Björn Dunkerbeck — 42 x Windsurf World Champion on Windsurfing Speed Records and Staying Focused
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Björn Dunkerbeck is the undisputed G.O.A.T of windsurfing, a 42 time windsurf world champion and the windsurf speed record holder.
Björn's parents fell in love with windsurfing in Denmark. They decided to move to Gran Canaria when Björn was 8 and opened the Dunkerbeck Windsurf Center where he learnt. Björn started competing in windsurfing at 12. He was 2nd in the junior world championships in the under 18 category when he was only 15 and was rising rapidly on the world rankings.
At 18 he was 2nd in the world just behind Robby Naish. Then from 19 he was first from 1988 until 1999 winning the overall world championships 12 times in a row along with 30 different discipline titles. He was unbeatable during that period. In a career expanding 30 years he won 42 world windsurfing championship titles. In 2021 he broke the 100km/h barrier on a windsurf board in Luderitz, Namibia with an incredible speed of 103.67kph.
Tune in to find out how Dunkerbeck stayed at the top level in windsurfing for over 3 decades. Setting speed records, what drives him now and loads more!
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You can follow what Björn Dunkerbeck is up to on Instagram at bjorndunkerbeck and be sure to check out his website dunkerbeck.com
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