Name: Tim Kummerfeld
Nickname: Hulk, Spongebob
Date and place of birth: Hamburg, Germany, 26th of April 1990
Home: Flensburg, Germany
Education: studying energy and environment management in Flensburg
Kiteboarding since: 2003
Why kiteboarding: It's the definition of freedom for me.
Inspired by: loads of kite and wakeboard videos
CARVED/CORE since: 2008
Preferred Core kites: GTS 12sqm and 9sqm
Preferred Carved board(s) (size): Carved Tantrum Custom 137x42 with Bindings
Other sports: Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Wakeboarding
Passions: frying a steak in the pan!
Strong: selfdisciplined
Weak: ice cream
Favourite spot(s): St. Peter-Ording for life!
Best day possible: 18 knots SW and sunshine at the south beach in St. peter-Ording with all my friends
Best vacation: 2 months exploring Western Australia in a campervan 2010
Favourite music: electronic music, hiphop, indie
Favourite food: a pretty rare steak with fried potatoes and green beans with ham
My ride: VW T4
Past injuries: torn ACL in 2007
Injuries I’m going for next year:
Highlights of my career: German champion junior's division 2008, 3rd german championships men's division 2011
The future: finishing my bachelor degree in Perth, WA and hopefully kiting a lot over there
My dream: personal "Kite Island" with flatwater, perfect waves and a huge slider park
Quote: "Aalright!"
Contact Tim via tim@corenation.net
Life is a journey. Kiteboarding has taken us to the best spots on the planet and allowed us to get to know the local kiters from all corners of the globe. At the same time we have been able to delve into the technology behind the products that we use on a daily basis and catch a glimpse behind the scenes of the kite industry. There are many interesting characters behind the products and it became clear to us, that CORE is not only made up of a team from the Fehmarn Island but instead is made up of people from the world’s beaches. Therefore we became a part of something much bigger.
The idea behind our web-experiment CoreNation is to allow us to share our experiences with you. We want to take you with us on our journeys and share our adventures, experiences and our daily work with you. Enjoy!
