I have always been around rivers and the ocean from a young age, always enjoying being in or on the water. I started my paddling with Dad on the River Dart but didn’t start racing until I went to school and started training for DW under coaches Jim and Annabel Taylor-Ross. Soon after, with their help, I started paddling an Epic Ocean Surfski on the sea and soon found myself enjoying crystal blue water with the GB squad down in Cornwall. In 2021 I went to my first ocean racing European Championship in Cherbourg as an U18 and had the best trip - after that I knew I was hooked.
Since then I have been to multiple European and World championships across multiple disciplines and have paddled around the world in some truly amazing places. I have recently started coaching and trying to pass on my knowledge to the younger and emerging paddlers, and am looking forward to going to the Worlds in Madeira in Oct 24. None on these things would be possible without the support from Ocean SurfSki!
For me paddling on the ocean and rivers is the ultimate ability of harnessing, respecting and battling Mother Nature, whether it is crashing through the beach brake or surfing down an ocean swell at 20kph, miles offshore. The feeling of being free!