Seasoned racer Arnon Dagan from Israel has been a stalwart of the PWA scene for well over a decade but he is a man of many talents - musician, tester for both RRD and Neil Pryde and a fresh role as a husband and father. John Carter caught up with Arnon for an insight into one of the professional tour’s most interesting characters and Israel’s foremost windsurfing competitor.
BACKGROUND
I have never had any plans in life. I am not that type of person, I just go with the flow. I started windsurfing relatively late compared to a lot of the racers on tour. Guys like Ross Williams and Gonzalo Costa Hoevel both started much earlier, I did not windsurf until I was fourteen. I am thirty-nine now, so I have been sailing for twenty-five years. My parents live on a cliff which is about half an hour away from the nearest beach at home. Mum was a headmaster of one of the best music and art universities and high schools in Israel and later on became the head of culture in our city. She is now writing books and giving lectures and tours in Israel and around the world. Dad was self-employed and had a business of fixing car speedometers. They have a sea view of the Mediterranean but we could not access the water from the house, despite this we spent a lot of time in the water. Israel is a sunny, warm place so a perfect place for watersports.
COMPETITIVE NATURE
This story is from the Issue 362 - March 2017 edition of Windsurf.
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