Having one of the best designers in the world must have its advantages but does their ambition to make the best wave sails in the world end up with family squabbles at the beach?
GE: “I hear other riders complain about not having any influence on their sails but I get to have a say in everything I ride. I love R&D and am definitely a part of it. Development is never-ending. Lighter, faster, more efficient, more range. We want a sail that’s quick and easy to rig and allows the rider to forget about the rig. We make sails that are built for purpose. David is the first to ride on every sail, then Kevin Pritchard and myself get to test them. By the time we release a sail into production, we always agree on the design in the end. But on the path to that final model, there can be some disagreement but that disagreement is usually good, it reveals an area of the design that needs to be examined more closely so that’s what we do.”