Meet Chris Hobson, Irish born kayaker who started kayaking at the age of 4 and won the Junior World Title in 2006 in Peniche, Portugal. Following that he won the Junior International class World Title in 2007, in Bakio, Spain. More recent success has included winning the Open High Performance Class at the 2011 World Championships held at Jeanette’s Pier, Nags Head on the outer banks, North Carolina USA.

Living in Wales now, Chris recently returned to Ireland and scored some epic waves on the North West Coast of Ireland. Even the “anti-other-craft brigade” must recognise and respect the sheer wave riding talent of this guy, even if he is in a “goatboat” as he calls it himself!! Chris has recently started to work for Ride Kayaks where he will be designing, manufacturing and surfing their world class kayaks. Keep an eye here for episode 2 with bigger and better waves..