A lifetime of surfing: Growing up on Jersey, an island between France and England, he began surfing when he was three-years-old. Before he turned 10, he was competing. Then, when he turned 11, his family packed up and headed for Cornwall, where Ben really immersed himself in the world of competitive surfing. By the time he was 13, he had two British Shortboard Championships under his belt. Quiksilver picked him up, and he was firmly in the driver’s seat on the road to a life he’d been dreaming of.
It wasn’t until he was 16 that he started longboarding, but in two years, he’d won every category in every major British longboard event. Then, as seems to be the natural progression, he took a keen interest in shaping–now, he’s one of the best. “Surfing, for me, is about flowing from one thing to another with ease,” he says. “There’s something so powerful about being part of the ocean and having that closeness to nature that you get from being a surfer. It’s really important for a surfer, a shaper, or an artist just to keep evolving… it’s the key to everything.”
