The Freedom Of Isolation..

Competition was never really a place where i wanted to take my sailing. I sail to bang waves where and when conditions are to my liking, where the only timing i need is to hit the section in such position as not to get consumed or project into a new direction.  

Last year chance, luck, skulduggery and a small hand full of skills i got myself into a position of promotion from the Am fleet into the Pro side of the draw on the 4 stop cyclone that is the British Wave Tour.

Scribe bending one round.

As the 2012 season rolled in i was starting to question why id put the pressure of competition back into my life. Competition sailing can be a pretty humbling experience, half the year i sail in my little west wales bubble pushing turns into what i believe is perfection. 8 minute heats in 2 foot hack tend to send a pretty big needle deep into that bubble.

However......

When Jim at Puravida suggested i join his British escapade as a team sailor and tour around competing the 4 corners of the country my mind reverted back to the 13 year old reading tales of Coomes, Farrel and Seals battling it out. They were heros to me at the time, pictures lined my room walls. Tiree was my Hawaii, Ireland my Indo.

Competition has turned into something a little different this year. Last season confirmed to me that the UK has the potential to rival wavesailing anywhere in the world. This year im keen to experience that amongst good friends.

Certain characters stand out to me. My travel partners Alf Hart and Coxy, i dont think ive talked more bollocks or laughed so hard for a long time, travel with personalities of this calibre is like gold to me. Rob Jones living a dream existence on the shores of Brandon. Jack Hunt a style i can appreciate, Tom Bennit coming through, Jeff Scott, Ian 'Chucky' Ross, Nigel Tracy all in it for the love as well as the world tour elite such as Proffit who treat each man as a friend.

Alf Hart Eagle King..

The whole Ireland trip this year was a classic. Stena Lines hooked us up with a faultless travel experience so a huge thank you to them. Some times i forget how close west coast Ireland and its conditions is. If you have never been.... GO....... Ive fallen in love with that place.

As i rolled away from Rd2 i think im sitting 11th and pretty happy with that as a fresh man to the Pro field. A big thanks to all the crew who helped me out. Puravida, No Limitz, Simmer, Fanatic, Patagonia and Stena Line.. Couldn't do it without you. Diolch.

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