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  • INTERVIEWED BY:

    Yankee Kiwis

  • INTERVIEW LOCATION:

    Ashburton, Canterbury New Zealand

  • AIRED ON:

    Public Television: Season Six

  • ON DVD:

    Roadtrip Nation: Season Six

PETER LYNN

Kitemaker/Engineer/Inventor
Peter Lynn Kites

“I always knew I was going to change the world somehow, you know. You have the arrogance of youth I think.”

INTERESTS:

Design Engineering

THEMES DISCUSSED:

Dedication Failure Family Perseverance Simplicity Support & Encouragement

TAGS:

change the world, making a living, small niche, youth

BIOGRAPHY:

Peter Lynn loved creating and designing, and became transfixed by the magic of kites. He began engineering and building kites in 1971. Some of his largest kites have won Guinness World Records. He is the inventor of the kite buggy and credited with inventing the sport of kiteboarding.