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08 August 2025

Sofia Giondi: The Courage to Disobey

Leading with courage and instinct, Sofia is charting her own course in sailing.

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A Wave of Change

Let's dive into our journey among words, stories and portraits of women who, through sailing, are achieving not just their dreams, but ground-breaking goals.


Making Waves is a new project by SLAM that offers insight into the sailing world through the eyes and experiences of women at its forefront. Women charting new courses. With courage, technique, and instinct.


Each sailor is an athlete, but also a professional and a leader, following different paths, personal visions, with one thing in common: the desire to leave their mark. We start off with Sofia Giondi and the all-female team aboard “Magique et Terrible”.

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Sofia, a sailor by choice and vocation

Born in Forlì, her first contact with sailing was at the age of 6 in Cervia, kicking off a career of constant travel, dedication and growth. Sofia has raced in doubles (420 and 470), competed in the Olympics, held key roles on monotypes, and has now found an ideal setting in the RS21 project, leading the women's RS21 crew Magique et Terrible, with an expert balance of grit and kindness, and proving to the world that 'always believe, never give up' is more than just a motto: it is a course to trace.

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A sailor determined to disobey 

The sea was never close to home for Sofia Giondi but she soon learnt to go out and chase it for herself.


'I come from Forlì. When I was six years old, I started sailing in Cervia. Every time I got on the boat, all the negative thoughts melted away.'

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Sailing has always provided refuge for her, giving her strength when she needed it: a way to rid herself of what she felt was foreign to her.


'When I wasn’t able to get out there, on the water, after a while... it didn’t feel right.'

As a child, she was constantly told she was not enough. Not tall enough, not strong enough, never a good fit. But instead of listening, she learned to disobey.

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Disobeying is a promise I made to my grandmother. It means not accepting the roles that others choose for you. It means creating your own space.

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And this is exactly what Sofia is doing today, leading a female team that has decided to build, day after day, a new kind of project, one that is entirely their own. Promise kept.

Sofia knows what it means to dust herself off and get back up

Like when she moved to Genoa at the age of 19 to pursue an Olympic dream, and found herself alone, without a crew.


'That was my hardest challenge. But it was there that I learned to make new dreams for myself.'


She kept moving forward, from helmswoman to mainsail to tactician, changing roles, always finding a way to get back into the game. And into a new balance:


'I really feel at home when I can share in achieving a goal, seeing it through to the end. In doubles, or today, with Team Magique.'

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Being on the water remains her stabilising force

Sailing has taught Sofia to work hard, to share her exhaustion, not to be afraid to show who she truly is. 


'We don't have to always accept what comes our way. Maybe we should chart our own course.'


And if you ask her what sort of waves she wants to leave behind in her wake, she answers without a moment’s hesitation: a trail that inspires female sailors to choose instead of being chosen.

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To always believe, to never give up. To prove to ourselves, not to others, what we can do.

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Dress like Sofia and her Magique et Terrible teammates

  • A woman stands wearing a CLIFF GREY OD WS TECH HOODED T-SHIRT and matching shorts by SLAM, made from recycled stretch fabric. A white logo adorns the chest of the top, which complements her wavy hair as she gazes off to the side against a plain background.

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  • A person wears a SLAM FOIL WS HOODED JACKET in dark navy, complete with matching pants. The outfit features waterproof and breathable fabric with sleek white zippers. The jacket displays a chest logo, and the individual poses against a plain, light gray backdrop.

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    La veste à capuche Foil ws offre un design minimaliste avec des performances de protection élevées : exactement ce que la prochaine génération de navigatrices recherche. Que ce soit pour régater à bord de monotypes ou en foil, cette veste est également parfaite pour les journées au port ou en ville. Imperméable et respirante, elle dispose d’une capuche ergonomique et amovible, de poignets ajustables avec Velcro et de deux grandes poches avant pour les outils essentiels. Une option idéale grâce à sa légèreté et sa durabilité.

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  • A woman wears a SLAM FOIL WS TECH HOODIE in dark navy with a high collar, white zippers, and matching shorts. Made from water-repellent fabric, it displays the "SLAM" logo. She stands against a plain light gray background.

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    Le Foil Ws Tech Hoodie est bien plus qu'un simple sweat-shirt pour femme : c'est une capuche technique stretch, seconde peau, conçue pour les marins à la recherche d'un vêtement tendance au design moderne. Pour ceux qui repoussent leurs limites, que ce soit sur l'eau ou sur terre, ou qui souhaitent porter les mêmes qualités en ville, ce hoodie vous permettra de conserver un style unique, où que vous soyez.

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