EKAITZ SAIES

I’m excited to announce the release of The Champion’s Mindset: The Four Seasons of Mental Preparation — a practical, experience-driven guide to elevating your mental game. This book is the result of more than 20 years spent competing as an elite athlete, coaching at the highest level, and leading performance programmes, combined with the latest scientific research.…

More than 80 years ago, a generation of ordinary Britons opened their doors to Basque child refugees. One of them was my grandfather.  Standing on the Dorset coast, in front of Old Harry Rocks, where Sir David Attenborough introduced his latest documentary, Ocean, I felt a sudden, deep personal connection to him. During the drive…

I’ve just returned home from a lovely week in Dorset. Days steeped in family, sea breeze, long walks, fresh seafood, and the quiet satisfaction of finishing the second proof of my first book ‘The Champion’s Mindset’. I had promised myself this week to complete it; any longer, and my perfectionism would get in the way.…

I’m incredibly proud of what we achieved at the Paddle Games last weekend. We took the sport to where people are – instead of asking people to come and watch it. We built a format that put our amazing paddlers at the heart of the action. They are the true ambassadors of our sport –…

Leadership is not a rank, but acting on what is required in any given moment. It is having skin in the game. As a former international paddler, I could see that the conditions yesterday were not optimal for racing. On Saturday, I spoke to a member of the competition committee and asked them to be…