Growing up in the small NSW town of Sawtell, Bonnie was primarily a board paddler and swimmer and as a late bloomer on the ski, didn’t pick up a paddle until the age of 17.
Her first race on a ski was the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironwoman trials 6 months later, where she managed to grab a spot in the Professional series, and would be the youngest in the series for the next 3 years.
Bonnie competed on the Ironwoman circuit for the next 8 years, as well as competing at State, Australian and World titles. In that time highlights include:
-Multiple Australian Open board relay and swim team gold
-Female Australian Open Double Ski gold 2011
-3rd Coolangatta Gold 2012
-2nd Kellogg’s Series round Coolum 2012
-State Open surf race gold 2011
-Australian Open Surf Race bronze 2011
-World Board Rescue gold 2008 & 2012
-Junior Australian team member
After a two year layoff, Bonnie decided to focus on ski paddling, after struggling to fit in the training required for Ironwoman racing around work as a dietitian. Since switching to ski paddling, highlights include:
-State Gold Open Female ski 2018
-Australian Bronze Open Female ski 2018
-Winner of Summer of Surf Female Ski series 2018
-Captaining QLD interstate team and winning female ski, taplin and mixed ski relay 2018
-5th Molokai to Oahu Female Ocean ski 2018
-7th ICF World Ocean Ski Championships 2019
