Sunday, 14 September 2008


Well would you believe it........
...... once you do something different your competitors get upset.

Its been the Animal Windfest @ Poole and on Sunday night ( after just arriving at El Medano for the European Severne dealer meeting) I got a phone call from the UK importer of a board brand we sell.
" Neil, this is a damage limitation call" he said. "Oh yeh" whats up then" I said.
He went on to tell me how certain South coast windsurf shops have been looking at OUR site and getting very upset with the deals we offer and the level of service we promise. They wanted certain wording changed as it gave the impression we do the best deals in the UK - Hmmm, we DO!
Now some may say how sad is that, but do you know I take it as a compliment.
Its only when you have others losing their cool about how high you lift the bar you realise that, in fact, its your standard of service their trying to achieve and failing I guess - thus why the winging!!

....... so you know what I say to those south coast retailers. Is THIS universal!!

P.S The litigation hotline is 09081 022 000

Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Quayide will be on TV!!


I've just finished two days of filming with a TV advert team for an advert coming out for a motorhome dealer in 2009.
We were asked to provide the latest windsurfing kit for actors to use in a scene depicting how outdoor sports people can use a motorhome in the pursuit of there chosen sport. So who did they call........ The Quayside Windsurf team of course.
Scott Mckay of O2 Creative, who were given the task of Producing and Directing the advert said " We wanted to put in front of the customer cool people using the latest extreme sports equipment, and after talking to our contacts Quayside Windsurfers seemed the guys to contact. The kit they use looks fantastic and they really know their stuff when it comes to windsurfing"

I have to admit that its NOT all glamour in the TV business - Two 16 hour days with hours of just standing around and drying off the kit after each rain shower.....

.......so don't expect to hear about me taking up a career in TV!!