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| | | Trent Pedersen Trent Pedersen ensures that the world of windsurfing knows about Starboard, manages the marketing department and sees to that the basic business infrastructure runs smooth. He supports our teams and provides our distributors with informational tools to make the best decisions for their inventory. Trent also is a skilled sail-maker and a competitive windsurfer. | | |
| | | Rémi Vila Rémi The French Caribbean soul of windsurfing travels 50 hours from Martinique to Thailand to test our "latest and maybe greatest" prototypes. Remi is a top Formula Windsurfing competitor and has the last 5 years helped us develop Formula boards that not only are setting the standard in performance but also in comfort. Now he is involved in the Apollo project which aims at London 2012. Windsurf is a big part of his life and he supports kids and junior team developments on his beautiful island. Remi has a clear vision of the future of windsurfing and he wears shades. | | |
| | | Scott McKercher Scotty reinvents most things by simply looking at it with an open mind. He is a vital part of our development program. Without Scotty around there would not be any Evo's and probably no other real world wave boards either. Scotty also helps us look for new talents, so if you think you may also become World champ one day, get in touch with Scotty at smckercher@hotmail.com | | |
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| | | Joe Dumrongvivat Joe Dumrongvivat. Loyalty and hard work pays off, especially for Joe who over the last 5 years has been receiving more boards orders than any other sales manager in the windsurfing industry. He made Starboard the most available product in the windsurfing world by building a strong network into 75 different countries. His sales plan secures Starboard the highest second-hand value in the industry. One of his secrets is to hold no central stock and carefully support distributors to purchase what they need and nothing more. After 11 years, Joe has become the longest standing person with Starboard. Thank you Joe. | | |
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| | | Kjell Vagle has over the last 4 years transformed Norway from a country with no windsurfing schools to now have more than 30 schools. Now he starts to create an event platform between different boarding sports and soon we will see Boujmaa compete in snowboarding with the best in the snowboard world and then see if snowboarders can beat him windsurfing. It's maybe even easy, windsurfers are as we know the best allround boarders today, something that John Hibbard has proven as the UK's most extreme person. Kjell normally is right, so we hope he is "normal" and we thank him for seeing what others may not even dream of. | | |
| | | Keith Baxter Keith Baxter reinvents windsurfing with his huge efforts towards the new generation windsurfers. Being a second generation Hawaiian he brings the Aloha around the world and shares his love for the sport and life. Being Connor's and Ashley's father and caddy keeps him more than busy. Keith has over the last 8 years helped us with our photoshoots on Maui and without him, we would probably only have black and white photos. | | |
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| | | Ellen Faller and Roger Jackson Ellen Faller and Roger Jackson have a "mobile windsurfing program" that travels all over the US throughout the year. They provide the "Taste of Windsurfing" program which gives interested people around the USA an opportunity to try windsurfing with a land marine simulator instruction by Ellen and on the water instruction with Roger. Both Ellen and Roger are past "USWA Windsurfers of the Year". Send a question to Ellen at www.star-board.com/forum/women/forum.asp or Roger at www.star-board.com/forum/school/forum.asp and you will get more than an answer. We get daily letters from people that appreciate their expertise and support. | | |
| | | Per Andersson has risen to become the backbone of the Starboard development program in understated style. Quietly going about his job with passion and energy, Per not only tests and designs prototypes, he also manages daily workshop production, weekend testing and general development communication. The new Active technology with integrated flex is Per*s brainchild. Together with Eric Metrot, the pair have been secretly developing this revolutionary hollow construction in Western Australia over the last 5 years. This year, limited edition Evo XTV Active boards are unveiled for waveriders to experience a whole new sensation of integrated flex. Per's CV experience covers board shaping, sail testing, retailing, heading the Swedish Funboard Association, running demos, clinics and competing on the PWA pro tour. | | |
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| | | Eric Girard is everywhere. He has spent a lot of time in Korea to support growth in the region. He will explore windsurfing in the enormous Chinese empire and write stories on what he may experience on his expeditions. He has a big heart for everything windsurfing and for his wife Claudine who helps him reaching his many goals. He lets people see windsurfing in new ways and its all a great new adventure. Next stop is his windsurfing club in Canada. www.ericgirard.com | | |
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| | | Chris Pressler and Kerstin Rieger Chris Pressier and Kerstin Rieger. Backpacking around the world on a mission to search for the best windsurfing locations. Kerstin and Chris write the most detailed spot and travel reports. Their work end up in the best magazines world wide with the words of Chris and photos of Kerstin. Chris has also stepped into the PWA slalom ranking and finished 15th the Sylt, a fabulous start for a rookie, www.continentseven.com | | |
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| | | Ian Fox is always prepared to step things up. He finalized the iSonic speed board at Sandy Point and almost set a World record at the same time. He manages all the logistics for our annual photo shoot on Maui with a team of 40 including 4 camera men, helicopters and weather maps. His wife Janine is the back bone of the Fox family and brings their 2 young sons to the shoot to give them a feel for what is fast and fun in life. | | |
| | | Peter a former British slalom champion and member of the 40 knot club. Known as the 'technique guru'. His articles and award winning DVDs have brought help to literally thousands of improving windsurfers worldwide. Runs a clinic tour all over the world from Ireland to the Caribbean. Peter has been testing and sailing for Tushingham for 21 years. | | |
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