Early days
My dad was a keen windsurfer, so when I was little my mum always used to take me down to the beach to watch him sail. One day I managed to escape from my mum in the middle of the winter and ran down the beach and straight into the water. After that they decided to buy me a kid’s winter wetsuit and let me try out body boarding and I loved it. From then they managed to acquire me a little kid’s rig and I used my dad’s wave board to learn on. My mum works in a school as a receptionist and my dad used to be a fireman but has now retired and is a marine wave artist.
Work and play
While I’m at home my job is a fibreglass roofer which works out well for sailing as when it rains or it’s too windy we can’t work because it is not safe on the roofs. I am heading over to the Dingle peninsula, Ireland for the summer to work in ‘Spillane’s Pub’ washing dishes. This allows me to be able to sail and surf loads in my favourite location I have travelled to so far. I did this a couple of summers ago and scored some brilliant conditions; so am hoping for a good season ahead of me. People normally travel to Ireland in the spring and autumn but Dingle being so exposed can often have good wind and waves in the summer too.