PATRICK LINFORS

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Patrick

  • Castaways nickname: Tire Iron (Chin, Pank, Captain, Skipper)

  • Years Paddled: 2000-The Epiphany; 2001-The Misspelled Tour; 2002-Gone Fishing Tour; 2003-Evolution Tour; 2004-The Salty Dog Tour; 2005-For the Dutchman; 2006-Seven Year Itch Tour; 2007-Die Another Day Tour; 2008-Whole Nine Yards Tour; 2009-Blood, Sweat and Ten Years Tour; 2010-Ocean's 11 Tour; 2011-The Dirty Dozen Tour; 2012-Come Hell or High Water Tour; 2013-Trip Around the Sun Tour; 2014-Don't Stop the Carnival Tour; 2015-East of Midnight Tour; 2016-Proof of Life Tour; 2017-Just Breathe Tour; 2018-Under the Bridge Tour; 2019-No Surrender Tour; 2020-20/20 Perfect Vision Tour; 2021-BlackJack Tour; 2022-Carry On Tour; 2023-Ridiculous Stunt Tour; 2024-Here Comes the Sun Tour

  • Team Role/Function: Consigliere

  • How did you become a Castaway? OB invited me to be the 4th-Beatle before the first mission

  • Why are you a Castaway? Cancer is a scourge. For the people who battle, and their loved ones. We are paddling to raise critically needed dollars for critically needed research. I will do so as long as I am able.

  • What is your "essential gear" to be a good Castaway? Shaft (a wooden fish-head that started its life as the front of a mailbox and has been a totem on every Castaways trip), multiple IceMules, and tennis balls

  • Conch Republic Navy Rank: Commander of the Northern Flotilla

  • Favorite Castaways moment: All of them - from 2000's Turkey Point Tourniquet - to 2018's Toilet Seat Row Family-Vacation-Ender.

  • Favorite Castaways quote: "It's the mystery of kayaking. When you're on the land, you want to be on the water. When you're on the water, you want to get to land." ~OB
    "I'm going to dedicate the rest of my life to building a time machine, so I can go back to 1998 and punch you in the mouth." ~ Bob to OB

  • My Family: Proud husband to Patty. Proud father to Christopher and Jason. Proud dog dad to Ruby.

  • Where are you from? What used to be known as Perrine, FL

  • Where'd you go to high school? CCHS Class of 94

  • Where'd you go to College/Grad School? Florida International University - Journalism Degree

  • Where do you work and what's your role there? Proud non-profit executive with Scouting America having served in central Florida, north Florida, and southern New Jersey.

  • Favorite music/artists: Top-10: Springsteen, Buffett, Petty, DMB, U2, Counting Crows, BNL, 3EB, Joel, Ben Folds

  • Favorite movies/genre: All the great ones we quote on the water. "Would you like some more beans, Mr. Taggart?"

  • Favorite books: Near a kayak trip? The latest from Hiaasen, Lehane or Meltzer.

  • Personal Fun Fact: Was tear-gassed in Little Havana the day Elian Gonzalez was removed.  Have interviewed Bill Clinton, Steven Van Zandt, and Robert Duvall, among others. The first date with my wife, the date I proposed, and the date we got married are all the same dates. (not the same year)

  • How have I helped carry out the CAC mission of funding cancer research and honoring those who have fought the fight? Picking up the paddle, not putting it down, and inviting others to help.