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AXIS

Hi Adrian. AXIS has a rich history in water sports and as well as building top class foils, you’re also a successful kiteboard brand. Where and when did it all begin?

I built my first windsurfer when I was about 14 or 15 years old. My parents wouldn’t buy me one, but they helped me translate from a French windsurf magazine and I built my own board in the back room of the house, made of polystyrene and plywood. I really enjoyed building things and it developed from there. When I finished school, I did mechanical engineering, which has helped me a lot in everything that I’ve done. I got into windsurf competing in New Zealand and ended up getting a job building windsurfers in Auckland. When I was 19, I moved to Hawaii and I worked for Sailboards Maui and we built a lot of speed boards for some of the top

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