Check out the Oct. issue of Outside Magazine for a short piece on one of the UK's more interesting contraptions. It should be on stands by mid September. The American attempt at breaking the 500-meter speed record is left to windsurfers. Robby Naish is probably the best chance in the U.S., but bigger sailors like Bjorn Dunkerbeck have a better shot at it. There's some real trash talking going on between the boarsailors and competitors on the purpose-built craft, and both sides have real experience on which to base their bluster. Top boardsailors have broken the 50-knot barrier, though they haven't averaged it for 500 meters as the record books require, and for 11 years, the Aussie-built Yellow Pages still holds the outright speed record. It'll be fun to see who tops 50 knots first.