It's had been announced that the man himself Andre Phillip, has joined Tona as a co-owner and a rider for the brand. This in my opinion is a massive move considering he has be soley with Cabrinha for many many years!!!

Congrats to Dre and all the best for the future buddy.

Good move by Tona.
Agree with default, let hope they keep the price reel.

Hey Guys,

Thanks much for the props. Don't worry the TONA board prices won't go up! :)

I saw that someone made a write up in the news section of Seabreeze. Thanks for that but I just wanted to clear up a rumor that was mentioned in the writeup. "In fact he still IS with Cabrinha, just for kites though."

The truth is that I stepped away from Cabrinha, I won't be flying their kites anymore. I actually tried to carry on our relationship because we've been together for so long and I thought that the right thing for me to do was to carry on flying Cabrinha kites and team up with Tona for boards. Cabrinha wasn't happy with the idea of me branching out and growing something that I believe in, something for the future. So they proposed that they only want 100% from me or nothing at all. So I chose to leave.

I'm actually even more happy with the kites I'm flying now tho :)
I also could not be more happy being a part of the Tona family. We have and amazing team of people working with the brand who share the same visions so I believe lots of good things will come from it. :)

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Thanks again for the support everyone!
dre

One of the biggest and most surprising moves in kite history I think... Much like in skateboard history when the whole team left World Industries and started their own company "Girl Skateboards", they went from having everything to having nothing, but in the end they grew their own brand and became bigger than everyone...
Big things to come I think .

Good luck with everything Dre.

I have had and liked 3 customs, so hoping they do something similar with Dre....

sir ROWDY said...
One of the biggest and most surprising moves in kite history I think... Much like in skateboard history when the whole team left World Industries and started their own company "Girl Skateboards", they went from having everything to having nothing, but in the end they grew their own brand and became bigger than everyone...
Big things to come I think .

Good luck with everything Dre.

Thanks for the props Rowdy, It's definitely exciting times!! I couldn't be more happy or feel more comfortable where I am now!! Tona is a bit of an unconventional kite brand and it's cool that all of our owners kite and have passions for all of the board sports. I believe all of those passions will really influence the things that we create.

drizzle said...

Paul1 said...
I have had and liked 3 customs, so hoping they do something similar with Dre....

Glad you like that board. Don't worry www.tonaboards.com will be creating some goodies!! :)

Maybe a tona kite? Strong enough for wakestyle

Good move and all the best!!
Dre, what kites are you on these days?

SS lost a couple of good/well-known riders recently. If that's the case, Dre will be a massive gain for SS.

Love the look of the Tona Pop, nice price as well.

It has a narrower nose compared to other freestyle boards. How does this affect the ride?

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Absolutely, all we need now is a SS dealer in Perth, and I would be considering them for my next years kites

Windforce , G spot, Kitesurf warehouse stock SS in WA