Wednesday, September 8, 2010

   Fastest crossing of the English Channel on a wakeboard - Edward Bosso sets world record                
  RADLEY, England -- 17-year-old Edward Bosson, from Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, student at England's Radley College, managed to 'wakeboard' 21 miles across the English Channel, from Dover, England, to Cap Gris-Nez, France, in slightly more than 2 hours - setting the new world record for the Fastest crossing of the English Channel on a wakeboard while raising funds for the Hope and Homes for Children charity.

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    “I thought it would be a very good thing to do, it was a challenge and I got to raise money for charity,” said the teenager, who is also a cox for the Great Britain junior men’s rowing team and has wakeboarded for about four years.

    “When we got about a mile off shore it became quite rough and choppy and I fell off about 14 times. Every time you fall off it makes it harder as you become tired.

    “I had no breaks thought. If I had I don’t think I would have been able to do it. I am really happy.”

    The teenager, who fell off his board 14 times during his journey, said the feat raised more than $1,500 for the Hope and Homes for Children charity.

   While others have successfully water skied across the Channel Edward, originally from Beaconsfield, Bucks, said no one had achieved it in this form.

    The Radley College student, who is currently studying for his A-levels, achieved the feat from Dover to Cap Gris-Nez in just over two hours.

    His 48 year-old parents, Alison, a doctor and Paul, a finance director, said on Monday they were proud of his achievement.

    “Like all teenagers he wanted a challenge and he took it on and we are quite chuffed for him,” Mr Bosson told The Daily Telegraph.

    “My wife was saying she was concerned for his health but in the end he was able to do it. He was not collapsing on the beach but he was certainly tired. He was also in very good spirits.”

     Bosson said Guinness World records officials told him no one has claimed a record for wakeboarding across the channel.
   
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   Related world records:
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    First Women To Row Nonstop Around Britain - The Seagals

    Longest voyage by a boat made of plastic bottles - Plastiki

    Longest distance traveled on a wakeboard - Wake Nation team

    Longest sea voyage - Reid Stowe

    Youngest to circumnavigate the globe - Jessica Watson

     Youngest rower to cross an ocean solo - Katie Spotz

     Longest solo kayak journey - Helen Skelton

     Youngest to sail solo around world - Zac Sunderland

     Most miles paddled in 24 hours on Stand Up Paddle Board - Justin DeBree

  Longest Stand Up Paddle board journey - Justin DeBree

   Fastest circumnavigation using Biodiesel - Earthrace

   Fastest vertical circumnavigation - Adrian Flanagan

  Longest distance traveled on a personal watercraft in a 24-hour period - Mike Pagliccia
 
  Longest voyage by a wave-powered boat - Kenichi Horie

   Wednesday, September 8, 2010