Sjoukje Bredenkamp (RSA), Karin Jaggi (SUI), Sebastien Cattelan(FRA) and Bjorn Dunkerbeck (SUI) have been elected to the Speedsailing Hall of Fame. Thanks to several hundred votes received, it was a thrilling race for the top positions, decided only during the last few days.
Eligible for voting was the international speedsurfing community, after receiving a shortlisting from the management boards of the International Speed Windsurfing Class (ISWC) and the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA).
Category Windsurfing Men:
1. Bjorn Dunkerbeck, 39.37 percent
2. Dave White, 29.27 percent
3. Finian Maynard, 14.98 percent
4. Erik Beale, 8.71 percent
5. Roddy Lewis, 7.67 percent
Category Windsurfing Women:
1. Karin Jaggi, 40.17 percent
2. Jenna de Rosney, 35.90 percent
3. Britt Dunkerbeck, 13.68 percent
4. Babette Coquelle, 10.26 percent
Category Kiteboarding Men:
1. Sebastien Cattelan, 46.54 percent
2. Alexandre Caizergues, 37.11 percent
3. Olaf Marting, 7.55 percent
4. Manu Taub, 5.03 percent
5. Christophe Prin-Guenon, 3.77 percent
Category Kiteboarding Women:
1. Sjoukje Bredenkamp, 77.58 percent
2. Charlotte Consorti, 16.97 percent
3. Aurelia Herpin, 5.45 percent
Sjoukje Bredenkamp
Sjoukje Bredenkamp has set the bar to an incredible 45.20 knots in 2008, beating her own previous record by almost 3 knots.
Karin Jaggi
Karin Jaggi is the most successful womens windsurfer in history, and raised the 10m class outright record after 12 years from 40.05 to 41.25 knots.
Sebastien Cattelan
Sebastien Cattelan was the first person breaking the elusive 50 knots mark - the holy gral of speedsailing.
Bjorn Dunkerbeck
Bjorn Dunkerbeck is the most successful professional windsurfer of all times, and still chasing for new records.
