They were bought by Wind Surf n Snow, who will occupy the Long Reef northside shop at Collaroy. I'm pretty sure they are selling all the things that Long Reef did (eg. Gaastra sails).

The southside store will only sell wetsuits and surfing accessories.

There were plenty of bargains going, but not sure if they're still available.

So much for competition.[}:)]

yeah longreef has phased out all there windsurf/kite gear on the southside and the new ECBWSS shop now stocks the whole lot for sydney. a little monopoly by the looks of it.

poley

No need to worry about a lack of competition or a monopoly on the market through WSS. Adrian Levy and Rhys Herbert from longreef sailboards brightom le sands will be opening a new retail outlet in Taren Pt. The new outlet will be in operation for the up-coming summer season. We are still in the process of deciding exactly what brands we will be carrying, but alot of new brands previously not avaliable in sydney will now be avaliable, anybody who would like more info please drop us an e-mail at [email protected] and we can give you all info you need.Or you can come up to the Birubi wave classic 20/21 of august and have a chat with us there as we will both be attending this event.
The aim of this new shop is to promote the sport to new comers with our passion and drive to see windsurfing continue to grow in sydney and to serve long time windsurfers and all our customers with the best products, the best knowledge and the best service avaliable.

I look Forward to seeing you all at our opening BBQ (TBA)

Shuee in regards to your warranty claim the Gaastra importer is actually windgear not longreef and neither have gone belly up (except for ths windsurfing and kitesurfing part of longreef). Windgear is still trading as the gaastra importer and should be able to take care of any warranty claims for gaastra products.

With all this movement in the retail area of windsurfing, can anyone tell me who will own this new ECB/WSS/LR store?

I would like to know as there are certain people in the industry in NSW that I will NOT do business with. I think I will have to join my friends and get my equipment shipped from the West.

Den

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Originally posted by qwerty

Osama Bin Laden will be running the shop.
I will not do business with him either.[}:)]

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Osama!, I'd consider doing business with him , I wouldn't consider doing business with one particular group in Sydney.

Thanks for the info update David. Good luck in the surf business.