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My passion for windsurfing began when I was five, down at my
family's Windsurfing Centre on the Isle of Wight. My summer holidays
were spent on the beach, Surfing and Windsurfing at every opportunity.
At the age of nine, I was participating in my first National
Racing Championships. When I was thirteen I was in the National
Youth Squad, racing on Tiga Aloha's.
I left the squad after the 1995 World Championships in Hungary
(which I was third in) to take up Funboard Racing and Wave sailing.
In 1997, I won the I.F.C.A. Under 19 World Funboard overall title
and the Slalom World Title.
The following year, I retained my title.
By 2000 I was British Overall Champion in the combined Racing
and Waves. That year I went to Thailand, winning the under 23's
Formula World Windsurfing Championships, and also finishing fifth
in the Men's.
Brazil was the venue for the Formula World's in 2001 where I
achieved second place in the under 23's and ninth in the Men's.
In 2002 and 2003 I was British Funboard Champion and also in
2003 I was sixth overall on the P.W.A. Racing Tour and 22nd in
the Waves.
With my best result in the famous P.W.A. event Sylt, Germany
where I was second in Racing and 17th in the Waves.
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