IT’S A WING THING

So firstly Tony, tell us a little about your background in design?

I have been building toys since I was old enough to remember. There were a few other kids in my neighborhood, so I spent a lot of time building kites and coaster carts and zip lines, etc. I also helped my father with boating and construction projects. In windsurfing I evolved over time from competing to designing. I studied books like ‘Aero-Hydrodynamics of Sailing’ by C.A Marchaj, and worked with established board and sail designers for quite a few years.

When kiting came along in the late nineties, I was reluctant to take on the design role, but it was such a new sport there were nearly