Pretty much all sails and boards are Chinese/Thai made but I think Pryde are the only company which is based in China (Hong Kong) and even they do design in the States. It is pretty difficult to work out the "nationality" of the larger windsurf kit manufacturers. No longer are Tushingham sails made in UK, Gaastra in Holland etc...
It seems that Cleanclothes has a beef with most major sporting eqipment/apparel companies, specificall targeting Adidas, Benneton, C & A, Disney, Phillips-Van Heusen, Gap, H & M, Levi-Strauss, Nike, Otto etc...
Do you have any of these garments, if so you had all better get to gether for a ritual burning to show your support.
It would seem that the Cleanclothes mob are tied up in the anti-World Trade Organisations propoganda machine as well.
The internet is a wonderful place to voice annonymous views without the need for proper reasearch.
Removing the best of a series of bad options, they say, does nothing to better the plight of the world’s poor.
To provide a view of the other side of the coin please check out
www.aworldconnected.org/article.php/525.htmlA few more words than cleanclothes but a balanced argument can create informed discussion.
If you wish all your kit to double in price then keep the pressure on to wipe out these companies and do thousands of people totally out of a job.
