| Helen Skelton sets new kite skiing record |
| Thursday, 19 January 2012 11:19 |
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Helen Skelton, an English television presenter, has set a new kite skiing world record. The 28 year-old reporter set the fastest time ever for 100 kilometres covered by kite ski, according to the Guinness World of Records.
Helen Skelton learned to kitesurf in the summer of 2010 with Ned Taylor, the British Freestyle champion and BKSA senior instructor. The TV presenter picked things up very quickly and the flat shallow water of the River Exe provided the ideal learning conditions to grasp the kite skills she would be needing to do this current adventure. The world record, though, is not universally accepted. Several professional extreme explorers say that there are many examples of men and women who kited faster and longer on the polar caps. Apparently, Ronnie Finsaas has snow kited more than 500 kilometres, in less than 24 hours. The officials at Guinness World Records say there are several records at stake. "We are aware of explorers who have achieved longer distances, but Helen Skelton’s application was the first that Guinness World Records had received specifically for the 100-kilometre distance", they add. |












