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Event name2017 Gran Canaria Dunkerbeck Worldwide Virtual Speed Challenge
Start DateThursday, May 25, 2017
End DateMonday, May 29, 2017
Event contactinfoBjorn Dunkerbeck
Event sponsorGran Canaria
CountrySpain

Event description and NOR

Once again, Gran Canaria will be travelling to Gruissan, in the south of France, as one of the leading brands of ‘le Defi 2017’. It will do so in the company of Björn Dunkerbeck, the legendary world champion from Pozo Izquierdo, who has amassed more trophies than anyone else in the world in Windsurf.

Coinciding with the French event, Björn is once again organizing our Gran Canaria Dunkerbeck Speed Challenge, a test for all those nutters prepared to sail along on a board at cruising speed. But watch out, this challenge comes with new challenges…

The new challenge this year is based on a new format. The traditional race held in Gruissan will have a parallel version alongside it, in the form of an online sister event: the Gran Canaria Dunkerbeck Worldwide Virtual Speed Challenge, organized as a competition with no barriers.

A challenge using GPS? How does it work?

The challenge sprang from a new idea. It is set up as a global contest, a challenge open to windsurfers anywhere around the world, who will be able to compete with each other from afar, measuring their times by GPS, simultaneously with the riders who are actually taking part in the race in Gruissan. There will be two diferents rankins, one for Le Defi riders and one for the rest of the world

But how is this possible?

Indeed, it is possible. Too right! If you cannot come along to ‘le Defi’ this month, then just sign up to the ‘virtual’ race, the Gran Canaria Dunkerbeck Worldwide Virtual Speed Challenge, open to competitors from around the world.

Fancy signing up?

If you want to be part of the virtual competition, you can find all the details of how to do so here. 

When is it being held?

The provisional date has been set for the Saturday 27th of may,  although it will be subject to the weather conditions. Keep a close check on this website, as the date will be confirmed just one week before!

All competitors taking part in the challenge have to create an account in : www.gps-speedsurfing.com, and they have to post their at this site.

Competitors must use their own compatible GPS devices according to the standard rules from www.gps-speedsurfing.com. 

Here you find a step-by-step instructions how to register and how to post your speed session:

  1. How to create a new account (new members) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzmpyuPHVM
  2. How to finish your profile & getting ready to post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tLqGfrA9e8
  3. How to subscribe to the event for Defi competitors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulgPvJzjQZM
  4. How to upload your session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0xWzJ-RXP4

IMPORTANT: When you are a new member, and signed up for the first time, your registration to the event will be visible AFTER you have posted your first session.

 

                                                           

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Event subscribers
1Hans Kreisel53.57
2Vincent Valkenaers53.56
3Twan Verseput 52.95
4Bjorn Dunkerbeck52.43
5Bjorn Dunkerbeck52.43
6Andy Laufer52.16
7Jurjen van der Noord51.39
8Jacques van der Hout50.73
9Jim Crossley50.63
10Robert Hofmann49.48
11Markus Emanuelsson48.81
12Manfred Merle48.61
13Boris Vujasinovic48.5
14Magnus Bengtsson48.48
15Christian Bornemann48.22
16Petter Malmkvist47.9
17Patrick Van Hoof47.72
18Nils Bach47.63
19Dirk Jan Knol47.62
20Alain De Gendt47.29
21Ron Koldeweid46.79
22Scotty Stallman46.26
23Damien Nico46.08
24Peter de Wit45.92
25Antony Todd45.91
26Rolf de Ruiter45.78
27Leon Dirks45.53
28Raimundo Sala Albert45.5
29Raimundo Sala Albert45.5
30Anders Bjorkqvist45.47
31Ian Richards45.47
32Thomas Doeblin45.28
33Sander van Huizen45.08
34Brian Rogild45.08
35Sébastien Bourgeois44.94
36Matthew York44.93
37Serge Beumer44.9
38Johnny Tuijn44.87
39Klaus Küppenbender44.85
40Pete Young44.85
41Mick Born44.66
42Dylan de Jong44.66
43Anders Boje44.59
44Dennis Klaaijsen44.53
45Hendrik de Jong44.5
46Marc Roosli44.5
47Edwin Harteveld44.48
48Michel Meijer44.3
49Patrick Oberlender44.16
50Michel Cyril44.13
51Reginald Gyselinck43.96
52Peter van Dijk43.93
53Fabian Blanke43.92
54Remco Kes43.83
55Liam Dunkerbeck43.66
56Jean-marc Degrelle43.53
57Manfred Fuchs43.52
58Stefan Brouwers43.45
59Uwe-Sören Schmidt43.36
60Nico Nouwen43.25
61Barry van Lingen43.24
62Joeri de la Ruelle43.22
63Anne Evert van der Veen43.01
64Tjitse Spitse43.01
65Raf Alexander42.97
66Ralf Ewers42.96
67Jens Salomons42.93
68Fred Durozo42.91
69Marco Bakker42.9
70Manfred Malcorps42.75
71Gino Van Mieghem42.72
72Raymond Wortel42.57
73Edwin Roestenburg42.54
74Robin Blondeel42.47
75Aivo Prükk42.45
76Mark Hayford42.36
77Luc Salomons42.34
78Marcel Hooijmans42.31
79Adam Gustafsson42.3
80Anne Schindler42.27
81Nikaj Droop42.24
82Bram Kloosterman42.18
83Robert Stavnas42.03
84Robert Stavnas42.03
85Robert Stavnas42.03
86Ferdinand Rikkers42
87Neil Hardwick41.99
88Dirk Hacha41.97
89Niek Huisman41.96
90Roger Hermansson41.94
91Gauke de Vries41.88
92Steve Laubaney41.78
93Eric Groot-van Ederen41.77
94Wolfgang Lewang41.71
95Tristan Haskins41.61
96Marco Bos41.6
97Andries Keulen41.59
98Andre Hoogendam41.58
99Wouter Liedenbaum41.46
100Erik van Boggelen41.42
101Adam Mróz41.4
102Paul Lampaert41.37
103Marco Smeele41.34
104Jeroen Jacobs41.33
105Koen Onderbeke41.27
106Björn Haacke41.16
107Tjerk Baan Hofman41.15
108Mattias Ringdahl41.13
109Rob Allersma41.06
110Kurt Van Holderbeke41.04
111Tim Schell41.03
112Jeroen Labots41
113Edwin Huijbers40.99
114Tim Otte40.98
115Martin Andersson40.91
116Lars Dahl40.9
117John Skye40.77
118Jurgen Verdurmen40.76
119Rob Buis40.69
120Sander Wiltschut40.61
121Shemi Adams40.56
122Gijs van Driel40.55
123Kai Kaufmann40.52
124Kai Kaufmann40.52
125Adriaan van Rijsselberghe40.5
126Erik Larsson40.45
127Rene Mienis40.4
128Jan Hendrik de Bruin40.36
129Jan Hendrik de Bruin40.36
130Michael Nachtegeller40.34
131Anton J. Geesink40.34
132Marco Bal40.33
133Menno Barkmeijer40.24
134Oane Kingma40.24
135Jeroen de Wever40.21
136Gildas Bechet40.17
137Wesley Deleye40.14
138Marco Stummel40.05
139Alexandros Petikidis40.03
140Alex Bennett-Baggs39.97
141Geert van Beek39.95
142Marek Bialas39.92
143Paul Van De Perre39.92
144Jochen Winkels39.91
145Kees Heuvelman39.88
146Wessel Douma39.87
147Rob de Jong39.82
148Eric Lemire39.78
149Frank Baksteen39.77
150Bob Schouten39.68
151Dan Willemse39.6
152Aart-Jan van Zadelhoff39.56
153Haijo Switters39.53
154Mike Sinclair39.51
155Remco Heida 39.45
156Guenin Patrice39.43
157Dave Harnett39.33
158Pieter Rietveld39.32
159Luuk Stevens39.28
160Johan Gelauff39.22
161Jüri Kaldoja39.18
162Pelle Swart39.15
163Patrick Driesen39.15
164Teo Nordendorph38.99
165Roel Beukema38.94
166Gregory Maes38.91
167Theo Haarsma38.89
168Dan Meehan38.83
169Jacques Pellen38.8
170Gerard ten Berge38.79
171Gerwin Heeringa38.78
172Joren Boons38.78
173Richard Weiland38.78
174Alexander Foelkel38.77
175Tim Aerts38.73
176Eric van Cann38.71
177Bjorn Enqvist38.68
178Marie-Paule Geldhof38.68
179Robert Jan Bouws38.65
180Xavier Pauwels38.56
181Bjorn Drogtrop38.56
182Patrick de Jongh38.54
183Papandrikopoulos Konstantinos38.54
184Markus Tauber38.54
185Alexandre Broussier38.49
186Raoul Burmann38.49
187Edwin Littooij38.44
188Jens Vester38.42
189Erik Schram38.42
190John Kennedy38.42
191John Kennedy38.42
192Spainray38.39
193Gerben de Boer38.38
194Christiaan van Gilst38.36
195Jacob Osinga38.27
196Jan Hattuma38.19
197Robert Krah38.18
198Andre Lancel38.17
199Frank-Jac Pleiter38.15
200Andres Kask38.15
201Tim de Wilde38.14
202Ronald Volwater38.12
203Ove Jansson38.07
204Oliver Schaarschmidt38.06
205Aart Veerman38.01
206Andreas Drost38.01
207Stephen Corps38
208Frank Heinen37.99
209Chris van Binsbergen37.95
210Norman Petty37.92
211Jeroen Helmers37.92
212David Ståhl37.9
213Arnold Agema37.88
214Kees van Schaik37.83
215Sybe-Jan Booy37.81
216Max Bohne37.79
217Hans Schuttert37.74
218Jan de Jonge37.71
219Albert Ruitenberg37.7
220Albert Ruitenberg37.7
221Harald de Rooij37.69
222Mats Ferner37.68
223Mark Ingram37.63
224Ben Boonstra37.62
225Johan Geelhoed37.61
226Stijn de Bruin37.58
227Stijn de Bruin37.58
228Ard Krikke37.58
229Adam Bakker37.57
230Manolis Kapnisakis37.57
231Arend de Jong37.54
232Rudie van der Weij37.48
233Jason Grafton37.46
234Marc Roosendaal37.37
235Beuselinck Sam37.35
236Søren Kjær37.34
237Doxis Milidakis37.31
238Gerrit Slijkoort37.3
239Michael Nordström37.3
240JeanPierre de Waard37.29
241Gilberto Emelli37.27
242Marc Stedelaar37.26
243Rolf Smook37.2
244Dabat Gérard37.15
245Anders Lundvall37.11
246Johan Gelander37.05
247Frans van Raaijen37.04
248Bart Slooten36.99
249Marco Baaijen36.99
250Pieter van der Jagt36.94
251Leo Jansen36.93
252John Overmeer36.93
253John Overmeer36.93
254Andres Baas36.89
255Bjorn Rozendaal36.87
256Anders Bergstrom36.84
257Pieter Raes36.84
258Alex Pathuis36.84
259George Fulton36.83
260Paul Kammerman36.82
261Arian de Visser36.81
262Pat Erauw36.81
263Barry Klasens36.77
264Theo Boudewijn36.73
265Jan Broekhuizen36.73
266Jeroen van Zadelhoff36.72
267Thomas Frener36.69
268Joris Buijs36.69
269Pieter Stigter36.61
270Bryan Morrison36.58
271Georgios Flamis36.58
272Hans Kleingeld36.57
273Adrian Kezele36.48
274Bert Hoekzema36.47
275Eric de Vries36.4
276Roy de Vries36.37
277Henk de Geus36.36
278Simon Dijkstra36.32
279Lars Nilsson36.3
280Stephanos Grapsas36.27
281Babis Sakadaris36.2
282George Papagiannakis36.15
283Peter Vernet36.12
284Kacper Wozniak36.11
285Huub van de Velde36.1
286Kristel Kaubi36.09
287Günter Jansen36.07
288Roewin Smit36.06
289Eric Wind36
290Nathan Teljeur35.97
291John Oliver35.94
292Mark Baakman35.71
293Johan Vente35.71
294Jason Benecker35.7
295Aart Pellicaan35.6
296Martijn van Geemen35.6
297Eric Bos35.54
298Eric Bos35.54
299Christian Nordmann35.51
300Tim Laureyns35.45
301Matthias Sommer35.45
302Andrew Anderson35.43
303Etienne Gelderland35.41
304Arjen Mol35.4
305Bas Weij35.4
306Tony Robinson35.34
307Dimitri Lagendijk35.34
308Joris Raes35.31
309Martin Sandberg35.3
310Nic Dodd35.29
311Fleurus Jocelyn35.24
312Niels den Oude35.19
313Lars Bjarkling35.18
314Arthur Wind35.18
315Jonas Hulsbergen35.18
316Patrick Lievens35.18
317Lee Spencer35.11
318Matthijs van der Bijl35.09
319Lembit Seljamaa35.03
320Richard Helfenstijn34.97
321Francis van de Laar34.93
322Xavier Brouha34.88
323Michael Nolting34.86
324Harry Bol34.84
325Frank Langhorst34.79
326Jim Brake34.75
327Patrick Nachtegeller34.72
328Karel Abel34.68
329Arnout den Boer34.65
330Joost Kuijsters34.64
331Heike Kracke34.6
332Heike Kracke34.6
333Ewout Bajema34.57
334Koen van der Avoort34.52
335Tjardo Klaassen 34.51
336Mark Weerman34.5
337Ton Nipshagen34.5
338Michel Kuipers34.41
339Izaak Meulenbelt34.37
340Bert Nijsen34.36
341Yuri Palmkoeck34.33
342Jarek Chojnacki34.31
343Henning ter Horst34.29
344Roderik Laanbroek34.26
345Jasper Kimenai34.26
346Werner Roeers34.25
347Rene Stoel34.25
348Sven Barkholtz34.23
349Sergio Brun34.16
350Hans van Breukelen34.09
351Ivo van Nimwegen34.09
352Robert Luinge34.08
353Ronald Klomp 34.07
354Peter van der Ven34.05
355Marc van Gool34.02
356Jesper Madsen34.02
357Marcel de Nijs33.99
358Jan Behrendt33.98
359Peter Sellmaier33.97
360Brahm Cornelis33.97
361Daniel E.A. Gustafsson33.95
362Juan Herrero33.9
363HAULBERT Yoann33.89
364Yves Wynen33.88
365Joko Mrnjavac33.85
366Jos Herfkens33.82
367Richard Koehorst33.8
368Michel van Maastricht33.73
369Tiete de Jong33.72
370Maarten Keijsers33.71
371Huub Ruijter33.67
372Bert Kuiper33.64
373Joris Bosman33.51
374Oliver Behrend33.5
375Jan Lagerstedt33.44
376Marlies Schepers33.4
377Frank Snepvangers33.4
378David Laird33.4
379Darren Nicholas33.31
380Tom Venema33.31
381Jesper Skytte33.29
382Michal Polak33.27
383Arthur Sanders33.24
384Risto Muldme33.23
385Jan-Jaap Meijer33.2
386Brian Hooper33.2
387Alex Bos33.2
388Mikael Edén33.2
389Piet van Atten33.16
390Dimitris Papagiannakis33.15
391Socrates Costicoglou33.08
392Paul Arnold33.07
393Paul Arnold33.07
394Martijn de Lepper32.93
395Torbjorn Hellstrom32.92
396Michael von Czerniewicz32.78
397Mavris Haris32.76
398Menno Pannekeet32.76
399Sipke Bijlsma32.74
400Arjan Bolhuis32.64
401Bill Robinson32.62
402Johan Mulder32.57
403Frans Werkman32.56
404Guido Trampe32.51
405Silvester Napik32.49
406Stefan Schooten32.48
407Juergen Wittig32.34
408Benny Leers32.33
409Erik Haans32.31
410Jan Schuttert32.28
411Claus Falconi32.24
412Hallvar Frey32.22
413Arden Anderson32.2
414Frank Hochbohm32.17
415Alexander Bauer32.17
416Joris Soekarman32.17
417Per Bodforss32.11
418Hans-Robert Sachs32.11
419Janko van Zon32.03
420Rich Hellenbrand32.03
421Olsson Orjan31.96
422Tony Ford31.95
423Bas Bullens31.93
424Menno van Zanden31.92
425Arthur Hendrikse31.91
426Ferry Valentijn31.84
427Patrick Crombé31.79
428Carsten Egeriis31.77
429Meindert Vonk31.71
430Henk IJbema31.7
431Willy van't Hof31.6
432Philippe De Kort31.53
433Sietse Jansen31.44
434Nils Duindam31.42
435Max Baaijen31.41
436Mete Ciragan31.4
437Ramon Garrote31.39
438Dennis Verduyn31.37
439Marc Vandewalle31.35
440Vincent Grevet31.34
441Boris Storms31.32
442Dan Ward31.31
443Joerg Sommer31.22
444Roelof Schipperus31.15
445Mario Kontis31.08
446Richard Stolk31.08
447Gerrit Jan Eldering31.05
448Ron van Dijk31.01
449Ligny Steve31
450Ronald den Otter31
451Tania Mertens30.84
452Michael Reeks30.78
453Lucien Nieman30.77
454Leo Wallage30.69
455Hans Talboom30.65
456Jean-Charles Le Tarnec30.63
457Stephen Wilkinson30.63
458Andreas Schaefer30.59
459Dan Eustaquio30.49
460Bas Keijsers30.49
461Harry Hemminger30.45
462Sander Derksen30.42
463Renze Beimers30.39
464Martin Martensson30.39
465Nikolai Hammer30.39
466Juliska van der Plas30.37
467Frans de Vijlder30.37
468John Martin30.3
469Janny Beimers30.24
470Arno Neuteboom30.24
471Vandepoele Bram30.17
472Vincent van den Heuvel30.07
473Claes Handfast30.02
474Holger Wrede30
475Chris Pankhurst 29.98
476Audrey Gijs29.97
477Walter de Schrijver29.91
478Simon Grimbly 29.65
479Andy Dekoning29.65
480Freek Jongerius29.61
481Rene Kuipers29.51
482Ali Kalfaoglu29.45
483Helmut Schweitzer29.42
484Ken Bartlett29.37
485Olaf Oldorff29.31
486Rene Kasteleijn29.3
487Massimiliano29.18
488Rudger Wismeijer29.11
489Martin Koning29.04
490Eric Breeuwer28.92
491Benjamin Hoogers28.85
492Soulis Syrakis28.84
493Mark Dijkhuizen28.81
494Lambelin Marc28.71
495Arjan de Vos28.63
496SION28.63
497Konrad Jan Romer28.35
498Mark Gardner28.24
499Wilco van Haren28.22
500Armin Weinreich28.18
501Daniel Joppe28.17
502Edwin Haan28.07
503Thomas Fjordside28.06
504Romy-Anne Reenders28.06
505Antoine Sleeuwenhoek27.89
506Rinus Baaijen27.84
507Remko Doolaar27.78
508Reinhard Gross27.77
509Chris Vasey27.71
510Kees Duijn27.69
511Arjan Schuiling27.67
512Nicole Skodda27.64
513Holger Wagner27.52
514Erik Klaassens27.51
515Mike Booth27.34
516Kari Nikkanen27.19
517Roland Herwijnen27.18
518Ralf Hansel27.17
519Patrick De Smet27.16
520Roy Heikens27.12
521Henryk Åkesson27.11
522Björn Heinrich26.94
523Nick Halliwell26.89
524Rob Sauter26.86
525Ramon Robinson26.75
526Matthias Carpentier26.74
527Taco Both26.73
528Steve Carter26.7
529Dieder Schuurmans26.65
530Adriaan van Doorn26.49
531Ralf Koopmans26.34
532Har Vermeulen25.97
533A.J. van der Heide25.45
534Reiner Rygiel25.03
535Jon Knight24.93
536Jean-Luc Nisice24.31
537Deniz Kesten24.19
538Marcos Costa Kurzhals23.71
539Alex Ongena23.54
540Anders Åhlén23.4
541Alexandre Dean9g21.79
54221.66
543Roland van Kasteren20.83