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.
oh man I was hoping to get a handle on my next Tona also. Gues that wont be hapening now.
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
That seems pretty naive of Cabrinha, good luck with your boards, what kites are you flying now?
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 
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Good luck with everything Dre.
Dre, great to see you following your passion. I too am interested what kites you are flying now
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Heh Dre,
Sounds cool that you have joined Tona. I can't wait to see footage of you on the new gear and see you shaking things up a bit. Hopefully your new sponsors could see it in their wisdom to send you to Aussie on a "promo tour" towards the end of this year. Starting at one of the best places for a mixture of great flatwater and wave spots here on the Gold Coast, Queensland 
and concluding through to Western Australia. Our season for the below Tropic of Capricorn starts in September running through to March but you probably know that. I would be happy to connect you with the local crew around here on the Gold Coast if need be and if so, just Post Message me. Cheers and Good Luck on the exciting new venture Dre
From Dre's facebook page it looks like he is now using the SS RPM.
Big loss for Cabrinha, Huge boost for Slingshot
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
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