He’s spent a good chunk of his life on the water racing from buoy to buoy - but it wasn’t until he sailed from continent to continent that champion sailor Peter Burling gained a true appreciation of how Earth’s oceans bind it together, refreshing and reinvigorating it in the process.
Like many elite sportspeople, Burling’s life often sees him jump on a plane in one part of the world and exit in another, ready to hit the water and compete. It’s an experience he describes as like being “teleported”.
“You get on the plane, go to sleep and get off the plane in a different environment. It’s a different temperature, a different outlook, and you don’t think it is connected at all,” Burling told delegates at Sport New Zealand’s Connections 2022 conference.
Burling attended the conference with Sail GP team-mate Josh Junior, who is also dipping his toes into the water of preservation and sustainability.
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