products 2012 fanatic boardriding FANATIC SINCE 81

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Rider: Marcilio Browne This year we celebrate more than 30-yrs in the business. A milestone that’s unrivalled in the sport. Fanatic was founded in 1981 by Udo Schütz on foundations of focus and passion – values that have stood firm ever since - key principles that continue to achieve success. In 2010, the Fanatic team won 2 of the 3 Men’s World Cup Titles, with Victor Fernandez triumphant in waveriding and Gollito Estredo notching an unequalled 4th Freestyle Championship. Yoli de Brendt placed 2nd in Women´s Freestyle, Pierre Mortefon was voted most-talented new Slalom Racer, plus Klaas Voget,...

30 YEARS 1981 – 2011 FANATIC WHERE WE COME FROM Success Through Passion 1982 1981 Fanatic was founded by Udo Schütz. 4 Fanatic produced the first production Pintail shapes. 1986 1985 The bestseller boards Bat and Viper are launched together with the Cat, the most successful Raceboard in the history. Introduction of fibre composite construction with thermo moulded ASA foil combined. Our long-lasting recipes for success are shapes that can be ridden by everyone and at the same time be World Cup contenders. Passion and performance, our watchwords from the past, are still lived and breathed 100%...

1988 Viper and Bat beat all sales records. Fanatic moves up to one of the worldwide leading brands. Fanatic enters the Snowboard business. 1987 1990 Andrea Hoepper wins production board WC in Norway (overall and course racing). Fanatic takes over the board brand Alpha. Fanatic co-sponsored the Zakspeedteam in the Formula 1 (motor sport), the Fanatic logo was on the helmet of Christian Danner and Martin Brundle. Fanatic riders Knut Budig and Heiko Trebesch win nearly all the national Funboardcups in Germany. policy to never let riders use other shapers. We share our secrets only within the team...

Klaas Voget (Fanatic World Cup Rider & R&D Manager) Cesare Cantagalli (Former World Cup Star) “I grew up in a small city in the north of Germany. By coincidence my neighbor at the time was Heiko Trebesch – Fanatic team rider and member of the development team. I experienced my first planing sensations and learned to jibe on a Fanatic Ultra Rat borrowed from Heiko. I achieved my best results in 2008 and 2009 on NewWave production boards with a 3rd and 2nd place at the World Cup in Sylt. Nowadays I’m the R&D manager and work closer than ever with Brand Manager Craig Gertenbach and Shaper Sebastian...

Ralf Bachschuster (Former World Cup Star) Philip Pudenz (Former Fanatic Shaper) “We had the best material of the time and everything worked for me in those years. I was ranked 5th in the PBA World Tour with Fanatic and was able to win the Slalom World Cup on Sylt. These were the best experiences in my career!” “Fanatic was always near the top of event rankings. Many of the best riders were under contract with Fanatic. Top Pros like Heiko Grelle and Craig Gertenbach both used the product and operated the brand - the results speak for themselves!” 1999 1996 Merge with Mistral Sports GmbH to gain...

Craig Gertenbach (Fanatic Brand Manager) Francisco Goya (Former World Cup Star) “The very first moment I stepped on a Fanatic board in competition I was blown away by the performance, still today we fulfill our promise of maximum performance on our high end products, whilst making some of the most user friendly and comfortable test winners in our allround shapes. I´ve seen it all at Fanatic since 95, as a World Cup pro rider, tester, through to brand manager, it´s never boring and always inspiring to be a part of the Fanatic brand!” “I remember the brand Fanatic from the 80s when I started windsurfing....

Gollito Estredo (4 × PWA Freestyle World Champion) Victor Fernandez (PWA Wave World Champion 2010) “Fanatic means everything to me. Since the beginning of my career they’ve supported me and everything I’ve won and achieved has been together with Fanatic.” “I’ve been connected to Fanatic since the beginning of my professional career in 2001. Since then I’ve won at Guincho, Sylt 4 times at the Pozo PWA World Cup and finally a World Title in waves in 2010 with Fanatic boards under my feet. I grew up with Fanatic and merged into the development team with Marcilio, Klaas, Sebastian and Craig. It’s...

fanatic team 2012 who we are Gollito Estredo  V-01 _ Rang 1 PWA Lanzarote 2011 1st PWA Lanzarote 2011 _ Rang 2 PWA Fuerteventura & Vietnam 2011 2nd PWA Fuerteventura & Vietnam 2011 _ PWA Freestyle Weltmeister 2010, 2009, 2008 World Champ 2010, 2009, 2008 & & 2007 2006 Klaas Voget  g-4 Fanatic R&D Manager _ Platz 7 PWA Wave Overall 2010 7th PWA Wave Overall 2010 _ Platz 7 PWA Wave Klitmoeller 2010 7th PWA Wave Klitmoeller 2010 _ Deutscher Wave/Freestyle Champ 2010 German Wave/Freestyle Champ 2010 _ 2ter Surf Cup Sylt Wave/Freestyle 2010 2nd Surf Cup Sylt Wave/Freestyle 2010 & 2011 Nayra Alonso ...

Nik Baker  K-66 - 3x 2nd 2 Overall PWA Waves _ 3 ×PlatzOverall PWA Waves - Platz 2 PWA Kursrennen _ 2nd PWA Course Racing - 6x Indoor World Champ _ 6 × Indoor Weltmeister PWA wave World Champ 2010 Victor Fernandez  E-42 _ Platz 2 PWA Wave Pozo 2011 2nd PWA Wave Pozo 2011 _ Nominated for Laureus Sport Awards 2010 Awards 2010 _ PWA Wave World Champ 2010 PWA 1 PWA Wave Pozo 2010, _ PlatzWave World Champ 20102008, 2007 _ 1st PWA Wave Pozo 2010, 2008, & 2006 2007 & 2006 _ Platz 1 Spanish Wave Champs Pozo 2010 _ 1st Spanish Wave Champs Pozo & 2011 2010 & 2011 Gonzalo Costa Hoevel  ARG-3 _ RangPWA Slalom...

Sebastian Wenzel / CAD Shaping HOW WE DO IT Fanatic Shaper Sebastian Wenzel CNC: Perfection is Never Enough Over 8 years ago Fanatic’s shaper Sebastian Wenzel kick started our groundbreaking CAD/CNC design and manufacturing program. Since then we’ve built an unbeatable database of precise tuning and tweaking data that will take our competitors years to replicate. Sebastian’s massive archive of proven outlines, rocker lines and rail shapes continues to expand as our knowledge of CAD-tuning develops – all totally for your benefit and pleasure on the water. Sebastian Wenzel: “I’ve always been a...