This is not our understanding of sustainability. Just to shortterm impress magazine testers or customers some brands use up to 70% thinner laminates/films than we do. Reducing the film thickness by 50% reduces the UV-stability by 70%. On sails we cannot emphasize enough that especially reducing the thickness of the monofilm and the XPly laminate has a radical influence on the longevity/sustainability. 2 year unconditional warranty on almost every hardware product (masts, booms and extensions+bases). And DUOTONE products are among or in many cases are the lightest on the market.īut durability and longevity were and will ALWAYS be on top of our priority list. Our industry leading warranty extensions bear witness to this philosophy: That's why light weight is always on our briefing list when designing and engineering new products. Of course light components have a massive impact on the performance and handling of your rig. MAKING LONGER LASTING PRODUCTS (LONGEVITY = SUSTAINABILITY)Ī high performance product that lasts longer and best case can even be put into additional use on the second hand market is the best and only way to conserve the resources of our earth. There is only one sustainable way out of this dilemma: Or why do you think no one wants to sail with wooden booms, aluminium masts or stretchy sails made of woven fabrics anymore? And most times up to 100% of this plastic trash are non-recycled (means "freshly produced") plastics.Īt least as of today there are no eco-friendly substitutes existing offering the minimum requirements necessary to design modern Windsurfing products. But let's face it despite what others might tell you with the exception of aluminium booms and extensions Windsurfing products are a "mixture of petrol-based plastic trash". ![]() Over the last 50 years Windsurfing has developed into a super high tech sport. Sustainability is the most important and pressing challenge of todays mankind to secure a livable mother earth for future generations to come!
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