Jim Drake
Jim Drake was an American aeronautics engineer who is credited as the inventor of windsurfing. Patent disputes uncovered earlier designs by Peter Chilvers and Newman Darby such that Drake accepted that he was the third inventor of the concept. He was the engineer who perfected the concepts of board and rig layout and the universal joint which is core to the sport.
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Male
Date of Birth
January 8th, 1929
Age
97
Birth Place
United States of America, California
Date of Death
June 19th, 2012
Died Aged
83
Star Sign
Capricorn
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