Unterseen: With high speed at the new record – Region: Oberland

51 minutes and 24 seconds: a record for eternity? Or just the starting signal of a new record hunt on Lake Thun? Kari Eisenhut, a 45-year-old kitesurfing and paragliding pilot, spent so much time surfing a newly developed hydrofoil from the forbidden Neuhaus area to the Kanderdelta and vice versa, crossing Lake Thun. A time that, even with hardened sailors, should arouse only incredulous amazement.

With his speed riding, Eisenhut is not only less than half an hour faster than his friend Beni Kälin last year, but also twice as fast as anyone previously without a motor.

Charles, who has been working at the Seerettung Thunersee for four decades Thomas recalls that the record hunting scene on Lake Thun in the eighties was in full swing: "At that time, they were catching up with us They were so fast that they sometimes did not have time to shoot the spinnaker on time, and unchecked crawls on the boarding ramp. "

Nevertheless , the experienced sailor can not remember that held since 1994 record of unloaded then The day and night regatta of the sailing club Spiez of 2:13 hours would have been beaten for a round trip on Lake Thun. "As far as I can remember, some people have already crossed the lake in an hour."

"It's going faster and faster"

18 years ago, Kari Eisenhut became world champion The winner of the European Cup in paragliding was removed from elite sports. Since then, he owns a paragliding school and works as a paragliding instructor and chief test pilot of the Thun Advance manufacturer.

There, the idea was born some time ago to incorporate the findings of the development of paragliding in surf and kite sports. "And where you develop something quickly, you want to get it started sooner or later and compare it with the classic, and every time you think you've developed the fastest and best model and you've reached the limits. as soon as possible, the next type, even more sophisticated, will be even faster, "says Eisenhut.

Playing with the wind has always been Eisenhut's great passion:" It's absolutely fascinating that at a wind speed of 20 kilometers per hour, you can drive three times faster, 60 kilometers per hour. "

[Oberland Bernois] [19659010] Created: 13.07.2018, 17:41