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eddyc 10 February / 2013 / 12:26
Hoog tijd voor Takoon om terug 'in' te geraken.
Of is BIC Sport nu meer geinteresseerd in SUP ? Wat de groei markt is ?
eddyc

Hookipa18 10 February / 2013 / 16:13
Bic is al lang geen eigenaar van Takoon meer.

Hookipa18 had een 4 sterren sessie in El Gouna met maar liefst 20 - 28 knots op zijn Gin Cannibal (2014)

cozmo 11 February / 2013 / 15:45
Ze moet alleen even die sik afscheren op foto 1. Net een photoshop.
The edge is a dangerous place to live!

eddyc 11 February / 2013 / 17:01
@Hookipa18 juist
http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2370683
Juni 2011
P&J Design has acquired the french kitesurf brand Takoon

Created in the early 2000, TAKOON is one of the pionner kitesurf brand. Launched by Bruno Legaignoux himself the inventor of the inflatable kites patend which made kitesurfing alive. In 2005 TAKOON became the property of Bic Sport its exclusive worldwide distributor.

P&J design is the association of Pierre Engel and Jacques Freydrich, both of them previously country managers of group leaders in the watersport industry. Competitors since many years they decided to join their energy into this project.

Jacques Freydrich said: « The TAKOON brand has been a key player of the kitesurf development by providing icons products which setup market standard and pushed key technologies like the bow kites. TAKOON as acquired a real core image both in France and worldwide and our challenge is to bring it back into its position within the market leaders ».

On his side Pierre Engel explain: « Our financial investment and our manager experience joined with the quality of the people in might help us to become a key market player in the watersports market in general and in the Kitesurf market in particular ».

eddyc