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“Pint sized windsurfer has never ‘sailed’!”
By Stephen Brook
Friendly and welcoming, just like her community, RSX windsurfer Courtney Schoutrop, 20, knows she is in a minority at Sail Sydney.

But that doesn’t bother her at all.
“They are all pretty friendly, the sailors that I interact with, but we all tend to stick to our discipline,” says the Queenslander, who trains at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Brisbane.
“At my club we are down the other end, really segregated from the boats, but when we see them we say hi.”
She has not been tempted to try sailing – except once.
“I got in a Laser once and capsized. That’s my boat experience.”
“Windsurfing is hard, it can be mentally challenging, physically hard at times too.”
Managing the pain can be the toughest challenge as the sport can be intensely physical, particularly in light winds, when the board needs to be “pumped” to increase speed. Courtney holds

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