After 61 hours of kitesurfing over eight days, ten kite surfers from five countries covered 1,237km - the first kite surfers to take on the whole northern section of the Great Barrier Reef.

Seven kite surfers broke the mens, womens and team records across hundreds of kilometres of the most beautiful part of the world dodging reef and wildlife and losing team mates to broken bones but they made it.

Local kite surfer Brett Wright aka Bretto of Windswell Kite Surfing and SUP has been haled one the “unsung heroes of the trip”.  Brett ran the chase boat during the expedition.  Due to his local knowledge, Brett was recognized as one of the few with the right gear for the job and was hand picked by the Kite the Reef team for the task.  He was congratulated for his speedy response and communications during an incident with one kiters broken leg. 

“It took more than a year planning. I offered tech support while keeping the kiters out of harms way using my local knowledge of The Great Barrier Reef, to help achieve the desired distance.  The whole thing was awesome and there was such a good feeling of accomplishment. 

“There will be a documentary by Dr Dean Miller and some amazing photography by legendary surf photographer John Bilderback,” said Brett.

This event was fully self funded by the kite surfers who put their own money in to make this expedition happen. The event was not a relay expedition, all ten participants kite surfed the entire distance.

Kite the Reef was a kite surfing world record breaking expedition to raise funds to cure Motor Neurone Disease (MND) at the Macquarie University Motor Neurone Disease Research Centre. Any money raised goes to fund MND research.