On December 14th we saw the end of the Salt & Speed first act, the world speed sailing record attempt in the salines of Salin de Giraud in Camargue. The pair with Rob Douglas (kitespeed world record holder) worked perfectly and our performances established during this première have been great : Rob clocked the best 2012 kite speed with an official 53.40 kts average on 500 meters. On my side, i’m ending this session with a 52.45 kts, quite satisfied to be back at less than a knot behind Rob, after my knee injury last April.

Rob Douglas US-55 full speed during the Salt & Speed. Photo by AQUATERRA

I’m also very proud of the Salt & Speed team, a team who had been very efficient all along these 4 weeks, always full of passion and optimism, no matter how hard weather conditions were hard. Despite the cold, the rain or the lack of wind, they allow us, Rob and I, to concentrate ourself to what we do the best, trying to go fast!!!

Une partie de la team du Salt & Speed! Photo by AQUATERRA

It’s also thanks to the support of our partners for this event, Volkswagen Utility Vehicules, Zenith, the Salins, and the FFVL, that we could reach this level of performances, we will never be thankful enough… The Volkswagen Transporter Arena is today the fastest speed spot in Europe, that make us very proud and very grateful!

The VW Utility Vehicules caravan - Multivan, Transporter, and Caravelle! Photo by AQUATERRA

In 2013 we will probably see a new Salt & Speed edition and we hope to take advantage of the big Mistral days of spring to shift to the next gear and maybe established a new world speed kiting record!

Sunset on the Volkswagen Transporter Arena, see you all in 2013! Photo by AQUATERRA