Name: Andy Yates

Country: Australia

Nickname: Andy

Date of Birth: 03-10-1990

Height: 176cm

Weight: 65kg

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What's your riding style?   Freestyle

Where do you call home?   Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

What's your local spot?   Caloundra Rivermouth, Sunshine Coast

How about your favorite spot?   Caloundra Rivermouth, Sunshine Coast

And your favorite food?    Anything home cooked with fresh fruit and vegetables  

Tell us about your quiver?     I am currently riding and loving the Slingshot Fuels

Any contest results we should know about?    1^st Coconet Classic Tannum Sands, 2007

                                                                      1^st Australian Waveriding Titles, 2007

                                                                      1^st Vanuatu Imere Mele kite challenge, 2007

What is your favorite riding trick?    Frontmobe off a nice wave kicker

What about sponsors?    Slingshot, Mystic

What's on your iPod?   I don’t have one………..

So what do you do when you're not kiteboarding?   Either ride my bicycle down to the beach to check the wind or drive to check the wind at the local spots. I also enjoy jamming with my guitar/piano/bass with other kiters who also enjoy music.

Who inspires you?  My uncle Rob who got me into the sport and anyone else who has fun and rides with power

Any parting words of wisdom?   No one can do every trick in every aspect of kiteboarding, that’s why the fun and the progression never ends.

What your goals in the sport?  To keep enjoying kiting as much as I am now and to achieve some good results on the PKRA, meeting heaps of people along the way.