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Are you competitive with your sailing? If so, what’s
been your best result to date?
Very! I wasn’t initially but after a few heats I discovered I
don’t like losing! I want to win and be the very best sailor I
can be. My best result, hmm... on paper it would be when I
won the BWA Youths in 2017, when I was 14, but personally
I’m happier with my result from 2018. I came 3rd overall in
the Men’s Amateur fleet, and I was over the moon!
Tell us about your future windsurfing plans. Fancy
tackling the PWA for instance? Or are you more into
chasing big conditions?
I definitely want to go compete in the PWA; I’ve booked my
flights to Pozo this summer for my first ever World Cup (my
first solo trip). I know I won’t do that well, as the best kids in
Pozo are nearly as good as the adult pros, but I really want to
get a taste of international competition and try and improve
as much as possible while I’m there. Definitely, I want to
chase big conditions too, though.
You managed to get a first hand look at the recent Red
Bull Storm Chase in Ireland - how was that?
It was insane! I got to sail a bit in between the heats before it
got really windy and tried sailing in one of the squalls. It got
so windy I could only just hold on to my smallest sail. But
there’s a big difference between that and what the pros were
doing that week. Survival sailing in those conditions is
possible for most sailors, but going out and sending it;
launching back loops and double forwards and hitting maxing
lips that most people would run away from on a normal day,
when it’s that windy, is just mental. I have so much respect
for those guys.
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