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John Skye (Born 1977) is a windsurfer from the UK, now living in the Canary Islands.

John is the current sail designer and product manager for Roberto Ricci Designs. He competed in both World Cup and UK tour events from the early 2000´s until 2020, winning mutliple UK titles, a European title and finishing Vice World Champion in speed. He is now based in Gran Canaria, where the year around conditions allow him to easily test and develop new products.

Competition Career
John started competing at an early age at his local lake, Brogborough, near Bedford. He rose slowly through the ranks, becoming UK Youth Champion in 1995 and then taking the UK Amateur tile in 1998 in all disciplines (wave, freestyle, racing). This result gave him the support from F2/Arrows and allowed him to move into the professional fleet.

The big breakthrough came in 2001 when he won the European Freestyle Championships and gained international sponsorship to compete on the PWA World Tour, finishing a respectable 9th overall in Freestyle in his first year 2002.

Through the following 15 years he competed on the PWA World Tour in all disciplines at various moments, finishing multiple times inside the top 10. At the same time competing on the UK tour he managed to secure 5 national titles, including the prestigious Three Wave classic in 2004 and the BWA overall in 2009