
Kite surfing record discussed and explained
June 29, 2008OK so I guess you will have all seen Erik Eck’s accidental record when he was swept into the air by a freak thermal in Hawaii which didn’t put him down again onto terra firma for another 39 seconds. Well here is his own account of what happened, what he was thinking and the outcome of that record flight. Thanks to Polyz and YouTube for putting this together.


[...] Kite surfing record discussed and explainedOK so I guess you will have all seen Erik Eck’s accidental record when he was swept into the air by a freak thermal in Hawaii which didn’t put him down again onto terra firma for another 39 seconds. Well here is his own account of what … [...]