Robby Naish

{{short description|American athlete and entrepreneur (born 1963)}}

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| birth_place = La Jolla, California

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| years_active = 1974-Present

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| height = 5’10”

| weight = 175 lbs

| spouse = Bitsy Kelley (m. 1981, div. 1987), Kathryn Lipp (m. 1991; div. 2019)

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| sport = Windsurfing, Kiteboarding, Stand-up Paddling, Foiling, Wing-Surfing{{cite web|url=https://www.sailingworld.com/story/racing/rise-of-wing-sailing/|title=The Rise of Wing Sailing|date=September 8, 2020|first=Chris |last=Museler|work=Sailing World}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/87e259cc-36b0-4583-b3b4-dfea0883eb41|work=Financial Times|title=The only way is up: the irresistible rise of wing foiling|first=Chris|last=Clothier|date=June 18, 2021}}

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Robert Staunton Naish (born April 23, 1963 in La Jolla, San Diego, California) is an American athlete and entrepreneur who has won 24 World Championship Windsurfing titles.{{cite web|url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/240325/Robby-Naish-The-Longest-Wave|title=Robby Naish - The Longest Wave|work=Sail World|date=August 6, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/robby-naish-the-ultimate-windsurfer-and-water-sports-icon|title=Robby Naish: the ultimate windsurfer and water sports icon|website=Surfertoday|date=September 13, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/a-short-history-of-the-pwa-world-tour|title=A short history of the PWA World Tour|website=Surfertoday}} He is also considered a pioneer of kiteboarding and standup paddleboarding.

In 1976, Naish won his first world championship in windsurfing at age 13 in the Bahamas.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/23/sport/robby-naish-windsurfing-hawaii-spt/index.html|title=How Robby Naish conquered the waves and became an icon|first1=Danielle |last1=Rossingh |first2=Shirley |last2=Robertson|work=CNN|date=April 23, 2018}} Since then, he has been featured in films, videos, news reports, and articles. In 1996, Naish founded Naish Sails Hawaii, which manufactures and sells sailboards, sails, kitesurfing equipment, stand up paddle boards and paddles, hydrofoils, foilboards, and wing-surfers. In 2023 the Naish board business was sold to Kubus Sports.{{Cite web|url=https://www.surf-magazin.de/en/windsurfing/scene-and-events/robby-has-sold-kubus-sports-takes-over-naish/|title=Robby has sold: Kubus Sports takes over Naish|first=Tobias|last=Frauen|website=Europas größtes Windsurf-Magazin}}