PROGRESSIVE THINKING WITH SLINGSHOT’S
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WYATT
MILLER
WORDS: WSUK
PHOTOS: WYATT MILLER, CHRISTOPHER CURRAN AND
ZAIRA VALERIO
WYATT MILLER IS CURRENTLY GRABBING ATTENTION
ACROSS VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WITH
HIS FUTURISTIC WINDFOILING E XPLOITS. An
accomplished windsurfer, in standard mode, as well
as foiler WM has just taken on a new role heading
up the windsurfing department for the brand. We
caught up with Wyatt to get the goss.
Firstly give us a brief background on your
windsurfing life to date.
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and started windsurfing with my
dad around the age of 11. I started teaching windsurfing summer camps
when I was 16 and got my first sponsors when I was in college at age 20.
Nowadays, I split my time between my windsurf resort (Pro-Windsurf La
Ventana http://prowindsurflaventana.com/) in La Ventana (Baja California
Sur, Mexico) and Hood River, Oregon (The Gorge).
I have been on most of the freestyle podiums in the USA for the last
decade. I started windfoiling four seasons ago and just last month I became
the brand manager for Slingshot windsurfing
(http://www.slingshotsports.com/slingshot-windsurf).
Where do you base yourself now and why?
I have a windsurf resort in La Ventana, Baja California Sur Mexico. The wind
is super consistent from November to April. There are not really any other
places in North America with mid-winter windy seasons and it’s only a
three-hour flight from most of the west coast, so it’s a great destination.
I spend the summers in Hood River, the conditions are absolutely amazing
and a lot of the North American windsurf industry is based up there.
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