Ian Walker

@ADORSkipper

Abu Dhabi's Volvo Ocean Race winning skipper, West Ham fan, kitesurfer, proud Dad

Warsash, UK
Joined December 2013
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  1. 9 minutes ago

    I’m glad we didn’t have to wave a mobile phone over our heads in the old days! ceremony

    2 retweets 3 likes
  2. 20 hours ago

    Rio here I come - working for the BBC covering the sailing

    8 retweets 69 likes
  3. Aug 2

    I couldn’t agree more!

    I think Jon would have dominated the sport for a long time had it not been for that night in Punta Ala. A sad loss to the world
    1 retweet 6 likes
  4. Jul 31

    20 years ago today Jonny Merricks and I collected our Silver medals in Atlanta ’96!

    3 retweets 94 likes
  5. Jul 22

    Good Luck @ the lads this weekend. Sadly I will be training in Palma for the so not there to watch

    4 retweets 19 likes
  6. Jul 19

    Great fun teaching my kids and their friends to sail in perfect conditions

    5 retweets 39 likes
  7. Jul 14

    Enjoyed a great ‘Brexit’ speech by Lord William Hague today!

    2 retweets 11 likes
  8. Jul 12

    I’ve met and really like but in describing some Olympic sports as ‘the stuff that really matters’ he is v disrespectful to many

    6 retweets 25 likes
  9. Jul 11

    It's been a dream for Britain so far... But can that continue?

    49 retweets 95 likes
  10. Jul 11

    …and 10 million of them were asleep by half time!

    Of the 16.3 million that watched the final, 13.6 million of you chose to watch it on . Thanks all.
    1 retweet 9 likes
  11. Jul 11

    Golf should not be in the Olympics as many of the top golfers clearly don’t care about the event enough to want to do it!

    3 retweets 17 likes
  12. Jul 10

    Simply amazing to watch!

    Please don't try this at home 🙈
    2 retweets 14 likes
  13. Jul 4

    Looking forward to the RYA Sail For Gold Ball tonight - let’s give the team the send off they deserve!

    5 retweets 23 likes
  14. Jul 2

    What a day for the Langley family as Tony's 3 'kids' won the Gold Roman Bowl in the Round the Island Race on the old boat! Go the Gladiator!

    3 retweets 13 likes
  15. Jul 2

    Hurrah has won its first race and had a solid regatta! Well done team!

    1 retweet 11 likes
  16. Jun 27

    The worst defeat in our history. England beaten by a country with more volcanoes than professional footballers. Well played Iceland.

    93,980 retweets 111,561 likes
  17. Jun 27

    Just when you think its been a bad week that happens!

    3 retweets 20 likes
  18. Jun 27

    Blowing too hard to train today in Porto Cervo - Racing starts tomorrow

    1 retweet 3 likes
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  20. Jun 24

    Big fire going on in Palma town centre!

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