Kurt Gibson and Brodie Smith are a team of Pro Frisbee Players on The Amazing Race 28.
Profile
Retrieved from CBS.com[1]
Kurt
- Name: Kurt Gibson
- Age: 30
- Twitter: @kurtegibson
- Instagram: kurtegibson
- How many total followers do you have across all platforms? Not as much as everyone else - Help me pretty please!
- Hometown: Westport, Conn.
- Connection to your teammate: Ultimate Frisbee teammates and best friend
- Current occupation: National Account Sales Manager at PepsiCo
- Describe what you do: I manage the corporate call for one of the PepsiCo Away From Home Team's largest distributors. I am responsible for driving top/bottom line growth, developing short/long-term strategy, and managing all day-to-day internal-external activity on all of our lines of business.
- 3 words to describe you: Christian, honest and forgiving.
- Favorite hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, salsa dancing and watching movies.
- What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Kicking cancer in the butt.
- What scares you most about traveling? I'm not scared of traveling. I love traveling, but definitely losing my wallet overseas would not be the most fun thing.
- What excites you most about traveling? I love meeting people from around the world and understanding the genesis of traditions within cultures. It is so fascinating how different the world is yet we all share so many common bonds without even knowing it.
- Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Being a target of other teams.
- Pet peeve about your teammate: He snores and he always talks over me.
- What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Egypt - How cool would it be to do a task in the ancient temples and pyramids of Giza? You couldn't recreate that any other place!
- What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? I love traveling and seeing new places and I know this will be an opportunity for Brodie and me to see the world in a way that I won't ever have a chance to again. The things that people do on this show are not things normal tourists do, and for that reason alone, this trip is so unique and special.
Brodie
- Name: Brodie Smith
- Age: 28
- Twitter: @BrodieSmith21
- Instagram: BrodieSmith21
- Youtube: Youtube.com/Brodie
- Facebook.com/BrodieSmith21
- Snapchat: BrodieSmith
- Vine: Brodie Smith
- www.BSmith21.com
- How many total followers do you have across all platforms? Over 5 million
- Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla.
- Connection to your teammate: Ultimate Frisbee teammates and best friend
- Current occupation: Social Media Creator
- Describe what you do: I play professional Ultimate Frisbee and create content on social media for my fans and work with brands on their social campaigns.
- 3 words to describe you: Competitor, tall and Frisbee-lover.
- Favorite hobbies: Sports, traveling, hiking, spending time with my family, board games and eating.
- What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Winning my second Ultimate Frisbee national championship in college in 2010.
- What scares you most about traveling? Not having enough leg room on the flight.
- What excites you most about traveling? Experiencing new adventures, meeting new people and trying things I never thought I would.
- Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Staying positive when things aren't going our way.
- Pet peeve about your teammate: He works on his own time, can occasionally be late/tardy.
- What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Bora Bora, I am a huge fan of warm weather and beaches. Those always make for the best places to throw the frisbee.
- What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? I hope to compete at my highest ability. Try my best at every task at hand and have a blast doing it.
The Amazing Race 28
Race History
| Kurt & Brodie's Race History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Leg | Destination(s) | Detour Choice (underlined) |
Roadblock Performer |
Placement | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | United States → Mexico | Mariachi Madness / Great Bulls of Fire | Kurt | 5 of 11 | |
| 2 | 2 | Mexico → Colombia | Pop-Up / Parrilla | Brodie | 2 of 11 | |
| 3 | 3 | Colombia | Tickets / Tejo | Kurt | 1 of 10 | |
| 4 | 4 | Colombia → Switzerland → France | Work Bench / Bench Work | Kurt | 1 of 9 | |
| 5 | 5 | France | Dynamite / Campsite | Brodie | 2 of 8 | |
| 6 | 6 | France → Armenia | Thread / Bread | Kurt | 1 of 7 | |
| 7 | 7 | Armenia → Georgia | Clean / String | Kurt | 3 of 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Georgia → United Arab Emirates | Races / Oasis | Brodie | 1 of 6ϵ | [1] |
| 9 | 9 | United Arab Emirates → Indonesia | No Detour | Kurt | 5 of 6 | [2] |
| Brodie | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | Indonesia | Haul / Harvest | Brodie | 5 of 5⊃ | |
| Average | 2.60 | |||||
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Post-Race
Trivia
Interviews
- Tracy Swartz at Chicago Tribune (05/01/2016): "Ex-Chicago Wildfire player runs out of tricks"
- Rob Cesternino at RHAP (05/02/2016): "Amazing Race 28 | Exit Interview with the Seventh Team Eliminated"
- Elizabeth Kwiatkowski at RealityTV World (05/02/2016): "Exclusive: The Amazing Race eliminees eliminees Brodie Smith and Kurt Gibson talk" (Parts 1 & 2)
- Saba Hamedy at Mashable (05/13/2016): "Eliminated teams dish on experiences ahead of finale"
Social Media Profiles
Kurt's Twitter: @kurtegibson
Brodie's YouTube Channel: /brodiesmith21
References
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