The event is held at the southern end of the 1 km × 7 km (0.62 mi × 4.35 mi) lagoon west of Lüderitz, where between August and March every year there is a consistent, strong wind, blowing from the south at the perfect angle of 140 degrees to the sailing course.

For the second edition, in 2008, a straight course was created by digging along the shore, providing also a very uniform water depth over the entire run.

Performance was further enhanced by placing sandbags upwind of the run,[1][2] and by using temporary wood “chop killers” that reduce the chop caused by the Lüderitz 40 knots (74 km/h) to 50 knots (93 km/h) winds.

This achievement marked the end of the race of the speed sailing world to cross the 50 knots (93 km/h) mark, between kitesurfers, windsurfers and sailboats, and opened the race towards the next "mythical frontier" of 100 km/h.

Earlier in the event, on September 19, kitesurfer Rob Douglas (United States) made a 49.84 knots (92.30 km/h) run,[5] becoming the first kitesurfer to establish an outright speed sailing world record – held until that date only by sailboats or windsurfers.