Name: Jonny Bingham

Age: 28

Height: 1m85

Weight: 86 kilos

Job/Education: Science Teacher

Current boats paddled: Neutron, Maverick, Trident

Location: Ballybogey (Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland). Surf on the North Coast of Northern Ireland.

Started Kayaking: My dad put me in a kayak when I was 8.

Started competing in Surf: Irish Open 2001.

Worlds/National Results - Rankings: Current status – World Champion

World Cup No.2

European No.5

Irish Open Champion

NI No.2

British Open No.3 (IC)

History - Irish Open Champ 2002

Double Irish Open Champion 2005

Double NI league Champion 2004/2005

European Champ 2005

Kayaking High's/Low's: Surfing a composite surf kayak (Cyclone) for the first time at the Irish Open in 2002. It was Easky left, nice 4-5ft and I was blown away by the speed – loved it! Winning the World's was pretty good also.

Not many low's – constantly breaking boats! Travelling to Mundaka (twice) for crap surf with it being good the whole week before. Losing the Home's twice to England by a narrow margin. Northern Ireland not making the last 4 at the 2005 Worlds on position count back.

Favourite breaks: Falcarragh Strand, N. Donegal. A mid to high tide beach break that is hard to get on the right conditions but when it works it jacks up some awesome A-frames. Also keen on Spot X, North Antrim coast.

Other Sponsors: Coast and Creek. Troggs

Systemx, Peak UK.Lendal

Aims'and Ambitions: would love to Captain Northern Ireland to winning a major Championships – Home's or World's. Would also like to be able to surf my board and may ride my horse Jack a lot better.

Anything else of interest I've missed out: I love to travel and see new places and meet new people. I also enjoy my job and love getting out of there to so surfing.