04.08.2008
Karin Jaggi (North Sails) is Speed Windsurf World Champ 08
Speed World Champ 08, Karin Jaggi
Karin Jaggi (SUI, North) is the speed windsurfing world champions 2008. After 7 rounds of speedsailing in challenging conditions, Patrik Diethelm (North Sails) takes the vice world champion title with a great score of 8.7 points.
Karin and Patrik were both using the North Sails RAM F8 which is the perfect proof of the great speed and overall performance of our Slalom Swith.Cam sail. Also Peter Volwater was very stoked with the new RAM and used it for the whole contest.
Speed World Champ 08, Karin Jaggi
Speed Vice World Champ 08, Patrik Diethelm
Björn Dunkerbeck (SUI, North Sails) finished 3rd took the last days race as a discard, as he was already well ahead of Finian Maynard in fourth.
Björn Dunkerbeck
In the womens fleet, it was very close racing in the beginning of the event between Valerie Ghibaudo taking two bullets in the first rounds, and Karin Jaggi (North Sails), winning the next four races.
Flying Frenchman Cyril Moussilmani
The event started with challenging conditions as the wind was pretty light in correlation to the deep angle of the course. The top speeds came close to 40 knots, with a close battle between Albeau and Diethelm. With improving wind speeds Dunkerbeck came closer, but was never able to really challenge the top duo. The places behind were hardly fought for between Maynard and the Moussilmani brothers, Slalom specialists Dan Ellis and Peter Volwater (North) as well as Anders Bringdal (SWE) completing the top 10.
With higher wind speeds and the high tide in the afternoon the top speeds improved over the curse of the week, with Antoine Albeau again setting the top speed of the event with 40.54 knots average over the 500m speedcourse.
Peter Volwater
The womens competition was ever more thrilling, with a tie in points after 4 races between Karin Jaggi (North Sails) and Valerie Ghibaudo. Karin was then able to take advantage of the harder conditions towards the end of the competition, and closely snatched the victory. The final place on the podium was open for a long time, with Zara Davis (GBR) retiring after round 6 it became close between Marion Raisi and Emanuelle Duby (FRA), with the better end for Marion.
Congratulations Karin, Patrik, Björn, Cyril and Peter for this great success !
The next tour stop will be the European Championship in Karpathos, beginning on the 20th of August. All top riders are expected to take part in this event again, to get important points for the years world cup ranking.
Final event results, men
1. Antoine Albeau
2. Patrik Diethelm (North Sails)
3. Björn Dunkerbeck (North Sails)
5. Cyril Moussilmani (North Sails / Fanatic)
7. Peter Volwater (North Sails)
15. David Garrel (North Sails)
Final event results, women
1. Karin Jaggi (North Sails)
2. Valerie Ghibaudo
3. Marion Raisi