{"id":7843,"date":"2016-01-31T08:33:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T06:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2016-01-31T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T06:37:12","slug":"virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Kite Surfing Armada, new World Records &#8211; 415 kiters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 January 2016 an attemp was made to break the Kite Surfing world record that was held by Spain at Blouberg Beach, Cape Town. \u00c2\u00a0The previous record was 353 kiters which was broken with the new record now standing at 415 kitters.<\/p>\n<p>It was a perfect sunny windy day with perfect conditions for the kitters.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2332.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2332\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2332.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2332-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At 1pm the 400 plus kitters set off from the beach in front of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitdolphinbeach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dophin Beach hotel<\/a> up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doodles.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doodles restuarant<\/a>, a stretch of about 1km. \u00c2\u00a0When all was counted and verified, 415 kitters were in the air\/on the water at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Gallery:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7843 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters\/20160130_134913\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20160130_134913.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20160130_134913.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20160130_134913-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters\/img_2337\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2337.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2337.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2337-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters\/img_2338\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2338.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2338.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2338-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters\/img_2346\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2346.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2346.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2346-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters\/img_2363\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2363.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2363.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2363-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>More abour the event and the world record can be read on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/415-kitesurfers-break-world-record-in-cape-town-20160130\" target=\"_blank\">News24<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/traveller24.news24.com\/Explore\/SAHolidayGuide\/pics-cape-town-sets-new-kite-surfing-world-record-20160130\" target=\"_blank\">Traveller24<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 January 2016 an attemp was made to break the Kite Surfing world record that was held by Spain at Blouberg Beach, Cape Town. \u00c2\u00a0The previous record was 353 kiters which was broken with the new record now standing <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/virgin-kite-surfing-armanda-new-world-records-415-kiters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Virgin Kite Surfing Armada, new World Records &#8211; 415 kiters<\/span><span 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