Another year for changes. So far I have heard...
Amado Vrieswijk leaving Severne
Liam Dunkerbeck leaving Starboard
Others ?
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
I've got a slot free for a wavesailor, free rider and Foiler
if they pay $2800 for a board 
Select to expand quoteDI7 said..
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
What is Johan Soe up to? He left F4 too. Will he do the tour?
Select to expand quoteWillyWind said..DI7 said..
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
What is Johan Soe up to? He left F4 too. Will he do the tour?
Patrik
Select to expand quotejdfoils said..WillyWind said..DI7 said..
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
What is Johan Soe up to? He left F4 too. Will he do the tour?
Patrik
Seems like a good fit
Let's be honest here.
In earlier years the transfer market has been more about which sailor has got the event results in the last year - and about which brand needs promotion.
This year it's totally about cost cutting, and no pro sailor is safe.
This new approach is a disaster - in the way it affects budgets for 2025 events, and how the competitors can survive.
The underlying cause is what we call 'a shrinking market'.
Which brand would you say is doing well? I'd answer: None of them.
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Let's be honest here.
In earlier years the transfer market has been more about which sailor has got the event results in the last year - and about which brand needs promotion.
This year it's totally about cost cutting, and no pro sailor is safe.
This new approach is a disaster - in the way it affects budgets for 2025 events, and how the competitors can survive.
The underlying cause is what we call 'a shrinking market'.
Which brand would you say is doing well? I'd answer: None of them.
yeah it's all going down the drain. we should buy all we can so that once the industry dies we can still go windsurfing.
Select to expand quotejdfoils said..WillyWind said..DI7 said..
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
What is Johan Soe up to? He left F4 too. Will he do the tour?
Patrik
Still, I would be very curious to see how much performance Soe can push out of a Patrik board and sail. We already know the foils are fantastic, but it remains to be seen whether the gear (sails especially) are on par with the competition. I've heard more than once that, at the highest level, the Point-7 sails aren't exactly competitive with the others, but that it was the sailor that made up for it. Especially given that Point-7 gear is cheap, relative to some of the other top racing brands.
Too many brands chasing a smaller public spend on kit.
The only growth is the sport is IQ Foil, where there are only a handful of brands producing the kit. Patrik produce an IQ Foil setup, hence Soe has signed as he is doing both PWA and IQ Foil as I understand it.
Cut the crap, windsurfing is not dying. It is getting even smaller but brands will keep producing boards and sails. More popular sports like winging will support our sport indirectly so brands that develop kites, wings, windsurf stuff will survive. Brands that only do windsurf gear might struggle.
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Daniele Benedetti now with Duotone
www.instagram.com/p/DEhhnHeuhET/?igsh=cW84aWxtM29uNW9o
Select to expand quoteGestalt said..jdfoils said..WillyWind said..DI7 said..
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
What is Johan Soe up to? He left F4 too. Will he do the tour?
Patrik
Seems like a good fit
I met him down here doing some R&D. Huge lad and was foiling insanely fast.
Will be interesting to see who Johan Soe goes with, he looks like he may dominate the PWA foil racing going forward.
I would guess Severne/ Starboard
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HWillyWind said..DI7 said..
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
What is Johan Soe up to? He left F4 too. Will he do the tour?
Patrik
Seems like a good fit
I met him down here doing some R&D. Huge lad and was foiling insanely fast.
Never met either Patrik or Johan but they both seem pretty technically minded so emeill be interesting to see how that plays out
Select to expand quoteBSN101 said..Gestalt said..jdfoils said..WillyWind said..DI7 said..
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
What is Johan Soe up to? He left F4 too. Will he do the tour?
Patrik
Seems like a good fit
I met him down here doing some R&D. Huge lad and was foiling insanely fast.
Apparently he also makes excellent rice. A man of many talents
