Kitesurf Session

Sailing · 22 km · 1h 10m · 2,000 points · 202 KB

About this route

A 22-kilometre kitesurf session of fast reaching runs and sharp turns in coastal shallows. Speeds burst high on the runs and drop at each turn, giving a wide speed spread and a high maximum. It pairs well with nautical units and shows how jitter-sensitive the maximum speed can be.

This is a synthetic sample: the coordinates are plausible for Coastal shallows (open water, no roads to trace) and contain no personal GPS data. Public domain — CC0 1.0.

What this file demonstrates

High maximum speed and a wide speed spread on a flat, sea-level track.

What's inside

2,000 track points
1 track segment
timestamps (1h 10m)
no elevation change
202 KB · GPX 1.1

File preview

First 20 lines of kitesurf-session.gpx:

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    <desc>Synthetic sample track for gpxviewer.app — High max-speed bursts on a flat track. Coordinates are plausible for Coastal shallows (open water — no roads to trace) and contain no personal GPS data. Public domain (CC0-1.0).</desc>
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    <time>2024-06-01T07:00:00Z</time>
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Common questions

Why is the maximum speed so high?

Kitesurf runs are fast, and maximum speed is the single highest point-to-point value — so the peak runs push it up.

Best units for this?

Nautical (knots) or metric both work; knots is common in wind sports.