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skyking1231



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 4:19 pm    Post subject: north = duotone ? Reply with quote

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...

anyway
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 2:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fanatic will stay Fanatic, North Kites will stay North Kites. North windsurfing was always separate from North sailboat sails.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good thing i took notes.
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