Experience

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  Origami Paddler

  • Bellingham, Washington Area

  • Founder/Designer

    • 2012 - Present
    • Bellingham, Washington Area

    Created a solution for paddlers who couldn't transport or store a traditional 12’-paddleboard by designing one that easily folds into thirds, that can be placed inside the car and stored in a closet, with the paddle inside.Accomplishments:• Designed the Origami Paddler to be carried with stra...

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  Floating Community

  • Bellingham, Washington Area

  • Visionary/Conceptual Planner

    • 2013 - Present
    • Bellingham, Washington Area

    Designed concept for a floating community with innovative developer Dave Hailey to be poweredby solar-wind-hydrogen and other alternative energy sources. It is a waterfront condominium that ismobile.Accomplishments:• Designed same off-the-grid methods used at Nuchatlitz Island for near total self...

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  Upcycled Plastics

  • Bellingham, Washington Area

  • Visionary/Innovator

    • 2011 - Present
    • Bellingham, Washington Area

    Developed a new technique to combine junk plastics with trash to divert useless plastic and garbagefrom landfills and oceans by creating a compression-moldable compound that can be molded intodurable plastic products.Accomplishments:• Diverts the other 90% of plastic (#3-#7) that usually goes int...

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  Innovation & Design

  • Builder/Designer, Nuchatlitz Off-The-Grid Island

    • 1973 - Present

    Designed and built a 2000 sq. ft. house that is 100% off the grid on an island in British Columbia,Canada. The house is 20 miles from the nearest road and was built using a chainsaw and a generator. Ithas all of the conveniences of a normal house but has near zero carbon emissions.Accomplishments:• Built a rain-catchment system to provide all water for drinking, showering, and household use.• Created a water-free and waste-free compost sewage system that is completely self contained.• Designed a passive solar system to retain heat and minimize energy usage.• Built myriad of marine docks and ramps to work in adverse shoreline and offshore situations.• Built and maintained 6 different boats and 1 sailboat used for transportation.• Created roto molded oyster farm floats.https://www.facebook.com/SeaOtterIsland/

  • Book Author

    • 2013 - 2015

    "The Millionaire Beach Bum: Turning A.D.D. into Passion and Profit" - An AutobiographySynopsis:"Tim Niemier grew up in Malibu among the surfing legends and pioneer watermen who defined this California lifestyle. But Tim chose a different path when he converted a surfboard into his first sit-on-top kayak. The first time Tim ventured into the waves, the ocean stole his soul and never gave it back.Tim struggled with attention deficit disorder long before it was defined, but used it to his advantage. Against overwhelming odds, he used the power of ADD to combine his passions for art and water sports into designs for kinetic kayak sculptures.People have said, 'Today, there are more boats and boards on this earth designed by Tim Niemier than anyone else in history.' He introduced the sit on top kayak to the world and started Ocean Kayak Inc., which became a multi-million dollar business that transformed paddlesports from an elite expert sport into a recreational activity almost anyone could enjoy.This is the story of Tim Niemier and his audacious dream of 'getting a billion butts on boats and boards' by creating simple water-friendly designs for everyone."

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  Innovation Coaching, On Water Designs, and more

  • Innovator Entrepreneur, Coach

    • Jan 1971 - Present

    I innovate companies and start my own to change the world

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  On Water Designs

  • Bellingham, Washington Area

  • Founder/Designer

    • 1999 - 2013
    • Bellingham, Washington Area

    After selling Ocean Kayaks, I expanded the marine sports market by designing fishing, recreational andracing kayaks and paddleboards for other companies.Accomplishments:• Operates and designs with large in-house CNC machinery (18' x 5' x 3') using a variety oftechniques to create uniq...

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  Ocean Kayaks

  • Bellingham, Washington Area

  • Founder/CEO

    • 1971 - 1997
    • Bellingham, Washington Area

    I created the first sit-on-top kayak of its type for beginners and experts. This simple innovation openedthe kayak market up to the other 90% of potential paddlers because without the constraints of traditional spray skirts, if the paddlers fall off, they just climb back in. I also designed kayak...

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  Bob Sherman Building

  • Malibu, CA

  • Contractor Apprentice

    • 1967 - 1975
    • Malibu, CA

    Residential and Commercial Building

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  Eino Sculpture

  • Santa Monica, CA

  • Apprentice

    • 1972 - 1974
    • Santa Monica, CA