Il 9 gennaio 2012 è una data da segnare e che rimarrà nella storia per RRD, il pluri campione del mondo Antoine Albeau è arrivato a Grosseto per firmare il contratto! Nelle foto qui sotto Albeau  prima mette il sigillo con la sua firma sul contratto insieme a Dylan Duffus e poi si brinda tutti insieme con Ovidio Ferrari e Aurelio Verdi. Non c'è Roberto Ricci perchè al momento si trova in Sud Africa per lo sviluppo delle nuove tavole.

Sul prossimo numero di Funboard di febbraio-marzo potrete leggere la nostra intervista esclusiva ad Antoine che ci racconterà molte cose interessanti...

Per ora vi segnalo il comunicato ufficiale di RRD di questo storico passaggio:

The whole RRD family in Grosseto, Italy, is extremely happy to welcome Antoine Albeau in the RRD team!
"The multiple world windsurfing champion Frenchmen is the highest profile athlete in windsurfing ever entered in our family.

His great windsurfing experience on water surfaces of all kind of the whole planet, will push our R&D team to develop boards and construction technologies that will be tested in the toughest
conditions where only top performance is the #1 priority.

We know Antoine is a highly demanding sailor of equipment trim and a perfectionist on every detail of his preparation before the race, and we gladly take the challenge with him to prove the world that together
we will be second to none.

Antoine will also help us in the development of new SUP boards designs where he has gained great experience and is capable of precious inputs and suggestions to develop new standards for this
important new water sport.

RRD and Antoine will join forces to represent the Italian company colours for the next 3 years and hopefully for many more years to come.

The challenge is on, and we love it.
Benvenuto a bordo ANTOINE!"
Roberto Ricci

Right after the signature Antoine had the following to say: "I'm really happy to join RRD for 3 years, I'm very confident in my new slalom boards and I'm very looking forward to the first PWA event.
We'll see how it will go... but I want to get all the first place!"

Photo credit Eric Bellande/RRD