Cynthia 'CYNBAD' Brown - Ambassador of Adrenaline

What we talk about

• Where the Cynbad nickname came from, and being taught to surf by Laird Hamilton
• Terrifying early kiteboarding with a stunt kite and hot launches
• A 2002 attempt at kiting an aluminium air chair foil, ending in tangled lines
• Moving to Maui and why so many new ideas start there
• Buying a model rocket parachute and using it to downwind before parawings existed
• Her first parawing session at Hood River and why kite experience helps
• Why Hood River is so easy to learn downwinding in
• Winging the Hawaii downwind races, Mike's Lab and Armstrong foils, and Room 101

About this episode

Please welcome Cynthia ‘Cynbad’ Brown onto the podcast. We got to sit down and chat with Cynthia while she was over from Hawaii and working on the Ozone stand at the AWSI show. She is an absolute whirlwind of a character, a legend in our sports, and has stories to keep us all listening for hours.

Competing in windsurfing in the 80’s through to pioneering hobby parachute downwinding now, she’s been a part of it all. The random fact that Laird Hamilton taught her to surf should say it all - you’re going to enjoy this one, even if you’ve not come across Cynthia before.

Our AWSI trip was funded by donations, we've got a stack of great episodes coming as a result and we'll need your sport to keep similar things coming in the future!

Check out Cynthia: @cynthiacynbadbrown