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Pete Cabrinha

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Pete Cabrinha is an American big-wave surfer and windsurfer and kitesurfer.[1][2][3] He is the founder of Cabrinha Kites, a brand which is distributed by the Neil Pryde group. The company specializes in the manufacture of bow kites and kiteboards.[4][5] Cabrinha appears in the 1998 Zalman King film In God’s Hands.

References

  1. ^ "When The Surf's Way Up". CNN. July 12, 2004.
  2. ^ "Pete Cabrinha profile". Kiter.com. 2004.
  3. ^ Michael Perry (September 19, 2006). "Surfers chase 30m waves". Hawaiian Pete Cabrinha holds the title for the biggest wave ever ridden – a monster Jaws wave measuring 70 feet (21m) which broke on a reef off the Hawaiian island of Maui in 2004.
  4. ^ Stacie Stukin (September 3, 2001). "He's Taking a Wing Above the Waves". TIME.
  5. ^ Cabrinha kites