Kitesoul Magazine #13 English Edition

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MEETING
RRD Y22 International distributors meeting
phy. For this year, Year 22, we started from
scratch to provide the collection a radical
new look that embodies our attention to
detail, high quality design, and non stop
research and development.
KS_The choice to have the meeting in a
location very close to the factory, surely
had some advantages, no need to travel
long distances with the materials, what
were the conditions like? Did you manage
to make people try all the gear?
RR_Yes, last meetings were in Cape Town
and Mauritius, so it was time to mix this up
with a location that has conditions that are
more realistic to the daily life of our average
customer. We make such a wide range
of gear that there were always conditions
to do something; SUP in the mornings and
windsurf and kite when the thermic wind
picked up in the afternoon. We had light
and stronger winds, so we could test all the
sizes and the different types of gear.
KS_The RRD team: by now there are historical
riders within the brand, when a
rider joins RRD he/she becomes part of
a big family and remains even after his/
her career as a rider by actively taking
part to product testings…
RR_Correct! We work very closely together
with our riders that become part of
the ‘family’, so next to events, demo’s and
shoots, they are also very much involved