Nikolas Plytas

Greek water sports athlete

Nikolas Plytas

Personal information

Full name| Nikolas Plytas
Nationality| Greek
Born|  (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29)
Athens, Greece
Occupation| Professional Water Sports Athlete[1]
Sport
Country| Greece
Sport| Water Skiing

Nikolas Plytas (born 30 July 1995) is a professional water sports athlete. He started his career as a water skier but is known for his participation in different water sports such as wakeboarding, surfing, wing foiling, foilboarding and snowboarding.[2] His latest project was the “Water on the moon” video on Milos island, which he co-directed and starred in.[3]

## Biography

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Nikolas grew up in Athens, Greece, and started waterskiing in 2006.[4]

In 2014, On the International Day of Peace, Nikolas created a peace sign in the circular lake Komiti in Vonitsa. "This day is very important. Especially in the times we live in, all I wish is for the world to live in peace, to respect fellow human beings and nature".[5]

In 2017, Nikolas did a wakeboarding show at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the show gathered more than 10.000 people.[6]

In June 2020, Plytas organised an event together with the energy drink brand Red Bull called “Nikolas Plytas Playground” where he charted 8 sailing boats and invited 10 athletes for a wakeboard competition. Nikolas didn't compete himself.[7]

On 5 March 2021, Plytas co-directed and starred in the H20 Project where Nikolas went snowboarding from snow to water.[8]

In 2021, Nikolas co-directed and starred in the “Water on the Moon”- a collaboration project between Prada and Red Bull. Together with the America's Cup Sailing Team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, Nikolas created a special made board because it had to traverse both water and solid ground during shooting.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Result history of The World Games | IWGA". www.theworldgames.org.
2. ^ "Waterskier Nikolas Plytas unveils slick tricks on snow". Retrieved 2023-04-18.
3. ^ a b "Nikolas Plytas, l'uomo venuto dalla Luna". GQ Italia (in Italian). 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
4. ^ "Nikolas Plytas goes extreme wakeboarding in Milos". Surfer Today.
5. ^ "Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Ειρήνης: Ο Νικόλας Πλυτάς "σχηματίζει" στο νερό το σήμα της Ειρήνης". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
6. ^ Wakeboarding show by Nikolas Plytas at Stavros Niarchos Foundation., retrieved 2022-11-24
7. ^ "Τop στιγμές του "Nikolas Plytas' Playground"!". www.redbull.com (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-11-24.
8. ^ "Waterskier Nikolas Plytas unveils slick tricks on snow". Surfer Today. Retrieved 2023-04-18.