Kleenex anyone..

Towny said...

Kleenex anyone..

yea townie i'll have a box thnx

He has gone to a better place

I'd have to agree with you CMC. It was a short artical, no reason for the split and as you said the athlete normally makes the statement not the company. Had a look on Dave's website but nothing there, Surfers Village seemed to have the exclusive on this report (I smell something fishy), but the truth will be when all of Dave's pictures are off the website and advertising, so I wouldn't panic just yet DJ.

byronmaui said...

Yeah DJ don't panic and fire sale your boards yet....jk

.. No panic.. Just a little sad.. I liked Dave.

Maybe someone gave him a better deal or Naish were asking too much of him.. It could even before personal or family reasons.. It seems like the news is true.. Unless it's contract renewal time and it's a way to pressure Naish.

DJ

Maybe Naish have done to Dave what India should do to Sachin, Dravid, VVS, Sehwag.........

so if you walked into your local sup shop and saw a Kalama in the rack next to a Naish, what would you take?

Discuss.....

DavidJohn said...

.. No panic.. Just a little sad.. I liked Dave.

Liked??? Jeez, he's not dead.

It is what they call silly season with windsurfing, with riders changing teams left right and centre currently - between seasons for the PWA. Maybe due to the back ground of Naish in windsurfing they simply have contract renewal at the same time for all their international riders?

This maybe a silly question but who owns Naish these days? Given all the consolidation in the industry in recent years who pulls the strings and controls the purse?

From Mr. Kalama's site.....

www.davidkalama.com/2012/01/moven-on/

camharvey said...

so if you walked into your local sup shop and saw a Kalama in the rack next to a Naish, what would you take?

Discuss.....

Starboard

Basha69 said...

camharvey said...

so if you walked into your local sup shop and saw a Kalama in the rack next to a Naish, what would you take?

Discuss.....

Starboard

PSH Hull Paddler

so that the mail hey- his own boards

Anyone got a Laceys to English converter? ..

DJ

Said he only started shaping a few months ago. It will take him a while to learn how to get what he wants without serious help on the designs, especially with race boards and even more especially if he is using CNC.

It would be great to see his boards though, I'm sure he'd have some amazing ideas.

CMC said...

Said he only started shaping a few months ago. It will take him a while to learn how to get what he wants without serious help on the designs, especially with race boards and even more especially if he is using CNC.

It would be great to see his boards though, I'm sure he'd have some amazing ideas.

I think you'll find he has been around shaping so long (I know he had a big influence on Sean Ordenez windsurf shapes at one stage) that really all he needs to know is how to get his idea to the foam, I don't think the design side of things will be too much of an issue. Much of the theory about what works and what doesn't is likely already there, for both DW and surf.

It will be interesting to see where he takes this, his own company? Small Hawaiian operation or larger? or start shaping for someone else? You never know, maybe that little sticker on the back of the Naish boards will one day say Kalama instead of Iggy.