Altro bel colpo di windsurf-mercato da parte di F2 Windsurfing Dept che, dopo aver ingaggiato il ns Matteo Iachino ITA 140, riesce ad assicurarsi per il prossimo anno sportivo, 2012, anche la collaborazione e le prestazioni sportive di un tecnico e competente rider come Jesper Orth AUS 10.

Jesper lascia così il team RRD Int, di cui aveva fatto parte nelle ultime due stagioni,  portando sempre avanti il "suo" progetto di sviluppo legato a KA Sails.

Di seguito il comunicato ufficiale della casa austriaca che annuncia l'ingaggio del forte australiano.

 Slalom racer Jesper Orth (AUS 10) signs up with F2 for 2012

„Firstly I have to thanks RRD International as the Australian importer/ shop 2’nd Wind, for all the support over the last 2 years. Looking ahead I’m very happy to have shaken hand with product manager and shaper Daniel Aeberli and signed up with F2 for the 2012 season. Not only was the team sailor offer from F2 very supportive for me to doing the PWA slalom events, but also the involvement in the brand with testing and some development had a very attractive pulling factor.

„Before I joined F2, I tested the Slalom boards SX range, to be sure and most importantly that the boards will deliver on the race course. I did not take me long to recognise the potential as the performance was unreal. I tested the SX 135, 111 and 91 and straight away I felt at home with unreal acceleration, top speed and control. I can’t wait to get the 2012 boards here in Australia so I can tune all the gear up for an exciting 2012 season. For the waves I ordered some Barracuda Quad boards. Not only do they look amazing but they work great on the waves and after talking to PWA wave sailor and F2 team rider Kenneth Danielsen, which got a 6’th place in Klitmoeller using these boards, I’m convinced to have a „fun & Functional” summer in WA.“

„There is a great feeling of energy infused into F2 over the last years’ time and it is evident that a lot of work has been going into „recover” the brand from their battle to being nearly „out of the game” to get back on track in big style. The new wobber of a F2 workbook with their entire product lines displayed over 111 pages for 2012 is a truly amazing achievement in fairly short time.”

Here is what F2 product manager Daniel Aeberli had to say:
WOW, the next Step is done. Now we look back to the season 2011 and we had an amazing year!
And as we look forward to the season 2012, it’s just like dreaming to see how we get back on track more and more. Jesper Orth is just so perfect to expand the f2 family. It is not just about the great competition results he will achieve, it is about his knowledge and true passion. He will be one of the most important guys in the Racing and R&D team. It is important to me to have people around who I can trust entirely and work with. And Jesper is the man and I am more than happy to give him a big welcome to the F2 team! Lets get it started …

Source:F2