Just heard tonight that a friends daughter has just been crowned European Youth Female Windsurfing Champ. So pleased for him as he’s spent many £££ supporting his talented & dedicated daughter in her sport.
His wife has spent until hours driving her to events, so chuffed for them all.
Next stop Olympic programme!

Cool 🙂

Has made me realise how much has to be spent to get the talented kids onto the big stage, those boards & sails aren’t cheap

Indeed. My daughter swam. Trips to the other end of the country with hotel stay for a 40 second race. Club fees etc. Training camps abroad.

A friend of mine’s kids all sailed and he has one in the world class potential programme (Olympic youth), they where well off and bought a mobile home to travel round to events. With sailing (and windsurfing) you need best kit for racing and also training stuff