Name: Adam Rodriguez

Birthday: 12/16/1980

Home: San Francisco, CA

Favorite Shred Ready helmet and color: Yellow Shaggy (but the new wood ones look sick!)

What movies/books/comics/TV shows, etc are you into right now? I read National Geographic religiously. For TV, I’m a sucker for any episode of Top Gear and anything involving Jamie Oliver.

What are you listening to these days? Ben Folds, Linkin Park, Jack Johnson…pretty much all over the map.

What was the best concert you attended? The Islands and Tainted Love

What sports do you enjoy watching or participating in besides your main sport? What? Why would I do anything other than kiteboard? I guess I rock climb and surf to cross-train.

What’s the most fun you’ve ever had while participating in your sport? Jericoacoara.. It’s heaven.

What’s the best trip you’ve ever been on? Again, Jericoacoara. Once you’ve been, you’ll understand.

What goals are you working towards right now? Kite goals? Mobes, Surf style, Sliders….Life Goals? I want to take an epic life-changing trip.

What advice do you have for other people coming up in your sport? Ask questions and be humble. Everyone has to pay their dues, so don’t go into it expecting to be a rock star.

One sentence that describes your life:
Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened, Into the rose-garden.

Duran Duran, Tear for Fears, Hall and Oates, or Cindy Lauper? Why? Yes please.

Why are athlete bios always so lame? Because I’m going to look back on this in a year and realize none of my answers are the same.