Nikolas Plytas
{{Short description|Greek water sports athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| full_name = Nikolas Plytas
| nationality = Greek
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|7|30}}
| birth_place = Athens, Greece
| occupation = Professional Water Sports Athlete{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/results#!edition=4&category=418&country=0|title=Result history of The World Games | IWGA|website=www.theworldgames.org}}
| country = Greece
| sport = Water Skiing
| worlds =
| medaltemplates =
}}
Nikolas Plytas (born 30 July 1995) is a professional water sports athlete. He started his career as a water skier but is known for his participation in different water sports such as wakeboarding, surfing, wing foiling, foilboarding and snowboarding.{{Cite news |title=Waterskier Nikolas Plytas unveils slick tricks on snow |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/wakeboarding/waterskier-nikolas-plytas-unveils-slick-tricks-on-snow |access-date=2023-04-18}} His latest project was the “Water on the moon” video on Milos island, which he co-directed and starred in.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-19 |title=Nikolas Plytas, l'uomo venuto dalla Luna |url=https://www.gqitalia.it/sport/article/nikolas-plytas-sport-estremi-intervista |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=GQ Italia |language=it-IT}}
Biography
Nikolas grew up in Athens, Greece, and started waterskiing in 2006.{{Cite news |title=Nikolas Plytas goes extreme wakeboarding in Milos |work=Surfer Today |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/wakeboarding/nikolas-plytas-goes-extreme-wakeboarding-in-milos}}
In 2014, On the International Day of Peace, Nikolas created a peace sign in the circular lake Komiti in Vonitsa. "This day is very important. Especially in the times we live in, all I wish is for the world to live in peace, to respect fellow human beings and nature".{{Cite web |date=2018-09-21 |title=Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Ειρήνης: Ο Νικόλας Πλυτάς "σχηματίζει" στο νερό το σήμα της Ειρήνης |url=https://www.protothema.gr/sports/article/823017/pagosmia-imera-eirinis-o-nikolas-plutas-shimatizei-sto-nero-to-sima-tis-eirinis/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=ProtoThema |language=el}}
In 2017, Nikolas did a wakeboarding show at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the show gathered more than 10.000 people.{{Citation |title=Wakeboarding show by Nikolas Plytas at Stavros Niarchos Foundation. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GhCZqh3cRo |language=en |access-date=2022-11-24}}
In June 2020, Plytas organised an event together with the energy drink brand Red Bull called “Nikolas Plytas Playground” where he charted 8 sailing boats and invited 10 athletes for a wakeboard competition. Nikolas didn't compete himself.{{Cite web |url=https://www.redbull.com/gr-el/projects/nikolas-plytas-playground |title=Τop στιγμές του "Nikolas Plytas' Playground"!|access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.redbull.com|language=el}}
On 5 March 2021, Plytas co-directed and starred in the H20 Project where Nikolas went snowboarding from snow to water.{{Cite web |title=Waterskier Nikolas Plytas unveils slick tricks on snow |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/wakeboarding/waterskier-nikolas-plytas-unveils-slick-tricks-on-snow |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Surfer Today |language=en}}
In 2021, Nikolas co-directed and starred in the “Water on the Moon”- a collaboration project between Prada and Red Bull. Together with the America's Cup Sailing Team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, Nikolas created a special made board because it had to traverse both water and solid ground during shooting.
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