ANDREW COTTON

Hey Andrew, so first up tell us what made you first pick up a foil and how your first few sessions were?

Probably like most people I’d watched the likes of Laird then Kai flying effortlessly across waves and linking lumps of ocean energy and I definitely wanted a try. Unfortunately, reality hit hard and my first few sessions were non-starters: it was beyond me and I couldn’t believe how hard it was!

You’ve used foiling as part of your rehab plan after your infamous back injury, a knee injury late last year, and then the follow up surgery on your ACL. For those not in the know, how did you get these injuries?

Both injuries were