Whatever your dreams or goals, pursuing them should hold no restrictions, and one talented young woman from Cornwall is continuing to make waves in her quest to realise her own lofty ambitions.

Lauren Sandland has been surfing since the age of five, when she would hang out with her older brother James and his friends in their local village of Crantock, near Newquay. Skateboarding has also been a passion for the 16-year-old since a young age, but it is in the surf where she has really found her true calling. So much so that Lauren is now a team rider for Ann’s Cottage and competes in the UK and abroad with European WSL and Pro Junior events very much in her sights. Last year she was crowned English National Surfing Champion at the age of 15, and she regularly surfs with the England Junior squad. She recently surfed in Portugal under the watchful eye of her father, Neil, with whom she first caught the surfing bug while on holiday in France ten years ago. The rest, as they say, is history.