Duotone Mag 2024

The season 2018 / 2019 was a very exciting one for me. There were two births that year. We founded the Duotone brand, at the time mainly as a Kiteboarding brand with som e Windsurfing elements. And we introduced the new sport of Wing Foiling to the market commercially. At the time, we didn’t know whether Duotone would be a success. We were the market leader in Kiteboarding with our previous brand. But would our own, new brand, under which we now produced top-notch Kiteboarding and Windsurfing gear, be similarly successful? It was a high-risk maneuver and no one could predict where the journey would take us. The development of Duotone and the development of Wing Foiling show what all our employees, what we, the entire Boards & More company, stand for: We use all our passion, enthusiasm and responsibility to shape the future of water sports in a sustainable way. With impressive innovations, distinctive design and uncompromising quality, we are constantly defining the next level of equipment. Today, we offer all of our fascinating water sports under one brand, Duotone. We use synergies in development and share our creativity. Innovations in the sports inspire each other. For Duotone customers, this simply means integrated solutions, simplification and consistent quality across all products. There are so many passionate water sports enthusiasts who kitesurf and wing foil, who wing foil and windsurf, and there are people who do all three water sports. It goes without saying. Boundaries become blurred and everything blends into one big whole that unites us all: the same passion for the fascination of gliding and foiling, the fascination of experiencing the elements intensively in nature. We all share the longing for the ultimate session and the absolute flow for unforgettable moments, anywhere in the world. The entire Duotone community is united by the love of Kitesurfing, Windsurfing, Wing Foiling, Foiling, and our planet: we are all about the feeling of boundless freedom, shared adventures and mutual respect. Duotone is true – and that is our why. Till Eberle CEO Boards & More WHY Wing Foiling was similarly uncertain. Our kite designer Ken Winner started the first experiments with wings on Maui, he practically invented the sport. Personally, I found Wing Foiling terribly slow and spongy at the time, not all that attractive to be honest, and very low performance compared to kiting. Nevertheless, we decided to develop the sport of Wing Foiling and launched first production wing gear to the market in 2019. Today, in 2024, Duotone has outperformed our expections and has become not just the leading brand but in fact the defining brand in the Boards & More portfolio. And Wing Foiling is the trend topic par excellence in wind water sports. In just five years, Wing Foiling has evolved from an undefined sport to a performance sport with an incredible range: 10-meter-high forward loops are now as commonplace as endless wave rides or light wind fun at spots where neither Kiteboarding nor Windsurfing was previously thought of. Photo  Gerhardt Kellermann