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1991-1999EXTREME SPORTS
Various speed sail races (also known as wind surfing) around the world. Competitions to break speed records in France, Spain, Australia. Extreme sports competitions 1990s

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CU of a speed skater looks straight at camera ready to take off.
01:00:06 6.04 thumbnail
Smoke billows around a speed skater (could be a model) in a speed test.
01:00:10 10.97 thumbnail
A speed sailor drags his surf equipment out of the water, fights against the wind.
01:00:20 20.29 thumbnail
Two speed sailors ride the high winds.
01:00:24 24.4 thumbnail
CU a hand holding a wind speed tester "anemometer. CU to the top of the wind tester - the measurement indicator and the fans blowing around
01:00:33 33.55 thumbnail
CU wind sailor, water splashes on camera lens.
01:00:45 45.35 thumbnail
A long horizontal scoreboard that measures speed, time, and wind at a wind sailing competition.
01:00:50 50.36 thumbnail
Int. control room computer system that accurately measures wind, speed, and time at a wind sailing competition. Tilt down hand on a keyboard.
01:00:55 55.44 thumbnail
A windsurfer or 'speed sailor' rides the winds. Wind sailers drag their boards out of the water
01:01:02 62.89 thumbnail
Aerials above the northwest corner of France and the south above
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
01:01:18 78.6 thumbnail
Pan along the beaches of Tarifa in Cadiz, and the Straits of Gibraltar, the southern tip of Spain which is Europe's wind capital.
01:01:29 89.66 thumbnail
French wind sailor, Theirry Bielak (speed sailor, wind sailor) riding the winds - The Frenchman world record holder photo overlays footage . He set the world record of 44.66 knots in 1991
01:01:41 101.55 thumbnail
Another French world record holder, Pascal Maka, photo overlays footage of him on the board.
01:01:48 109 thumbnail
Women's world record holder Babeth Coquelle riding the winds, and photo overlay of her.
01:01:55 116 thumbnail
Sylvie Raynar(sp?) another world record holder and her photo.
01:02:02 122.1 thumbnail
Aerials over Weymouth in Dorset England where the first speed sailing competition took place in the early 1970s in the "winds of Portland Harbor".
01:02:08 128.95 thumbnail
A giant Catamaran pulls another boat attached to its side.
01:02:23 143.88 thumbnail
Various shots of speed sailors riding the winds and creative versions of other types of wind sailing crafts glide across the waters at top speeds attempting to break records.
01:03:09 189.09 thumbnail
Aerials over Saintes-Marie, France coast, March 1991.
01:03:15 195.73 thumbnail
Shots of wind sailing racers riding the specially built speed track course in winds of over 40 knotts.
01:03:35 215.53 thumbnail
A hydrofoil tri-maran with two large sails driven by Russell Long speeds past camera. "Duraflame" sponsor written on the sails.
01:03:49 229.27 thumbnail
Competition in Australia early 1993. Judges holding folders look on. Z'in from above on a weird looking yellow craft sponsored by Yellow Pages on its first trial to break speed records.. Aerial shots of the unsuccessful attempt and the disintegrated craft - its parts spread out in the water.
01:04:31 271.86 thumbnail
Montage of speed sailors riding the high winds, speeding on the edge, pushing the limits, crashing,
01:04:58 298.64 thumbnail
Split screens with the various racers as they talk into camera about their speed and competition, and shots of them racing in the high winds.
01:06:07 366.97 thumbnail
CU's of a speed skater wearing an O'Neill red racing suit, hunched over in speed skating form.
01:06:12 372.7 thumbnail
From behind - a speed sailor drags his craft along the shore.
01:06:27 387.63 thumbnail
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