2025 rider and team changes

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jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
31 Dec 2024 11:52pm
Another year for changes. So far I have heard...

Amado Vrieswijk leaving Severne
Liam Dunkerbeck leaving Starboard

Others ?
DI7
DI7
29 posts
DI7 DI7
29 posts
1 Jan 2025 1:36am
Johan Soe leaving Point 7 and FMX
Daniele Benedeti leaving Challenger and FMX
Justine Lemeteyer leaving S2 Maui and FMX
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
1 Jan 2025 12:26pm
I've got a slot free for a wavesailor, free rider and Foiler

if they pay $2800 for a board

SeanAUS120
SeanAUS120
QLD
769 posts
QLD, 769 posts
3 Jan 2025 12:53am
Anyone.......joining a team, or just leaving?
DI7
DI7
29 posts
DI7 DI7
29 posts
2 Jan 2025 11:21pm
Guess announcements will come soon ...

Annual contracts are the norm ...
WillyWind
WillyWind
592 posts
592 posts
4 Jan 2025 7:50am
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?
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
4 Jan 2025 9:23am
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
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14953 posts
QLD, 14953 posts
4 Jan 2025 1:06pm
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
thedoor
thedoor
2500 posts
2500 posts
6 Jan 2025 5:33am
looks like Allesio Stilrich is off simmer
Basher
Basher
590 posts
590 posts
6 Jan 2025 9:56am
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.
curac
curac
WA
1160 posts
WA, 1160 posts
6 Jan 2025 12:24pm
Basher said..
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.
Niichts
Niichts
45 posts
45 posts
6 Jan 2025 3:56pm
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



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.
PhilUK
PhilUK
1113 posts
1113 posts
6 Jan 2025 7:28pm
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.
ptsf1111
ptsf1111
WA
574 posts
WA, 574 posts
6 Jan 2025 9:54pm
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.
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
7 Jan 2025 11:35pm
Daniele Benedetti now with Duotone
berowne
berowne
NSW
1559 posts
NSW, 1559 posts
8 Jan 2025 11:18am
jdfoils said..
Daniele Benedetti now with Duotone



www.instagram.com/p/DEhhnHeuhET/?igsh=cW84aWxtM29uNW9o





thedoor
thedoor
2500 posts
2500 posts
8 Jan 2025 10:52am
Looks like Benedetti is still on Patrick to me
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
9 Jan 2025 11:49pm
Justyna Sniady to Flikka
Doggerland
Doggerland
229 posts
229 posts
10 Jan 2025 1:29am
Bernd Roediger to Naish
BSN101
BSN101
WA
2390 posts
WA, 2390 posts
10 Jan 2025 10:41am
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.
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
11 Jan 2025 9:07am
Takara Ishii to Goya
windsurftom
windsurftom
NSW
402 posts
NSW, 402 posts
11 Jan 2025 7:03pm
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
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14953 posts
QLD, 14953 posts
11 Jan 2025 7:37pm
BSN101 said..


Gestalt said..



jdfoils said..

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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.



Never met either Patrik or Johan but they both seem pretty technically minded so emeill be interesting to see how that plays out
Subsonic
Subsonic
WA
3413 posts
WA, 3413 posts
11 Jan 2025 8:18pm
BSN101 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
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
12 Jan 2025 11:41pm
Amado Vrieswijk to point 7
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
14 Jan 2025 11:50pm
Liam Dunkerbeck to Duotone
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
15 Jan 2025 11:56pm
Camille Juban to AV boards
PhilUK
PhilUK
1113 posts
1113 posts
16 Jan 2025 1:20am
jdfoils said..
Camille Juban to AV boards


He has been there for a while.
awg
awg
SA
61 posts
awg awg
SA, 61 posts
16 Jan 2025 8:22am
Time to revisit PVB'S classic sail brand video:
jdfoils
jdfoils
450 posts
450 posts
22 Jan 2025 12:08am
Blanca Alabou leaving Starboard
ka43
ka43
NSW
3101 posts
NSW, 3101 posts
22 Jan 2025 6:36pm
Robby Naish to Gaastra & Mistral.
Bjorn Dunkerbeck to F2 and NP.
Anders Bringdal to Tiga & NP.
Phil McGain to Bic & Gaastra.
Tom Leudecke to Tiga & NP.
Bruce Wylie to Gaastra & Mistral.
Alex Aguerra to Tiga & NP.
Robert Territehau to Bic and UP.
Really?? That long ago??
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