Josh Angulo is now on MauiSails!

It was always going to be a big task to fill the void left by Kevin Pritchard, but they've more than achieved the job!
With Cabo Verde just a few weeks away (Josh's home break) and some of the other riders signed up over the break, MauiSails could be off to a great start to the PWA season.

Look out Kauli... and the Slalom boys might get a shock as well!

i don't know what went down between kevin and maui sails.. but they took all his stuff including the booms .. which were his creations.. so they sound like pricks to me.. but i don't know the full story

curac said...

i don't know what went down between kevin and maui sails.. but they took all his stuff including the booms .. which were his creations.. so they sound like pricks to me.. but i don't know the full story

If some software engineer for Microsoft developed a new program and then left the business - he'd hardly be able to take it with him!

I might have read your post wrongly - but it seems like regular business to me!

Sounds good to me.

There is always some friction in the creative department of any company!! but Kp only knows why he left. and of course he can't take his gear with him! He's getting all new stuff from Gaastra

His gear belongs to Maui Sails once he made the decision to leave they simply collected their property.

kevinpritchardwindsurfing.blogspot.com/

yeah he bought the boom because he is the one who developed it and he thinks it is the best.. he also said that he pretty much did it off his own back and something else that i took to say that he funded the development..

you would have thought they would have left him with some stuff. as it was second hand and they arn't going to make any money from selling it..


and because he isn't sponsored doesn't mean he can't use the equipment.

Having met Barry Spanier many times over the years in Maui and here he is definitely not a ****er. A very intelligent and articulate bloke who knows a thing or two about sail design. Eg/ Dunkerbeck, Mcgain, the Pritchards, Bringdahl etc etc. All world titles on his designs.
Goes out of his way to help anybody and is very laid back.
You wouldnt see Micheal Schumacher still driving a Ferrari if he swapped to Mclaren would you. The team bosses would make sure and out of professionalism he wouldnt either.
Only Kevin knows why he left and when he started scoping out new product and sponsors to start afresh why would the guys at Maui Sails let him continue using their gear when is he leaving??
And if you think because the gear is used it wont sell you can be sure to find selling very shortly on Rigmaster.

It does sound strange that one person in a company puts in all the money for the development of one product, so I would have to agree with you there.
I met Barry, Phil and the Pritchard brothers several years ago on Maui and all of them are really good blokes who are very approachable and down to earth. Can't really understand why anyone would have a dig at them.
At the end of the day KP is still making a living from windsurfing and from what his blog says, he's loving life just he was before... it's all good!
I hope KP does really well with his new sponsors and on the PWA... just not as well as Josh!