Clint Kimmins

Charge…swim…bike…run…repeat.
When one’s world gets thrown upside down, often folks play the blame-game, or just plain wallow. Yeah, that’s never been Clint Kimmins’ M.O., the hard-charging grom to follow Mick, Parko and Dingo’s generation on the Gold Coast in the mid-2000’s. A kid who was getting multiple magazine covers from his North Shore exploits, on his way to potentially qualifying…his path was accidentally waylaid. So whattya do when life gives you lemons? Clint made triathlons. Actually, he joined in on the paddle movement, doing seasons at Jaws and Mav’s WHILE becoming a professional triathlete. In this special episode of The Late Drop, Jamie and Clint articulate the similarities between triathlons and big wave surfing, and the mental fortitude it takes for the two.
 
 0:00: The recent 50-year swell in Sydney, Surfing Dead Mans, Cape Solander
 
11:58: Growing up on Gold Coast and surfing in school as a sport, Proving himself in big waves, First trip to Hawaii at 14, Getting mag covers on the North Shore, Ego in big waves
 
18:06: Life does a U-turn and Clint goes to prison, Begins his fitness routine, Gets through max security prison 
 
25:39: Got out of prison, Gets sponsored by Red Bull, Tries WQS, Began to train and do triathlons, Began swimming more
 
34:29: Going pro in triathlons, Iron Man triathlon, Going back to big wave surfing, How the training helps the surfing (physically/mentally), The similarities between the two disciplines 
 
46:03: Juggling big wave surfing and triathlons, Trying to qualify for BWWT, The business of big wave surfing
 
53:01: COVID messing up big wave travel, Surfing big waves at older ages, Running for mental health
  
1:02:44: Clint’s 5-to-Finish Questions

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