New speed record certainly is impressive. I see it climbing steadly as some of the kite technology is refined and developed. As far as the specially designed conditions....well what speed records are not set in specially designed conditions. Look at the land speed record. the beast that holds that has gas turbine engines and set the record on the salt flats. There is probably less crossover between that and your daily driver than there there is between the speedsailing record and crafts that we laypeople are familiar with. Maybe the answer is to establish classes for speed records. Yeah, there'll still be an outright speed, but other records for more traditional crafts can be set also.