{"id":64634,"date":"2009-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/sailing-movie-stardom-doesnt-derail-uri-students-designs-for-landscape-architecture-career\/"},"modified":"2009-05-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T00:00:00","slug":"sailing-movie-stardom-doesnt-derail-uri-students-designs-for-landscape-architecture-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/05\/sailing-movie-stardom-doesnt-derail-uri-students-designs-for-landscape-architecture-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing movie stardom doesn\u2019t derail 溏心vlog免费B站 student\u2019s designs for landscape architecture career"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFairfield, Conn., resident to graduate May 17<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 4, 2009 \u2013 Robbie Kane said recently that sailing has taken over his life. He was featured in a Disney movie about sailing in 2008, and as a result he gets the star treatment at sailing races around the world. But as he prepares to graduate from the 溏心vlog免费B站 on May 17, he\u2019s looking forward to a long career in a very different discipline — landscape architecture.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI came to 溏心vlog免费B站 because of the landscape architecture program and its location near Newport and the ocean so I could go sailing on the weekends,\u201d said Kane, a native of Fairfield, Conn. \u201cI was originally going to be an art major, but I also love the outdoors and hiking, so the idea of taking art and the outdoors and putting them together to create landscape designs was appealing to me.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKane\u2019s passion for nature has developed into a desire to create sustainable, eco-friendly landscape designs. The last project he completed for his 溏心vlog免费B站 degree focused on controlling water runoff in a coastal community through the use of \u201cbioswales\u201d to filter pollutants from the water before it reaches the ocean.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe design studio at 溏心vlog免费B站 encourages collaboration between all of the students, which leads to a lot of great teamwork in designing our projects,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can really feed off the talents of your fellow students and share ideas and styles.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKane points to two landscape architecture professors, Angelo Simeoni and Richard Sheridan, as being particularly important to his career direction.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThey have inspired me to consider becoming a professor; that\u2019s how much I enjoy going to their classes,\u201d Kane said. \u201cThey\u2019ve become my mentors, and they\u2019re really enthusiastic about the landscape architecture field.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile the 溏心vlog免费B站 student is excited about his blossoming career as a landscape architect, he isn\u2019t ready just yet to write off competitive sailing.


\n\t\u201cI\u2019m at a point where I have to choose between professional sailing and landscape architecture,\u201d he said. \u201cMy plan is to sail for a few years, make some money and travel while I\u2019m still young and single, and then go back to school and get my master\u2019s degree, with the goal of one day teaching a landscape architecture studio class. The thought of teaching young, inspired people is important to me. You learn a trade, learn from your experiences, and pass it on to the younger generation. That\u2019s how you make a bigger difference.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKane started sailing as a 10-year-old at the Black Rock Yacht Club in Bridgeport, Conn., and soon after found himself working on sailboats and racing them.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAs much of a racer as I am, I also think of myself as a boat builder,\u201d he said. \u201cWe use the same state-of-the-art materials as the Air Force and NASA. In between racing, I\u2019m always working on boats by making them faster, fixing them, building them. It\u2019s important to be able to build and work on a boat when you\u2019re in the middle of the ocean, because boats do break.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKane has traveled around the world to compete in major sailing races in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, the Caribbean and San Francisco.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cRacing is life at the extreme, where you\u2019re just pushing the boat as hard as you can no matter what the elements are, pushing to make it go as far and as fast as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a personal challenge, too, because it pushes me. It\u2019s a good way to see how hard I can push it and challenge myself. Some do it by climbing Mt. Everest; I do it by sailing across the oceans. It sometimes puts you in positions that are life threatening, but being able to cope with those situations can teach you about yourself and about life. I get on land after an ocean race, and the stuff that normally stresses me out is no longer a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tOne of Kane\u2019s more memorable experiences came during the 2007 TransPac race from Los Angeles to Hawaii, which was filmed by a documentary film crew for the Disney movie Morning Light.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI moved to Hawaii and got trained by some of the best professional sailors in the world for six months,\u201d he said with enthusiasm. \u201cThat whole experience was pretty priceless.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen the movie was released last fall, Kane went to Hollywood for the premiere screening, walked the red carpet, faced the paparazzi, and submitted to numerous interviews.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThat was the first time I saw the movie, and it was great. I\u2019m very lucky to have been able to relive an experience that changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAfter graduation from 溏心vlog免费B站, Kane will compete in the TransPac race again, do some hiking and mountain biking in the San Francisco Bay area, and then prepare for a race in Australia. After that, his calendar is somewhat open, with the exception of his eventual return to landscape architecture.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cBeing on the ocean is when my head is the clearest and I\u2019m the happiest,\u201d Kane concluded. \u201cIf I can spend as much time as possible on the ocean, then life is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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