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Nick Vindin (born 26 November 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian television and radio presenter from Sydney.
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Nick Vindin (born 26 November 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian television and radio presenter from Sydney.
Vindin is best known for his role as host of the popular cycling travelogue "The Scenic Cyclist" [1] which has aired on SBS TV since 2015 and has seen Nick ride the roads of Italy, [2] Spain, Peru, Bolivia and the United States.
In 2015 Vindin covered the Tour of Spain in Europe and that same year also anchored the network's coverage of the Tour of California from on location, again taking on a series of 10 rides around California in an online feature called California Cruising [3]
Vindin has been a regular on SBS TV working as a sports reporter for their flagship news program SBS World News since 2009. [4] In his capacity as a sports anchor Vindin has covered some of the major sporting events to a national audience live from the field. Formula One has always been a keen area of interest and Vindin has pulled off some big interviews for the network chatting with world champion Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Daniel Ricciardo, Susie Wolff, Kevin Magnussen, Jolyon Palmer, Romain Grosjean, Pastor Maldonado and Sergio Pérez – all of which ran on prime time TV on SBS in Australia. [5]
He has also filled in for SBS TV's veteran Cycling Host Mike Tomalaris to anchor the weekly World of Cycling program [6] during the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia. [7]
Ever keen to demonstrate his willingness to take on a challenge, in 2014 Vindin cycled 1,000 kilometres on a bike from La Paz in Bolivia to Cusco in Peru. Documenting the Andean adventure and the altitude sickness alike in a web series called "Two on 2 do Peru" on the networks's Cycling Central platform. [8]
Vindin has also read the main news and presented the sport for SBS TV's NITV News in the absence of their regular presenters.
Prior to working at SBS World News Vindin began his career in journalism working with Fox Sports News (Australia) and at Fox Reality Channel in the United States. [9]
Since 2012 Vindin has been working as a travel correspondent for Smooth. [10]
Vindin has a colourful history with the infamous Sydney to Hobart yacht race. In 2010 Nick was doing a live cross at the start of the race on board a media boat and was hit by one of the favourites Wild Thing. [11]
In 2013 he made a mends competing in the race on board yacht Southern Excellence II – which went on to finish 12th over the line. Nick was also reporting for SBS from on board the entrant. [12]
The following year he also secured a spot on board American supermaxi Rio 100 [13] which, after more than sixty hours of racing, was narrowly beaten into third place by home favourite Ragamuffin. [14] Vindin again broadcast for SBS while racing his way into fourth position over the line. [15] In 2015 he again reunited with the Rio100 crew to sail in the SoCal300 yacht race, [16] a regatta the crew went on to win and set a new line honours record.
Vindin maintains his Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race feel good point was in 2015 when he joined [17] world renowned mariner Giovanni Soldini aboard Maserati to claim a second fourth-place finish on line honours in a race which saw a third of the fleet, including defending champion Wild Oats XI retire due to boat breaking conditions. [18]
Vindin is the founding chairman of breast cancer fundraising initiative Concert for the Cure. He started the charity after losing his mother to breast cancer at the age of 15.
Concert for the Cure has held fundraisers with some of the biggest names in Australian music including Powderfinger and Jet and won an ASTRA Awards in 2008 for the Most Outstanding Music Program or Coverage – MAX Sessions: Powderfinger, Concert for the Cure (MAX).
In 2014 Nick was crowned a "Witchery Man" of style and substance, Australia's preeminent Hair & Style awards. [19] That same year he was presented with the Woollahra Council Award [20] for the Most Innovative Cultural/Arts Initiative.
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales, on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles (1,170 km). The race is run in conjunction with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and is widely considered to be one of the most difficult yacht races in the world.
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) was established in 1944 in Darling Point, inner-east Sydney. The club is known as one of Australia's premier yacht clubs, and is acknowledged as one of the leaders in ocean racing in the country. The club hosts the annual Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
The 1945 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the inaugural running of the annual "blue water classic", the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.
The 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 64th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The 2008 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at 1pm on Boxing Day, before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. This marked the 10 year anniversary of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, during which 6 sailors died due to a major storm.
Wild Oats XI is a maxi yacht, most famous for being the former race record holder and a nine-times line honours winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Launched in 2005, she was owned by Bob Oatley and skippered by New South Wales Mark Richards, who founded Palm Beach Yachts Australia.
The 2005 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 61st annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. The 2005 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1:20pm on Boxing Day, before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
The 2003 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 59th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.It began at Sydney Harbour, at 1pm on Boxing Day, before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
The 2011 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 67th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The 2011 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
The 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, is the 69th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The 2013 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
Swedish Match is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht that competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race.
The 2014 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 70th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The 2014 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
The 2015 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 71st annual running of the "blue water classic." The 2015 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. There were 108 starters; 77 finished.
Australian Yachtsman of the Year Award was created in 1962 by Max Press, OAM, the then Commodore of the Parkdale Yacht Club in Melbourne. The club was launching an appeal to build its new clubhouse on Port Phillip Bay foreshore at Parkdale and to hold an annual Ball at the Springvale Town Hall. To further the attendances, Max Press approached Ampol, the Australian petroleum company and a supporter of sailing through its part sponsorship of the 1962 Australian bid for the America's Cup with the 12-metre yacht, Gretel launched by the syndicate head, Sir Frank Packer. Ampol supported this award for many years, which recognises the outstanding achievements of leading Australian yachtsmen and women.
The 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 72nd annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. 88 vessels started.
Perpetual LOYAL is a maxi yacht. She won the 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race skippered by Tom Slingsby and is owned by Anthony Bell.
The 2017 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 73rd annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and sponsored by Rolex, it began at Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2017, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) via the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
Mark Richards is an Australian sailor and boatbuilder, known for his achievements as the long-time skipper of Wild Oats XI, 9 times line honours winner of the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht race.
The 2018 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 74th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and sponsored by Rolex, it began at Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2018, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) via the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. This race marked the 20 year anniversary of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, when 6 sailors died due to severe weather.
The 2021 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 76th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, hosted by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and sponsored by Rolex. It began on Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2021, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) via the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
Lindsay Bruce MayOAM is an Australian sailor, known for his achievements in offshore yacht racing including 3 Overall Wins & 1 Line Honours win in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as well as holding the record for the most consecutive races sailed.
