Founded in 1981, Fanatic represents over four decades of history and a continuous promise for its users: to provide quality, innovation and service. Their reputation has been built on a passion for the products they produce making them one of the world's leading water sports brands. Fanatic is driven by an unshakable desire to create dream boards. This vision may seem simple to realize, but it really isn't. To make it possible, they work with the utmost attention to quality, innovation, knowledge, experience, consistency, integrity, oceanic spirit and above all passion. Craig Gertenbach who holds the role of brand manager for Fanatic devotes his time to testing, sales and team management. Born and raised in South Africa, he began windsurfing in 1982, joining Fanatic as a rider and world tour competitor in 1995. The boards and foils are produced on their CNC machine located within walking distance of the world-class spots on the north coast. of Maui.