Are you doing any specific training
in preparation for the event?
Just surfing as much as possible at the moment. I will move on
to full training towards the end of summer.
What about other areas of SUP –
anything on the Alex Murray
bucket list outside of SUP surfing
you want to get ticked off?
What about diet? Anything you’ve
added and/or removed?
I would love to get my children SUPing in waves. I'm also very
keen to give foil boarding a go and I really want to try some
white water river stuff too.
Not planning to change much, I usually eat quite healthy food.
I'm a veggie but eat fish. But I will try to go easy on the booze.
I have got a few big parties coming up, so it's going to be hard.
Ta l k u s t h ro u g h y o u r s p o n s o r s h i p
drive to get to Fiji. What are you
doing to raise funds for the trip?
Are you finding it tricky?
If so what was the motivation
behind the above?
It has been hard work for sure. I have written a lot of letters to
surf companies and spent far too much time on the Internet.
But most of my success has been through help from friends
and family. So far I am really pleased to have two great
sponsors in place: Outsider (a TV production company) and the
Cornish Bed Company.
I became a veggie in my late teens. I went over to the dark side
after experiencing too many Moroccan meat markets whilst
travelling there one winter.
You’re known as a surfer but do
you have any desire to get
involved in SUP racing?
What can people do to help?
I did a few races in the early days but it’s not really my thing. I
enjoy watching though and will be fully supporting Team GB
out in Fiji. I do, however, like the idea of doing downwind foil
racing, that could be really fun.
It would be really great if they could follow me on social media. I
have a Facebook sports page and I am alexmurraysurf on
Instagram.
Any final shout outs and thanks?
Yes, massive thanks to my amazing family and friends, who
have been fantastic at helping me with raising funds to get to
Fiji. Big thanks also to: Outsider, Cornish Bed.co and Escape
Surfboards.
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