Over the first month of my summer holidays I have been windsurfing loads, and heading to the gym to get my fitness up to perform at my best during future competitions. I have just spent 10 days on the south coast of England, in Southampton and then Weymouth sailing everyday to make the most of … Continue reading Summer
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Stokes Bay
I traveled to Stokes Bay, near Gosport at the end of May for 2 days racing and then 2 further days of training. This was for the second UKWA cup event of 2019 where I raced RSX in some mixed conditions, and had to focus on the tide alot as this had a big effect … Continue reading Stokes Bay
Athlete of the Year
I have studied at Huddersfield New College for 2 years for my A levels and I am part of the Talented Athlete Support Scheme there which enables me to train on the youth sqaud and still maintain good grades for my A levels along side all the training and competitions. On May 1st I was … Continue reading Athlete of the Year
RSX Youth Europeans 2019
After training in Mallorca in February it was time to test these skills back in Palma bay for the Europeans in April. We had a couple of training days with good winds and huge waves, the biggest ive ever sailed in, before the competition began. Racing started on Tuesday after registration and a practice race. … Continue reading RSX Youth Europeans 2019
Ready for the Season
As it is now March, the racing season is about to begin, with my first major competition of the year in just under 2 weeks, out in Mallorca at the European Championships. I have been training hard all winter and now is the time to out the training into practice. Keep an eye out on … Continue reading Ready for the Season
Mallorca February 2019
As part of the British Youth Squad, during February half term I headed out to Palma bay, in Mallorca for a 9 day training camp. This was held in Mallorca to help us get venue experience ahead of the European championships that are going to be held here in April. For the majority of the … Continue reading Mallorca February 2019
Snow Session
After a winter of high wind training, I headed up to watergrove (my local resevoir) for some lightwind training and as we got higher into the hills a light dusting of snow was present on the ground. Just enough for a snowball fight as a warm up then onto the water for acouple of hours. … Continue reading Snow Session
Shortbording West Kirby
2019 started with a windy weekend for me. We got up early, packed the car and hit the road to West Kirby, for a chance to go shortboarding in 30 knots of wind practicing my gybes and waterstarts. The lake was quite popular and it was amazing to see the speed sailors there hitting speeds … Continue reading Shortbording West Kirby
Last WPNSA of 2018
Traveling to Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy for the last time in 2018, singing along to christmas songs ready for another windy weekend of training. We started off the weekend with a shortboard session in 25-35 knots, with lots of jumping and waterstarting to improve my skills. On Sunday we got out of the … Continue reading Last WPNSA of 2018
First Time Surfing
I went on holiday to Newquay, Cornwall for my October half term with a windsurfing friend and we thought that since we were in the surf capital of Britain it was necessary to try and learn to surf. After just 1 hour we were on our feet surfing the waves and having alot of fun … Continue reading First Time Surfing