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Ollie
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 Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: ??? AKONITE ??? |
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Please lemme introduce the french wakeskate company AKONITE.
Team riders :
Kevin CALVEZ aka the guy who hitted the Trocadero (the Eiffel Tower fountain) working on his bi-level pro model
Pierre Atruz the first pro rider of the company
Leo Labadens the new comer
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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more pics...
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| Kevin Calvez nose 180 with his pro model |
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ripava82
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| holy crap there are a lot of wakeskate companys now those do look pretty sick though for sure
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Trey
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Niiice, I like that bilevel, do you have a website yet:o
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CrzyTexan
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah that deck looks nice but there is a ton of new wakeskate companies comming in!
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Now let see Pierre in action :
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Trey : One thing is sure... they should work on a new website too -> http://www.akonite.fr
CrzyTexan : The more there are the better it is for wakeskate.
Here is a pic of Pierre pro model and Leo rippin' it:
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ridehatzic
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| That bi level looks so mean. The concave and rocker look sick.
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| Posted: Oct 04, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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An other pic of Leo labadens
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wakemitch
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 2:53 am Post subject: |
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| Wc wrote: | | CrzyTexan : The more there are the better it is for wakeskate. |
actually i dont think so. if there are too many companies for the wakeskate market it will be extremely hard to make a decent profit. the consumers would be spread to all the different companies which means each company gets a small percentage of the market. And hype and LF already have about 50% of the market. and they have about 70% or more of first time buyers. (these numbers are just educated guesses). that means all these new companies are sharing a small chunk of the market. if this continues to happen these small companies are going to go under. the only way i see it is if these small companies merge so they gain market share.
I am all for ROC companies but there is such thing as too many. As long as they keep their products fresh and diverse they will hopefully survive. Im glad companies like sattylite(sp?) are stepping up by using a pbt base on there wood concaves. this gives them a difference between other wood concave companies. otherwise the only way to choose between an Oak and a Sattelyte would be based graphics.
i am very interested in seeing the wakeskate industry evolve
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pipo
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| wakemitch, There arn't many companies in europe, so i do think that it's an positive side to it. The fanatic wakeskaters will look arround for other boards beside the HL and LF. From my personel experience the whole wakescene in europe is growing so i think it's usefull we get our own companies.
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Maria
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 5:00 am Post subject: |
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Pipo>>> I definitely second what you just wrote. Up here in the north it's really difficult to get your hands on anything but a HL or LF wakeskate.
Wc>>> I saw that orange board at the Nokia FISE and it looked really good. I'm looking forward to seeing that Calvez bi-level...
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pipo
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| Maria, Did you compete in the nokia fise?
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Maria
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 5:32 am Post subject: |
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pipo, yep... I never landed anything though, that stuff was HUGE... But I guess that just puts me in the good company of many of the wakeskaters at the FISE.
Raynald (Unleashed wakemag) promised they would have smaller obstacles for wakeskating next year, so let's hope for that! It's more fun to watch people throwing shuvs off of smaller rails than trying not to fall on huge ones, if you know what I mean...
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pipo
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| I do know, respect for you by the way. I'm planning on going next year. Maybe hitting up some other comps. Romboso Jam was tottaly fun.
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sim
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 7:27 am Post subject: |
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hey guys, props on the boards, the shape of pierre's board looks awesome. come to london next summer!
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Maria
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 7:55 am Post subject: |
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sim, Do you know Ritchie? Say hi to him and his gf (forgot her name) from the swedish wakeskaters!
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sim
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Maria, i'll let him know.
by the way his chicks called Laura.
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NaRC-P rider
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 10:57 am Post subject: |
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graphics, decks, and pictures all look rad! keep up the good work.
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| Posted: Oct 05, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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| sick boards they look really nice you should send some over to canada! lol
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