Jeremy Burfoot (Current record holder for the 24 hours distance record) attempted to break two world records on a personal watercraft, and I was lucky enough to be the event photographer for this event back in 2012. This was a great photo shoot due to the fact that we were taking high-speed photographs of the Personal Watercraft which zoomed past at a mere 70 mph. This weekend long event allowed me to grab some great portrait photos of the team getting ready for race day, along with landscape and high speed photography. Check out the photos below! Record 1: 6 hours distance - the previous World Record stood at 507.2km Record 2: 1000 km in the shortest amount of time - the previous World Record stood at 10 hrs and 9 minutes. Jeremy smashed both world records at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand on Feb 7th 2012. Both new World records now stand at 618km for 6 hours and 9 hours and 48 minutes for 1000km. His average speed was 102/kph (63mph). This is part of the Melanoma Foundation's summer campaign to promote awareness of the foundation and melanoma generally. It seems that over 50s males are most at risk for contracting melanoma so check out your Dad's/Hubbys and if there are suspicious moles or lesions get them checked out by a skin specialist.And check yourself out while you're at it. Jeremy is a melanoma survivor who wouldn't be alive today if his melanoma hadn't been detected early enough. Check out our Facebook here
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