Becoming a world champion in any sport is hardly a drop in ocean. Unless, of course, you're a world champion at skimming stones – in which case that's almost precisely what it is.
And Christina Bowen Bravery from Abergavenny has won several prestigious trophies in that very pursuit – despite not even realising until recently that it was actually a competitive sport. Her love for skimming, however, actually started decades before.
As a little girl she'd spend every moment she could casting pebbles into the sea. Travelling with her family on holiday to Cornwall, where her dad had a sailing boat moored, she'd head instantly for the shore to find the flattest stones with which to master the perfect skim.
