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skyking1231
Joined: 10 Jul 2000 Posts: 280
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 4:19 pm Post subject: north = duotone ? |
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so i guess they are calling North Sails...Duotone now , was wondering what name they were gonna come up with. For those who don't know...aparantly North was bought by someone or something...and the North Sails windsurfing was/is too confusinf with North Sailboat Sails....they wer always seperate. or something like that.... someone I am sure has better knowledge on this than myself....at seems they kept Fanatic name...some of use were wondering if that was gonna change...
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coachg
Joined: 10 Sep 2000 Posts: 3550
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 2:16 am Post subject: |
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Fanatic will stay Fanatic, North Kites will stay North Kites. North windsurfing was always separate from North sailboat sails.
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kevinkan
Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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The brands you've known up until now North Sails Windsurfing and North Kiteboarding are re-branded as Duotone. Everything but the name will stay the same. The parent company that makes Duotone, Fanatic, Arrows, & ION is called Boards & More. They actually already owned the Duotone trademark as it was their snowboard brand in the 90s. Mistral & F2 were also in the snowboard biz back then (and F2 snowboards still exists in some form I believe).
To make things more confusing, the current owners of the North Sails trademark will be launching a new kite brand in 2020 under the North Kiteboarding name. It's also possible they would launch another windsurfing brand under the North Sails name in the future.
But, the people who design, market, and develop the North products up until now will continue to do so under the Duotone name. All the North team riders are now Duotone riders.
https://www.duotonesports.com _________________ Kevin Kan
Sunset Sailboards, San Francisco CA
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Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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