harder than the last...
Interestingly (kind of) is that 100kph, or 62mph, is the accelleration time given for cars on things like Top Gear. How fast would a kite surfer actually reach these speeds? Fast enough to brat an Ariel Atom, or so slow as to be beaten by a VW camper? I really have no clue...

Dunno, but I know I need an Atom in my life, ideally a 500.  Lack of money precludes.......

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I'd have to agree with Paul Larsen, there. If I was to reach 50 knots in my Firefly, I'd only think of it as the record if I'd beaten the Kitesurfers...Of course, I'd probebly have been stopped by the police by then for sitting in a boat behind a car on the M4!
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