Jany Maxwell
Tenerife, Canary Islands
Jany Maxwell
Tenerife, Canary Islands
I orginally come from London, United Kingdom. Born to a Spanish woman and English father. Father was a high military chief in British MoD. I grew up in the lovely Kent countryside with many animals as pets. Educated at University and went into the computer industry at a young age. As my careered developed, I became the youngest woman to head a corporate empire at Sun Microsystems. I built the UK Distribution from nothing to over 200 million pounds sterling in a few years with a large team. I then became a corporate consultant. After a severe illness i came back to the Canary Islands that i had visited as a child. I loved the freedom of the Islands and being close to the Ocean. I met my spearfishing Spanish husband here. We married and began my 14 years of living here. My husband taught me to spearfish early on in our marriage. His first gift to me was the film, The Big Blue. I became famous long before Facebook was even thought of for catching fish and particularly large Octopus. I believe I am possibly the only woman in the world who does it. I am now head of my own academy Extreme Blue. With 2 world record holders on the team we hope for future great successes. I am blessed with a lovely daughter and many friends. Both personal and those I have met in the freediving and spearing community throughout the world. I guess you could say im the Madonna of womens spearfising. Certainly older than other ladies (of which we are few) but not past it yet. I love to teach and my deep passion is teaching children. I am also a keen Eco campaigner for Ocean marine species. And belong to many well known organisations. I work hard on these projects as I wish our future generations of children can enjoy what I have, wildlife in its natural habitat. I can be found on facebook and so can Extreme Blue