Professional Freestyle windsurfer

I got into windsurfing at the age of thirteen, my dad had always been a very keen windsurfer so he was always keen for me to follow in his footsteps. After a youth spent skateboarding and snowboarding I was sure that it was freestyle windsurfing that I would turn my attention to. SInce the age of 18 I have been pursuing my dream to compete on the world tour. I started my career in windsurfing by training as an instructor. Since then I have been teaching all over the world for Club Vass in Greece, Egypt and Venezuela. For the last two years I have been travelling the world competing on the PWA world tour, my aim is to finish in the top 14 and to become British champion.

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

EFPT Milos beach


I’ve been out in Greece for the last two weeks setting up the Club Vass centre ready for the first arrivals. We normally open the centre a month earlier but this year the hotel has undergone a bit of a makeover. None the less it was still a massive rush to get the centre ready in time!!! But it is looking really pimp now!

Milos beach is on the north side of Lefkada just an hour from Vassiliki. The event normally takes place a month later but because the pwa calendar is so full they had to push it earlier. To be honest I’ve never been a fan of the conditions at Milos beach as even when the forecast is good its rubbish pumping 5.9 weather!!! It made it even more painful to return to Vass each evening there had been no wind at milos to find out it had been amazing 4.7 weather all day…….

I was pretty confident going into the even knowing a lot of the top guys weren’t there! I was seeded against an unknown Italian in the second round and unfortunately he was sailing amazingly in the gusty 5.7 weather. I had a good heat but kept it too simple. I crashed my shaka and twisted my ankle a minute before the end of the heat leaving me no time to get another attempt in!! All my other moves were fully planning and had plusses on the sheets but the other guy had done a sick ponch and a shaka so it was game over for me! Somehow I still finished in 9th leaving me with a bit of prize money to drown my sorrows with that night in the Zeus bar!!!!

I have one more week left in Vass before going to Bonnaire for the next PWA event.

Big thanks to Jay Haysey from Globalshots for the pictures….

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