I figure the guys that pay $100 plus for a pair of boardies arent going to get them wet....[}:)]
maybe you will be able to get all there range in Australia now, been trying to get a DaKine t-shirt for 5 years, now that i have finally given up there will prob be heaps around.. just hope there footstraps don't change..
I'm wondering if all the teenagers with no idea about surfing will now be going to school with a harness on?
yer those nitro boardies with the harness attached.. and there will be more cloths than actual windsurf gear..
I wonder what percentage of dakine is windsurfing related, im sure its only small, billabong must have seen value there in the company and its future direction, I cant see how you all bag on it being a negative, seriously.
As Bill Hislop said "you cant stop progress"
on a positive maybe they may stick a bit of advertising bucks into exposing windsurfing which can only be for the better, glass half full! I didnt know that bags was there main line, big market in that area for them.
in recent times, billabong have purchased :
mrs palmers, kustom shoes, nixon watches, element skateboards, von zipper sunglasses, sector nine skateboards and now da kine.
all the companies retain their management, design teams and hopefully their soul.
however their product is exposed to billabongs worldwide distribution for global consumption.
good or not? who knows!
