Moving from the middle of England to Australia when I was a kid, my parents put me straight into nippers at Apollo Bay down in the Otways in Victoria so that I could learn surf safety skills and become more comfortable in the ocean. Here I fell in love with the ocean and surf lifesaving and have continued to do the sport ever since.

When I moved to Sydney a few years ago I was introduced to ocean ski paddling. I entered a few races and loved the competition, the distance and catching runners.  Whilst  Ocean ski is the focus, being able to mix it up with clubbies during summer is awesome and I am always looking forward to racing coming into a clubby event. Now having moved to Perth, it has been great to give back to the sport that has given me so much, and mentoring Sorrento’s u17 boys to medal in the ski relay at Aussies 2025 was a career highlight.

In my professional life I am an ecologist by qualification, having completed a Bachelor of Conservation Biology, and a Master of Research at Macquarie University in North Sydney. My partner and I have now begun a new life out West, where I am now completing a PhD in environmental restoration, focusing on scaling restoration outcomes in the Southwest Wheatbelt. Juggling my career and sport has been tough over the last few years, but I have found training to be so important in keeping me motivated and on track in other avenues of my life.