Maybe I'll get to keep my name after all..

[foilholio]

Calm down Ken Can't Make A Winner

I haven't even brought up foil kites, that was you. Same tired old bs arguments you are pulling there. Maybe all based in the fact Emeram doesn't have any designers that could make a good foil.

If Land kiting collapsed, I've got news for you, it's a cycle maybe headed kiteboardings way.

So what are you proposing swimming lessons to grow kite boarding? I bet the kite schools would love that. Day 1 learn to swim, Day 2 ride upwind. LoL. Duotone floaties. Emeram execs are already noting it down. ROFL

sorry I just need to quote that

especially for niche products like kite surfing where the biggest competitor is the inability of huge swathes of the mainstream population to be able to even swim and half of those that do, fear deep water

OMFG, rofl. You can not be serious! And you call me a pillock! ROFL. You work in regards to the brand Duotone? Do they have roads you repair or something cause that's all you're good for! OMFG this is hilarious.

Yes bring Pumpy what a fine end to this thread!

[PinkDuotonePride]

You work in regards to the brand Duotone? Do they have roads you repair or something cause that's all you're good for! OMFG this is hilarious.

Yes bring Pumpy what a fine end to this thread!

If you bothered to read anything, rather than just being a self involved attention seeking person with an intelligence quotient somewhere between idiot and m.oron, you'd have spotted aeons ago I don't work for either North or Duotone and this thread is a joke at their expense. The bit you quoted is the factual result of a survey carried out some time ago as to the biggest obstacles watersports have to overcome to grow their industry, not a huge percentage of the population swim and those that do, have a sometimes irrational fear of deep water. But given as an exponent of foils you wouldn't know that as I seriously doubt you can even kitesurf and are simply an astroturfer for some Chinese kite company.. more fake news and certainly a fake ID just like mine.

[foilholio]

Ok ok Ken.

I will revise the plan for revitalizing the kite industry thru new kiteschool lessons.

Day 1 Group sessions on overcoming anxieties to deepness. Day 2 learn to swim. Day 3 ride upwind.

The kiteschools will love it, 3 days of lessons vs the usual 1.

Oh and

Ne Hao from Chong Ching Corp.

[RagingGrandpa]

I'm entertained by wondering if it would be too corny for Old North to go 1-for-1 on the tube kite lineup...

• Rebellion (5-line too?!)
• EV
• EO
• Di
• Vega

[Toby]

Wondering if that legally would be possible ?

[foilholio]

Well that would be for the lawyers to decide, Emeram vs Oakley.

I am really surprised North doesn't have rights to the product names. They are so strongly attached to the North name.

[dice]

That would've been a horrible move of B&M if they let North have the product names too.
At least now, even someone who doesn't read all the fuzz about North online, will still see that Duotone took over the products.

[wrogu]

In here the Duotone distributor is extreamly active. They did run some tours and test and became more active two or three years ago. However atm their marketing and social media activity is beyond everything they did before added up. I must admit Duotone does everything they can to clear and explain the product/producer situation. Probably the game will be over by 2019 summer (the moment when NKB launches their kites). I am also very interested if stuff NKB crew say is true and access to NS technology will be so crucial.

[wrogu]

In here the Duotone distributor is extreamly active. They did run some tours and test and became more active two or three years ago. However atm their marketing and social media activity is beyond everything they did before added up. I must admit Duotone does everything they can to clear and explain the product/producer situation. Probably the game will be over for NKB by 2019 summer (the moment when NKB launches their kites). I am also very interested if stuff NKB crew say is true and access to NS technology will be so crucial.

[foilholio]

Duotone marketing seems to be quite slick. I was watching the new clicker vid and it was quite well done. Will be interesting to see how North plays this. Duotone is a really shit name, but the logo looks good, I think it is better than the North logo. They should have gone with DoubleD kites or DD, and just had lots of tits everywhere. Could have signed a porn star for their pro team. Imagine the head shots, Aaron, Some 12/10 chick, then Airton. The hilarity. Imagine the kite trip vids. Pros plus pros, it would be like printing money.