Hobie Asia Pacific is happy to announce that we have begun assembling the identically rigged Hobie Pro Angler 14’s with MirageDrive 180 for the Hobie Fishing Worlds 8, Gold Coast Australia. The boats are being rigged with a Lowrance HOOK2 7” Triple Transducer fish finder which will allow anglers to […]
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The Gold Coast is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Australia featuring amazing attractions, entertainment and natural wonders. It’s famed for its long sandy beaches, world class surf breaks and elaborate system of inland canals and waterways. The area, has a permanent residential population close to 600,000, and […]
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Matthew Vann – United States of America Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA Matthew Vann is a native Floridian who was born and raised in Pensacola. The loving husband and proud father of five sons, grew up fishing with his dad for bass, bluegill and catfish in the rivers and swamps […]
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Ron Champion – United States of America Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA Ron Champion from Richmond Hill in Georgia, USA, is a seasoned Bass fishing, tournament angler, with almost 30 years of competitive fishing experience. Coming over to kayak fishing from bass boats, it did not take Champion long […]
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Felix Frey – Sweden Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA Felix Frey from Linköping, Östergötland in Sweden is a 23-year-old angler with a huge future ahead of him. At such a young age he has already accumulated a wealth of kayak fishing tournament accolades, including representing his country on home […]
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Eric Harrison – United States of America Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA Eric Harrison is a 56-year-old hardcore, kayak angler from Arlington in Massachusetts, USA. He has been fishing from Hobie kayaks for the last 13 years. Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 (HFW8) in Queensland, Australia, will be his second […]
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Lars Lundberg – Sweden Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA Lars Lundberg is a 53-year-old angler from Vallentuna in the Stockholm County of Sweden. With Lake Mälaren on his doorstep and the Stockholm Archipelago “just around the corner”, he does a lot of fishing in both freshwater and saltwater. Lundberg, […]
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Mark Young – Australia Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA 31 year old, family man, Mark Young is from Kincumber on the central coast of New South Wales, in Australia. He will be competing in his second world championship after an exciting time on the waters of Lake Vanern, in […]
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Miguel Garrido – Spain Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA 47-year-old Miguel Garrido from Ronda, Malaga, in Spain is representing his country for the third time at a world championship, after competing in Leeville County in Louisiana, USA in 2016 and Amal, Sweden in 2018. Garrido, an avid bass fisherman […]
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Nate Gloria – United States of America Hobie Fishing Worlds 8 – Facebook.com/IHFWA Nate Gloria is a 27-year-old bass angler from Omaha, Nabraska in the USA, who is representing the United States for the first time at a world championship. Gloria is a member of the Hobie Fishing Team in […]
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