On a windy summer afternoon at Kite Beach, a quiet but historic moment unfolded above the Atlantic, as nineteen-year-old New Zealander Hugo Wigglesworth launched himself into the sky and landed in the record books, becoming the first kitesurfer ever to clear the 40-metre mark.
The jump, recorded on 6 December, was officially measured at 40.00 metres and verified by WOO Sports, the global performance-tracking platform used across the sport, according to FLYSURFER .
It now stands as the highest kiteboarding jump ever logged, ending years of speculation about whether the so-called 40-metre ceiling could be broken.
