How
old are you? |
27 |
Where
were you born?
|
Ascot,
Berkshire. |
Where
do you live now?
|
Plymouth
at the moment, but I call St. Ives home. |
What
do you do for money? |
I've
just finished uni, and am now just a few formalities
away from being a qualified Architect. Its taken
me 6 years so far, so I hope its worth it! |
What's
your favourite thing about surfing? |
Getting barrelled, the travelling, the people you
meet, everything! There's nothing I like more than
getting out after a good session somewhere hot,
with my beautfiul
girlfriend Yenta on the beach waiting for me...paradise! |
Have
you done much travelling? |
I've surfed in Oz, Indo, Costa Rica, France, the
Canaries, Florida, and Trinidad and Tobago (where
I lived for 4 years...) Indo's second to none, just
an amazing place, sick waves, I love it! |
When
did you live in Trinidad and Tobago, what was
it like? |
I moved there in 1994 when I was 14 with my mum
and sister. It was great, so much fun, stinkin hot
all year and fun surf, not epic, but surfing reefs
and points and different beaches at that age was
great! Then stupidly I came back to blighty for
uni, I could've gone to the US probably, but just
never thought about it seriously enough I guess. |
Who
inspires you? |
Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer (and possibly
sportsman!) ever! And so many other people who do
great things in life...
like the late Martin Luther King... |
What
are your dislikes? |
Racism and scumbags in general! You know, the type
that walk around like they own the joint, even though
they've never contributed a penny of tax yet!
Welcome to Great Britain in the 21st Century! |
What's
your favourite pre-surf amp music? |
Probably Bloc Party. I generally like whatever's
in my favourite surf movie at the time...its Campaign
2 at the moment... |
If
you could be anywhere right now, where would you
be? |
In a barrel at Periscopes, in Indo. |
Whats
your Favourite move in surfing? |
Barrels, a nice big fins-out snap, and I wanna work
on my airs more... |
What's
your greatest achievement to date? |
Probably
cleaning up at the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire
Counties swimming champs when I was about 12, or
getting bronze at the Southern Counties the next
year. Its been downhill since then! |
What
about contests? |
Getting
better, I got = 7th at the Studnet Nationals last
year, and = 5th this year, just missing the final.
Everyone I know was sure I made that final as I
had a really good semi, but hey, thats judging for
you.
I'm looking to really step up to the BPSA contests
etc this year, but the level is so high there, with
all the South Africans and Aussies over here nowadays!
It all helps us to raise our game though, so thats
good.. |
Future
Goals? |
Well, I might have another crack at the Student
Nationals because I need to register my practical
experience with a uni, so I'd love to win that.
Otherwise, I just wanna travel as much as possible.
Hopefully do ok in some more contests, get more
photos in mags, and my girlfriend and
I plan to be living in Oz in the next 2 years or
so.
Thats my real life goal, to be living the good life
over there! I can't wait! |
