Boris Minaev is a champion windsurfer from Russia. He was born in 1994 in Moscow and showed an early interest in sports from a young age, trying many activities before being drawn to water sports. In 2006, at age 12, his father took him to a windsurfing competition where Boris started taking windsurfing lessons every day. He quickly showed success and began winning competitions, becoming the Moscow champion in 2008. Boris has since won the Russian championship and placed in European competitions, now actively preparing to represent Russia in windsurfing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.