What an amazing day! My goal coming here was to break Karin Jaggi's record set in 2005. I wish Karin had been here but it was not to be as she has been an inspiration to me for many years. To do this by 3 knots was beyond my wildest dreams. Thanks for all the messages of support from everyone especially Karin herself - it means so much.

The equipment was so good to ride. Thanks to Chris Lockwood for desiging an amazing board that is so easy to ride and so fast, to Thomas for making the most controllable and fast sail ( I was using only 0.3 smaller than Antione) and to Joerg Sonntag for fins that are made for me and are tracking with such surety that I know I can just point and shoot down the canal.