BRIAN TALMA
“I train and organize for failure, and anything after this is a success. I put myself on the line, on and off the water! As a professional windsurfer, there is nothing better than being paid to play and with the BCWT World Championships and IWA it has been about scoring pictures and competing. I love that, being in the water all the time means my windsurfing was improving during the competition. Also in 2016 at the Aloha Classic, I qualified from the International Windsurfing Tour pros into the Professional Windsurfing Association main event after almost 12 years off the tour. As I said, I train for failure and any success is a win!
As a successful professional windsurfer through 1990 to 2014, as you get older you’re putting your past achievement on the line whenever you compete. And since being a professional windsurfer still plays a very informative function on how I generate money it is important to find a path to keep my profile high. It gives me such a rush to continue competing and doing well. It also helps keep me fit and I am still continuously learning. This is how I came up with the saying, “The brain smiles and life sings…happy rings and we dance to the music.” I work extremely hard and keep my focus during the hard times, which represents part of my saying, “The brain smiles”. Although I might not be smiling, my brain is happy working on a vision. This is when the competition might think they have me beaten. Then once the successes start coming in, this is when the second part of the saying comes to life, “Life is singing” and my face has a smile.
This year I’ve pushed myself to the next level, and it is working and my biggest move for 2016 was “Giving is living”. This year so far the coverage is coming in and we did a BCWT World Championships in Los Roques too, which was a huge success…”