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Fastest 1 km
photo from Ynyslas surfing video
Self-Reported
Our first reports primarily came from the Paddler's Pod because they started asking the question - Paddler's Pod Website - they ask interviewees what their fastest 1 km has been. It seems like many if not most of the earlier reported times were simply experienced during great downwind runs or surf outings and not when these paddlers were intentionally trying to produce the fastest 1 km they are capable of hitting.
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Solo (SS1 unless otherwise noted)
- 2:10
- Jasper Mocke 2022 Surfing a large wave he discovered in Jeffreys Bay - podcast
- 2:36 Matt Coetzer downwinddragrace
- 2:39
- Boyan Zlatarev downwinddragrace downwinddragrace notes that he benefited from tidal current, but there is really no telling how much of that is involved with many of the entries
- 2:47
- Hank McGregor downwinddragrace
- Josh Fenn podcast
- 2:49
- Nick Notten podcast
- Boyan Zlaterev website splits (with a V8, but note from his report that the run, while fun, was not in the top 10 of his favorites)
- 2:50
- Judith Verges Xifra podcast on a wave
- 2:51
- 2:52
- Macca Hynard downwinddragrace
- 2:53
- Dawid Mocke podcast
- Low 2:50s Sean Rice podcast
- 2:55
- Walter Bouzan downwinddragrace
- 2:57
- Austin Keiffer podcast (we hear that Austin may have had a low 2:50s km during a Maliko run in 2022)
- 2:58
- Valentin Henot podcast
- Clint Robinson podcast
- Cory Hill downwinddragrace
- Jasper Mocke facebook video
- Brent Chiazzari downwinddragrace
- Dean Gardiner downwinddragrace
- 2:59
- Davey Brand downwinddragrace
- 3:00
- Cory Hill podcast
- Hamish Lovemore downwinddragrace
- Clint Pretorius downwinddragrace
- Mark Keeling downwinddragrace
- Dylan Askew downwinddragrace
- 3:01
- Lee Moran downwinddragrace
- 3:02
- Bevan Manson downwinddragrace
- 3:03
- Barry Lewin downwinddragrace
- 3:04
- Bernardo Pereira downwinddragrace
- Chris Carson downwinddragrace
- Uli Hart downwinddragrace
- Low 3's Michael Booth podcast
- Low 3's Mitchell Trim podcast
- 3:05
- Andrew Cairns downwinddragrace
- Brent Hadiaris downwinddragrace
- Soren Luckins downwinddragrace
- 3:06
- Duncan Boyd downwinddragrace
- Heath Clarke downwinddragrace
- 3:07
- Josh Trevarthen downwinddragrace
- Luke Le Roux downwinddragrace
- 3:08
- 3:10
- Melanie Van Niekerk downwinddragrace
- Kael Menez downwinddragrace
- Reef Funston downwinddragrace
- 3:15
- 3:22
- Sharon Armstrong split shown in video
- 3:23
- Adam Fahey OC1 split shown in Mussel Farm DW video
- 3:24
- Kira Bester downwinddragrace
- 3:26
- Danielle (McKenzie) Richards podcast
- 3:30
- Bonnie Hancock podcast
- 3:37
- Montannah Murray downwinddragrace
- 3:39
- Jemma Smith podcast
- 3:45
- Saskia Hockly downwinddragrace
- 3:47
- Holly Smith downwinddragrace
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Doubles (SS2 unless otherwise noted)
- 2:40
- Hank McGregor & Lee Furby podcast
- Jonny Tye & Andy Blow downwinddragrace
- 2:47
- Kenny Rice & Nick Notten reported by FHBSC
- 2:49
- Darryl Bartho & Nic Burden downwinddragrace
- 2:51
- Boyan Zlatarev & Florian Gander downwinddragrace
- 2:52
- Hank McGregor & Hamish Lovemore downwinddragrace
- 2:53
- Dom Notten & Candice Starr downwinddragrace
- Gordan Harbrecht & Claas Gebhardt downwinddragrace
- 2:55
- Dawid Mocke & Sam Mocke downwinddragrace
- Luke Nisbet & Brent Chiazzari downwinddragrace
- Boyan Zlatarev & Mike Rudd downwinddragrace
- 2:57
- Hank McGregor & Pippa McGregor downwinddragrace
- Hank McGregor & Anders Hart downwinddragrace
- 2:58
- Barry Lewin & Brad Allen downwinddragrace
- Brent Hadiaris & Hamish Lovemore downwinddragrace
- Lee Moran & Mike McLaughlin downwinddragrace
- 3:00
- Julien Torregrossa & Gilles Guedikian downwinddragrace
- 3:18
- Shane & Julia McAlister
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World Records Sprint Kayak
- Wikipedia List - scroll down the wikipedia page to see various 1000 m (1km) records, as of 2022 the fastest listed is Mens K4 = 2:46.724
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