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From Essex to Mauritius with
Danny Geereedhary
I skateboarded the streets of London where I grew up for
ages. Early teens I saw an advert on a British Airways flight of
a windsurfer blasting across a tropical lagoon for the drinks
brand Martini (or it could have been Bacardi). That left a wow
impression with me. At the time I didn’t realise that a few
years later I would actually take up the sport.
When I moved out of London to (near) the Essex coast
windsurfing was a natural ‘surfy lifestyle' follow on from my
earlier skateboarding addicted years. I was mainly a freeride
weekend warrior. But then I started hitting events.
In the past 10 years I’ve competed on two UKWA
competition circuits. First wave sailing in the BWA (masters
fleet). Then more recently I switched to UKWA /BSA slalom
racing (amateur fleet). I did the ams for two years after first
trying out their 'master blaster' fleet. Brian Tilsbury who runs
that taster entry fleet is brilliant fun and really dedicated.
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