TELL ME ABOUT IT ELEVEIGHT TWINTIPS
The man behind Eleveight’s current twintip line up has shaped more boards than you have probably had kite sessions… It’s fair to say that Franz Schitzhofer knows his stuff. Here he takes us through what has been keeping him busy with with the new line up.
FRANZ, YOU’VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY A LONG TIME, AND YOU’VE MADE SOME CLASSIC BOARDS FOR VARIOUS BRANDS OVER THE YEARS. TELL US ABOUT YOUR BOARD MAKING HISTORY AND HOW YOUR WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE HAS INFLUENCED THE ELEVEIGHT BOARD RANGE?
Yeah – I’ve been in the kiteboard industry since 2001 and before kiteboarding it was the windsurf industry, and I’ve shaped more than 3,000 boards. On the side I’ve also done some snowboards and skis. So basically, the journey started in 1980 and you can imagine that in nearly 40 years of boardsports you get some experience – and you get older!
But beside the fact of getting older, experience is a benefit and creates opportunities to give something back to the industry
