Winning approach: surf champion Layne Beachley on what drives her

By Daisy Dumas
Updated March 19 2016 - 9:35am, first published 1:33am
Layne Beachley enjoys brunch. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Layne Beachley enjoys brunch. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Layne Beachley. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Fairfax Media)
Layne Beachley. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Fairfax Media)
Layne Beachley competing on Honolua Bay off the Hawaiian island of Maui in December 2002. REUTERS/Associatoin of Surfing Professionals/Pierre Tostee/Handout
Layne Beachley competing on Honolua Bay off the Hawaiian island of Maui in December 2002. REUTERS/Associatoin of Surfing Professionals/Pierre Tostee/Handout
Layne Beachley of Sydney Australia wins an unprecedented seventh world title at the Billabong Pro Maui, 2006 in Maui, Hawaii. (Photo by Kirstin Scholtz/Covered Images/ASP via Getty Images)
Layne Beachley of Sydney Australia wins an unprecedented seventh world title at the Billabong Pro Maui, 2006 in Maui, Hawaii. (Photo by Kirstin Scholtz/Covered Images/ASP via Getty Images)
Layne Beachley surfing in Maui, Hawaii in 2006. (Photo by Kirstin Scholtz/Covered Images/ASP via Getty Images)
Layne Beachley surfing in Maui, Hawaii in 2006. (Photo by Kirstin Scholtz/Covered Images/ASP via Getty Images)

"I will go after what I want with reckless abandon until I have it, if it means that much to me," Layne Beachley says when we get to the end of a horrifying roll call of injuries she has sustained – and largely ignored – while surfing on the pro circuit.

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