Robert Kidnie

Name: Robert Kidnie
Nickname: Rob
Date and place of birth: Adelaide, Australia 24/05/1975
Home: Sydney, Australia and Mui Ne, Vietnam
Education: studied accounting at university
Kiteboarding since: 2004
Why kiteboarding: natural extension to surfing
CARVED/CORE since: 2008
Preferred Core kites: 7m GTS
Preferred Carved board(s) (size): 6'0", 132 Imperator
Passions: surfing, mountain biking, yoga
Favourite spot(s): Vietnam, Australia, Peru, Indonesia
Best day possible: getting tubed with my surfboard in the morning and with my kite in the afternoon
Best vacation: Peru
Favourite music: Anything not too commercial. I like to listen to "triplej", an Australian radio station, to give me a taste of home.
Favourite food: rice and fish
My ride: Crappy motorbike, but with lots of CORE stickers.
Past injuries: dislocated shoulders from mountain biking
Injuries I’m going for next year: sun burn
Highlights of my career: Getting to travel so much.
The future: Travel to more world class kite and surf spots.
My dream: Clean the oceans of the world from plastic.
Personal madness: Paddling down the Mekong river from Cambodia to the East Sea
Quote: Be like Ghandi.
Other ventures: Kite-n-Surf.com Kiteschool in Mui Ne, Vietnam
Contact Rob via rob@corenation.net