“I definitely think that what I’m gaining from windsurfing is the freedom I feel when I go out into the water, it just clears your head. I talk to the other windsurfers about it and it’s the same kind of feeling that they feel, no matter what problems you have in your life at the time you can just forget about it all. Personally I think that Olympic windsurfing is that competitive edge which I feel fulfills me because I’ve always had that competitive side and I think that it’s a sport that suits me very well” – Bryony Shaw