Ringwood boy eyes 2024 Olympics after wakeboarding win

Max Cuckney, a 16-year old from Ringwood, has his sights set on Olympic glory after winning the World Championships in Wakeboarding in Argentina.

Cuckney’s career has gone from strength to strength since he started taking part in watersports at New Forest Wake Park when he was just 10 years old. He soon discovered a passion for wakeboarding and went on to win a junior British title at 11. Last year, at the age of 15, he won the British title once again.

He was selected by the British wakeboard team to represent the UK at the World Championships in Argentina on 16 February, and after three days of gruelling competition, he was presented with the gold medal.

Cable wakeboard has been shortlisted as a new sport in the 2024 Olympics, and Cuckney is hoping to take his talent to Paris 2024 and bring home another gold medal for his country.

Cuckney’s father has spoken about his son’s journey to become top in his field at the tender age of 16, and he credits his success to a couple of things: practice and focus.

“When Max was 10, we read three books together: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; Talent Code by Daniel Coyle; and Bounce by Matthew Syed,” said Mr Cuckney, Max’s dad. “These books basically explain how it takes ten thousand hours of practice, coaching and feedback to become the best in the world. Max has managed to do this in just five and a half years. He quite literally lives and breathes wakeboarding, and he only wants to get better.”

Cuckney is proudly sponsored by dynamic brands including Slingshot Sports, King of Water Sports, RideEngine, and Brocery Store.

He will be interviewed by the BBC in May of this year, on behalf of the International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (http://iwwf.sport/).


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