Kai with his a few boards from his quiver.

This week Nick chats with three time World Champion stand up paddler Kai Lenny.

Kai is a down to earth guy despite growing up at the centre of the surfing world at his home in Hawaii. All the greats, Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama and Robby Naish would stop by his house on a Friday for a barbecue with his dad. One day (when he was 16 years old) they invited him to foil surf at Jaws.

He’s paddled Molokai seven times, won three stand up paddle world titles, surfed Jaws when it’s huge and is right up there with the best, at whatever water sport he is taking part in.

Kai talks about his training, his mentors and the attention given to his confrontation with Connor Baxter at the BOP 2014

The wonderful thing about talking with Kai Lenny is that he is clearly grateful for what he has achieved and is proud to share the love of his sport with whoever he meets. It’s also great to see him taking time out to meeting and inspire the local kids wherever he paddles.

Kai Lenny has created the Positively Kai Foundation which promotes ocean safety and youth development education. It’s a great commitment to the community with an objective to set up training clinics to introduce kids to water sports wherever they are.

The chat ended early due to some Skype problems, but we hope you’ll enjoy listening to one of the sport’s top talents, because we really enjoyed talking to him

Listen to Kai Lenny

Kai Lenny video

We talked briefly about his time surfing Jaws. This video takes you with him as he glides down the face of one of the world’s most powerful forces.

Kai Lenny photos

Kai Lenny Notes and Resources

• Positively Kai his own site and foundation : http://www.positivelykai.com/
• Kai Lenny on Twitter https://twitter.com/Kai_Lenny/
• Kai’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/kai.lenny
• Kai Lenny’s YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/kaiwatermanlenny/videos
• Team Rider for Naish http://www.naishsurfing.com/kai-lenny/

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