Werner Gnigler - JP
Robert Stroj - NP
Peter Thommen-Thommen
Sebastian Wenzel-Fanatic
David Ezzy-Ezzy
Barry Spanier-Maui sails
Roberto Ricci-RRD

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Shane O'callaghan - Wind Force
Ben Pridham - Jump City
Paul Gravelle - Gravelle
George Greenough - George Greenough
Ben Severne - Severne
Scotty Mckercher - Severne
Mark Stone - Stone Surf

Plenty more inspiring innovators out there!

Martin Love - Atomic

Dr Lupin - frpv gear foils/nasa/boeing/airbus

Barry Spanier-Maui sails and Art Szpunar-Maui sails are S2 now ...

Harold "Iggy" Ige : Mistral / Naish

Nils Rosenblad, : Naish
Willem Blaauw, : Gaastra / NP
Kai Hopf : North Sails /Duotone
Pat Goodman : Goodsails / Gaastra / Cabrinha

Monty Spindler - Loft
Renato Morlotti - Gun Sails

Kevin Trotter.speed board designer for Styroteck boards.

I think there have been some small omissions to this list - but i am a bit biased.

That guy from WA that was the go to for Race winning boards back in the 90s when pros drove ferraris and bought houses with their winnings and sponsorship dollars. Boards were fast , 5.5 kgs and strong as.

Priced about the same as boards are today - but in 90s dollars (so about 6 grand in today's money) - and there was usually a 20 board queue to get one.

They were windsurfing technology boards.

And that other guy from Norway who won world tour events as well as a Silver in the Olympics - and revolutionised light wind sailing, board range and created the new normal in modern wave boards (with some help from Scotty Mckercher)

Warren Thompson (I bought mine from Santosha/Star)
Greg Laurenson (Star and Santosha)

Hoyle Schweitzer, Jim Drake??
Windsurfer

Ian Greenleaf and Michael Brown 'Wind FX' boards
Steve McGeary 'Speed' Slalom and Race Boards
Andrew Regan Caveman
Warren Cornish 'Cornish' boards
Bob McTavish Hollow Race and Slalom boards and prolly the first to use wood veneer?
and as mentioned previous George Greenough
All amazing Aussie innovators and designers

Bob Margets -Mad Dog
Arthur Brett -Trigger Bros

Mike Davis from Kiama.

Ken Winner head designer for Bic Sport

Robbie Naish

...and Matt Tobin

azuli said..

ducati said..
Ian Greenleaf and Michael Brown 'Wind FX' boards
Steve McGeary 'Speed' Slalom and Race Boards
Andrew Regan Caveman
Warren Cornish 'Cornish' boards
Bob McTavish Hollow Race and Slalom boards and prolly the first to use wood veneer?
and as mentioned previous George Greenough
All amazing Aussie innovators and designers

Also, Bill Riddell, Martin Cooper, Peter Cochrane, and Mike Perry for Wind Action
Jimmy Lewis for Sailboards Maui, etc. who made boards for many pros including Fred Heywoods record breaking speed board.
Ed Angulo - another legendary Hawaiian shaper