My little sister lost two friends to suicide when she was in Year 12, and I was like ‘why is this happening? We need to do something about this’.

I’ve lost an uncle to suicide and my dad used to suffer from depression, and it’s been really close to my heart forever, and so I thought, ‘you know what? It’s time for me to do something’.

I recently started my business called ‘The Good Human Factory’, and I’ve just done my first talk at a high school about mental health, my story and the tactics I’ve learnt from Surfing Australia and the coaches there. It was really cool. The response was great.

Just being an athlete there’s so much pressure and so much expectation. I’ve definitely had some very dark times when I’ve lost sponsorship and felt like nothing was going my way, but in recent years I’ve tried to look at everything as an opportunity rather than a threat.

I think athletes and influencers have a bit of a responsibility to share their stories and show other people that it’s not all perfect. I’ve got family and friends who have quite a big social media pull, so I feel like I’ve got a platform to do it, I’ve got this burning desire, so I’m like ‘why not act on it?’.