Welcome to Road Trippin’ with Andy Yates. A series about where kiteboarding can take you.
In episode one, I travel to North Queensland to meet up with Andy Yates and we begin our adventure down the coast, kicking off in Port Douglas. Andy was the 2010 PKRA World Champion and is still not only an incredible kiteboarder and amazing athlete, but a super down-to-Earth guy willing to step outside his comfort zone to experience something different. He’s studying medicine, with a focus on tropical and indigenous medice, a fact that we explore a bit more as the series goes on.
The weather teased us a bit in the first couple of days but we managed to pull it together for a great session out on the reef!
Much of our year is spent chasing different air waves and staying close to home on Maui’s north shore. A few times a year the crew decides to battle the crowds and surf Maui’s most iconic wave, Honolulu Bay. It seems like its been a few years since we’ve had a proper Bay swell, but even on an average swell she provides the goods.
Surfers: Kai Barger / Tanner Hendrickson / Albee Layer
Put some stoked guys on a mountain with snow in the summer and you’ll get this.
Riders: Sondre Dørum, Markus Rustad, Markus Storsveen, Daniel Bø and Henning Andresen