Robby Naish

Robby Naish is, to me, less an athlete than a founding myth of board sports. Winning a windsurfing world title at thirteen is the kind of detail that sounds invented, yet he backed it up with twenty-four championships and a hand in pioneering both kiteboarding and standup paddleboarding. What impresses me most is not the dominance but the restlessness behind it: he kept inventing new ways to ride wind and water rather than resting on past glory. A life spent chasing the next horizon, fully committed to the ocean, is exactly the kind of single-minded devotion I find genuinely inspiring.

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Name (English)

Robby Naish

Name (Japanese)

ロビー・ナッシュ

Reading

ろびー・なっしゅ

Born

April 23, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

La Jolla, California, United States

Occupation

kitesurfer / windsurfer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby%20Naish
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722381

Tags

• California
• kitesurfer
• windsurfer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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