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Pr:
D.O.B.

 Karin Jaggi
2nd December 1971
Age:

34 

Born:

 Bern, Switzerland 
Weight: 60KG
Height: 168cm
Sail N Z-14
Website: http://www.karinjaggi.com
Sponsors: F2, North Sails, O'Neil, SpinOut, Malaysia Airlines, TWB

How old were you when you started windsurfing?  
16 years.

What made you want to start windsurfing? 
I did all kinds of sports.  Then my parents bought a tiny holiday house on a lake in Switzerland.  There I tried windsurfing for the first time and from that day onwards I didn't want to do any other sport anymore.

What equipment do you sail?   
F2 boards and North Sails.  As I compete in all disciplines I have suitable equipment for all of them and also for any wind strength. 

When and where did you start competing?
In Switzerland in 1991, I started in the Engadin Windsurf Marathon.  I had no idea what to do and did very badly that day.  I promised myself that I would do better in the future.

What is your best result and the one you are most proud of?
12 times PWA World Champion, 7 times IFCA/IWA World Champion, once ISA World Champion.  But the biggest achievement was probably my speed sailing world record!  I am very proud that I have at least one world title in any discipline there has ever been in windsurfing.

What is your training schedule like?
I mostly train freestyle and waves in Australia during the European winter.  Then when we're back in Spring and it's still very cold in Europe I sail a lot in speed and slalom.  Then once the tour starts I just try to go early to every event and get some training on the spot just before the contest in whatever discipline I will compete.

What windsurfers do you socialize with during training and events? 
In the last year I spent a lot of time with my boyfriend and F2 shaper Patrik Diethelm.  For a change our travel plans worked amazingly together, the year before it was exactly the opposite!  I would get to a place when he was about to leave and vice versa.  Apart from that, I have a lot of Swiss and Australian friends I spent the winter/summer with 'down under' and on tour I usually hang out a lot with the other girls, especially Astrid from France, Anne-Marie from Holland or Steffi from Germany.

Tell us some gossip on two well-known windsurfers! 
I truly hate gossip!  I am the last one to start rumours or spread gossip.  I would always go straight up to somebody and ask if it's true or not and what the story is.  Maybe that comes from growing up with four sisters and brothers.  I can't even lie, not even when I really would need to!  So I guess I'm very lucky to be so successful in such a small and not-so-well known and recognised sport.  Imagine being a tennis world champion and having to deal with all those things!  I'm sure I would have quit a long time ago.  For me it's sad that windsurfing is not more recognised but on a personal level I am very happy with the status I have.  Freedom is something very priceless for me!

Best windsurfing moment ever?  
A trip to an outback wave spot in Western Australia with Patrik.  We scored the best ever conditions huge waves and light wind, there was just he and I out on the water and this massive whale on the horizon started showing off with his tricks.  It really was a magic moment!

Scariest moment?
I have had some rough experiences with offshore winds.  Once we were out with the WC course racing on Sylt when the offshore winds just picked up to storm strength.  They cancelled the race immediately and started rescuing competitors.  I was leading that race and was very far out to sea when that happened.  For the next three hours I was trying to tack upwind towards the shore.  The water was sometimes flying and I am sure I catapulted 100 times.  But somehow I managed to get back all by myself.  It was kind of scary but I never thought that it would be life threatening.

Who or what has inspired you the most? 
The only windsurfing hero I ever had was Jessica Crisp.  The men looked incredible to be and I always tried to learn the best from each of them but Jess was my true inspriation and - windsurfing itself.  I really think it's the sport itself that motivates me the most; this intense nature experience together with the endless development of the sport; there will never be an end.  I have 20 World Champion titles but can learn something new every day on the water - which other sport can offer that!

What are your ambitions for the future?
I never thought that I would compete for this long but I still simply love it.  Sure I won't do the world tour forever but I think there are still a few more years in it for me and that means a few more years fighting for world titles.  I would like to spend more time on the search for the perfect wave.  I do so many competitions that I missed out a bit on good wave sailing days.  Nothing to complain about but I would like to push my personal windsurfing a bit more towards that direction again.  One thing is for sure - I will keep windsurfing forever!

Any hidden talents outside of windsurfing?
As a sport I really got into windsurfing, huge waves just hold an incredible sensation for me.  When I was young I was really in to arts as well, something I didn't find any time for in the last few years but I think one day it will get more important in my life again.

If you weren't a windsurfer, what career would you be following?
I can't imagine any other life close as good as being a professional windsurfer.  There is really nothing I would like to do instead!

Finally, any top tips for T15 clubbers?
You're young and sure you have plenty of dreams.  From my own experience I can only advise you to try everything to make them come true.  When there is a will there is always a way aswell.  The harder it is, the more impossible it looks, the sweeter the 'victory' will be!

We are the Champions!
West Kirby Warriors
T15 Champions 2008

Congratulations!

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Team15
Coach Courses


T15 Coach-Red courses
will now be known as
Racing Instructor Courses
 T15 Coach-Freestyle courses
will change to T15 Freestyle Coach!  

Check below for course dates.
Have you registered yet?
Click here for pre-requisites.

Courses are currenlty being
organised by RDOs.
More dates soon.


If your T15 club
can get together 4 instructors
we can run a 
course at your club!
Contact:
gina.lindholm@rya.org.uk


(scroll down for other courses you have missed)

For information
(previous courses in 2008)

Mount Batten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 27/28 September 2008
Closing date: 5 September
Cancelled: lack of candidates

Lakes Leisure - Windermere
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Fully booked

James Hamilton Heritage Park - Glasgow
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 30/31 August 2008
Closing date: 15 August
Cancelled: lack of candidates


Gwent Adventures - Wales
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 9/10 August 2008
Closing date: 25 July
5 candidates on course


Grafham Water Centre - Cambridgeshire
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend course: 5/6 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
Spaces available
6 candidates on course

Wimbleball Lake - Somerset
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek course: 3/4 July 2008
Closing date: 30 June
4 candidates on course


Roadford Lake - Okehampton
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek Course: 4/5 June 2008
Organised by South West Lakes Trust
Fully booked


Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Freestyle
Weekend Course: 3/4 May 2008
Fully booked


Carsington Watersports - Derbyshire
Course type: Racing Instructor
Midweek Course: 1/2 May 2008
6 candidates on course


Mountbatten Centre - Plymouth
Course type: Racing Instructor
Weekend Course: 12/13 April 2008
Cancelled: lack of candidates

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ADOPT-A-BEACH

The Green Blue is an environmental awareness initiative by the British Marine Federation and the Royal Yachting Association. One of its aims is to educate and promote the sustainable use of coastal and inland waters by watersports participants.

Some of the initiatives have a relevance to windsurfers - especially in achieving cleaner seas and beaches.

Adopt-a-Beach is definitely relevant to T15ers, which is a Marine Conservation Society project supported by the Green Blue.

Check out what parts of the Green Blue are relevant to you