DAVE HACKFORD
Some say he once hacked into Roger Tushingham’s bank account and managed to steal 20 pence without him ever noticing and that he shared a room with the Brazilian female volleyball team at the 1984 LA Olympics. Some say on his stag night he was stripped to his underwear with his Y fronts stuffed full of Mongolian stir fry in a posh restaurant in Brighton and was later bundled naked and penniless onto the last train to Arundel. Some say that he has a Tushingham tattoo on his left buttock and once had an obsession for Bingo alongside Barrie Edgington, Peter Hart and Woodsie. All we know is that Dave was our first Olympic windsurfer way back in 1984. In fact he met Princes Anne in line at the opening ceremony, grasped here hand and said ‘You have brought the wind with you’ to which she replied ‘The Mexican food is not that bad’ Hackers almost collapsed in shock. A multiple British racing champion, Hackers has been a devotee to the sport and after joining up with Roger in 1992 has been a vital asset to Tushingham’s success story in the UK market.
