PROFILE GLYNN JUNG

I'm a mad keen sailor and surf photographer too. I only live apare time, he tells Catherine Toole, he prefers to surf the waves rather than the Net quarter of an hour from the surf beaches in Dorset and I own a couple of high-speed dinghies which I sail single-handed. One weighs 50 kilos and you can make it take off over the waves on the Solent. The other is only 16ft long and the shape of a pencil, so you sail it standing on the edge of the boat, with your toes on the edge of the deck attached by a wire, called a trapeze. When you hit a wave you fly up to the top of the mast. It's lush this time of year, in the brilliant autumn sunshine, blasting off the waves ...

I got my first boat in 1955. I've always lived by the sea and I had this little rowing boat which I wasn't allowed to sail on my own so I used to sneak off when my dad wasn't around and go fishing. I've been hooked ever since. There's nothing like blasting along the Solent in force 5/6 winds and really big waves. It's fear and exhilaration together. I've only had one serious accident, 18 months ago when I was trapezing along, three miles offshore and I got caught in some submerged lines. The current was flowing so fast that I ploughed into them and the boat got all tangled up. Luckily I was tied on but I was an idiot to go out in those conditions and I don't go out alone any more, I always go out with a 'buddie'.

My son is a sponsored surfer, which is what first got me into surf photography.

My idea of an ideal January weekend is when my son (pictured below) and I get up at 5am and drive to a small secret spot in Cornwall and there'll be just us and the seals. He goes surfing and I take pictures with my waterproof cameras. Usually the water is a gorgeous, deep blue and I'll try and get a shot right inside the barrel of a wave.

I'm lucky to work for an outfit that accepts mavericks. Our products are serious and the SAP business is serious but there's no reason why work shouldn't be a laugh, is there? Work is really important to me but I like the idea that in 20 minutes I can be rigged and out on the water, away from the telephones, fax and computer.

I think the biggest risk in this business is overworking. In sales, sometimes it's not easy to show that you're using your time productively and some people are not confident that their contribution will be recognised, so they overwork to prove they are pulling their weight. I think that one of the benefits of being older is that I no longer feel I have to do that.

I started at 6.30am this morning and I'll have no qualms about going down to the beach this afternoon and then starting again in the evening. In the meantime, I'm lucky that I have such an absorbing hobby; really, it's pure unadulterated delight!