Cuba - Cancun, Mexico: World Record Kite Crossing across the Yucatan Strait, February 16th, 2023

Russian kitesurfers set a world record by being the first in the world to make a crossing by kiteboard through the Yucatan Strait, along the route Cape San Antonio, Cuba - Isla Mujeres, Mexico, covering 231 kilometers and 250 metres in 11 hours and 19 minutes on February 16, 2023. The team included the famous Russian kitesurfers - Konstantin Aksenov (Carlito), Vladimir Popov, Evgenii Evtushenko and Anton Yakovlev. At 8:50 a.m. Vladimir Popov was the first to start from the shore of Marina Gaviota, Cabo San Antonio in Cuba, followed immediately by Evgeniy Evtushenko and Konstantin Aksenov. The average speed of the athletes at the kite crossing was 20.4 km/h. The wind speed at the start was 20 knots (37 km/h), the waves reached a height of 4-5 meters. The safety of the kite passage is ensured by the work of an experienced team on the escort boat and innovative technical equipment. Each participant is assigned a personal GPS tracker, with the help of which information about the location of a particular athlete is transmitted to the escort group via radio throughout the route. The athlete's aquapack also includes equipment for emergency calls to rescue services and a walkie-talkie. The kite crossing was recorded by three cameras, which were filming in continuous mode, and the entire route was recorded by seven GPS trackers.

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