Career
He holds the British speed sailing record for all sail powered craft, as recognised by the World Sailing Speed Record Council. Originally he rose to fame in the mid 1980s as a radical wave sailor. The UK’s most media friendly windsurfer of the period, one of the first Europeans to perform the holy grail of windsurfing moves the front loop.
O'Shea has written three books on windsurfing, including the global best seller an Introduction to Windsurfing in 1988. Persuaded out of retirement by Dave White in 2006, he rejoined the professional ISWC Speed World Cup tour. He now resides and trains in Abersoch, North Wales.