Robby Naish

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Robby Naish (left) & Bjørn Dunkerbeck at the Windsurf World Cup Sylt 2009
Robby Naish at the Windsurf World Cup Sylt 2006

Robert "Robby" Staunton Naish (born April 23, 1963 in La Jolla ) is an American surfer and multiple world champion in windsurfing .

Growing up in Kailua on the Hawaiian island of Oahu , Robby Naish began surfing at the age of eight before taking up stand-up sailing at the age of eleven. In 1976, at the age of 13, he won his first world championship title at the world championships in the Bahamas , making him the youngest world champion to date.

Life

Naish was born in the La Jolla neighborhood , north of downtown San Diego . His father Rick Naish was a surfer who rode the biggest waves known at the time in Waimea Bay as early as 1959 and was featured in the first issue of "surfer" magazine. Rick has three other children with Carol Naish. Robby Naish is married and has two daughters (* 1983 and * 2007).

With the sail number US-1111 he was a total of 24 windsurfing world champion. He is considered a pioneer of windsurfing and was instrumental in the development of shorter surfboards . Further innovations were the viewing window in the sail , the foot straps and the trapeze .

He later started kite surfing and became world champion in slalom in 1998, and world champion in slalom and jumping competition the following year. In this sport, too, he has significantly influenced the further development of the material. In 2001 Naish set a new world speed record in kite surfing with 70.37 km / h (38.4 knots) off Gran Canaria . After 16 years, Naish retired from professional sport in 2001 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) on November 5, 2002 together with Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer .

Robby Naish speaks very good German and is a member of the jury committee of the Laureus World Sports Awards .

After the windsurf board production had outgrown the "garage company" scale in 1979, Rick Naish founded Naish Hawaii Ltd. which initially only produced windsurf boards with Robby's know-how. In 1999 Robby Naish founded his first company "Naishsails". His companies now manufacture products and accessories for wind, kite, wing and stand up paddle surfing and are grouped under the Nalu Kai Incorporated .

In 2013 Naish, now 50 years old, who deliberately did not celebrate his milestone birthday, announced a short comeback on the professional tour on the sidelines of the 30th Windsurf World Cup Sylt . After a 12-year break in his home town of Maui, he started the Aloha Classic 2013 PWA Tour competition in Ho'okipa with a wildcard and reached a shared 17th place with a total of 32 participants. At the Aloha Classic 2014, Naish reached 7th place out of 29 participants after double elimination and in 2015 11th place out of 48 participants. In May 2016 Naish broke his pelvis while kitesurfing , but was able to take part in the Aloha Classic 2016 in November. With Jason Polakow he reached the shared 17th place out of 48 participants.

successes

  • World champion in windsurfing from 1976–1979 and 1983–1987 (before founding the PWA)
  • PWA-Wave World Champion in 1988, 1989 and 1991
  • 1998 and 1999 world champion in slalom kitesurfing
  • 1999 world champion in kitesurf jumping competition
  • 2001 world speed record in kitesurfing

Works

  • Robby Naish, Peter Brockhaus , Peter Naish: Windsurfing with Robby Naish with photos by Uli Seer . Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH, 1982.
  • Robby Naish, Peter Brockhaus, Ulli Seer: Windsurfing with Robby Naish . Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH, 1985, ISBN 978-3-7688-0364-9 .
  • Robby Naish, Ulli Seer: Robby Naish, superstar. Latest funboard riding technique . Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH, 1987, ISBN 978-3-7688-0484-4 .
  • Rip. , VHS, Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH
  • Powerlearning Windsurfing , DVD, Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH, 2009
  • Powerlearning Kiteboarding , DVD, Delius Klasing Vlg GmbH, 2009

Web links

Commons : Robby Naish  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Sailor Profile Robby Naish ( English ) Professional Windsurfers Association. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  2. ^ A b Robby Naish - Mr. Windsurfing ( English ) World of Windsurfing eV Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved on October 3, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b Naish History ( English ) Naish Hawaii Ltd .. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 3, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.naish.com
  4. ↑ a b biography , video interview with historical recordings, windsurfers.de (English)
  5. ↑ Robby Naish - Loard of the Board ( German ) Spox.com . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ Robby Naish, Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer are voted into the PWA Hall of Fame ( English ) Professional Windsurfers Association. November 5, 2002. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  7. ↑ Academy Members , Laureus World Sports Awards (English)
  8. ↑ Windsurfing will never die ( German ) Welt.de. September 23, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ Clash of the Titans! ( English ) Professional Windsurfers Association. October 23, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ Aloha Classic, Maui, event results ( English ) Professional Windsurfers Association. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ 2014 PWA Aloha Classic Results ( English ) Professional Windsurfers Association. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  12. ↑ 2015 PWA Aloha Classic Results ( English ) Professional Windsurfers Association . Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  13. ^ Pelvic fracture , Daily Dose, May 5, 2016
  14. ↑ 2016 PWA Aloha Classic Results ( English ) Professional Windsurfers Association . Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  15. ^ Robby Naish ( German ) Munzinger Archive . Retrieved October 21, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Naish, Robby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Naish, Robert Staunton; Naish, Robby (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American surfer and multiple world champion in windsurfing
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH La Jolla