Na 10 jaar voor Takoon te hebben gevaren,
volgt nu Tuva Jansen, haar vriend Bertrand op en vaart voortaan Wainman Hawaii.
Tuva:
So after more than 10 amazing years riding for Takoon, I am now part of the WainmanHawaii team. I am stoked to be riding their cool gear and to be a part of all their craziness:) I am now in Maui with the rest of the crew and been getting some good riding in at the kickers down at KB and some fun surf in Kanaha fully powered on my 6.5m..Maui style..!
Het imposanten team van Wainman Hawaii bestaat nu uit:
Lou Wainman
Franz Olry
Niccolo Porcella
Bertrand Fleury
Hannah Whiteley
Chris Burke
& nu dan ook Tuva Jansen!
@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 ».