The research and development team consists out of a few passionate high-level designers. To make the fins you are looking for our team of technicians, testers and workers only willing to deliver the best product available on the market today! Over 400 fin prototypes are created each year, and we are continues seeking to improve the performance of our fin’s spending many hours on the water. We are doing this in close relationship with the best windsurf brands out there. This exchange of valuable information will help us to progress with this fantastic sport year after year. You as a user of Select fins will benefit from these relationships as we have all fin’s in the line which will meet your expectations for each board program.
Our development headquarters are based in France and the Netherlands. The Netherlands being a new place for R&D is an interesting country because of its wind statistics and number of riders addicted to speed surfing. GPS windsurfing was born in the netherlands and therefore naturally many specialized R&D work related to gPS speed and slalom surfing is now done here. The daily confrontations between riders instantly enables the demand to progress! Try our new fins and you will experience the fruit of our work.
Behind the scenes
As we need people to handle R&D activities successfully we would like you to introduce the people who are responsible spending countless hours on R&D and testing to improve this small but so important piece of our windsurfing kit.
Stéphane Mocher > Founder Select fin’s
Fin designer since 1983, founder of the Select brand in 1985 together with a team of 10 enthusiastic employees, most of them working at the company for many years. Stephane is the inventor of Select’s unique machines and manufacturing process, within the composite industry he is recognized for his experience and technical solutions. 31 years of windsurfing experience without losing his motivation to improve the products again and again! One single regret though is the lacking time to develop a process to make very technical, made-in-Europe boards!
Job Verbunt > Marketing and Sales
Based in the Netherlands and new in the company. Job will help us to transfer customers demand into products and market
them in the end. This requires, time, testing, communication, logistics and understanding the demand of the market.
Caspar Verhaagen > Test leader and fin designer.
Caspar’s wisdom and his capacity are to make fine analysis which helped our products to make a huge leap forward in terms of performance. We owe his expertise and analysis of the flex and twist behavior to further improve; the flexible-flex of R07 Formula with a locked twist and valuable improvements on the SL7 and Elite S07 not speaking of the brand new GPS / SPEED model.
Peter De Wit > a great windsurfer and faster than some of the pros
Analysis, adjustment and development are the safe bets of the R&D team. Peter spends many hours on the water fine tuning his equipment as no other. Peter has tested countless of prototypes in favor of those who are seeking for possibilities to go faster and faster.
Bruno Andre > Pro Rider & excellent test mechanics
Based in Brittany - France, he’s been a racer and developer at Select for 15 years, developing freestyle bump and jump wave fins. In combination with his job as a developer at AHD, he is also a safe bet in terms of development, and will always give his approbation only when the product can be used by all the users!
Jean-Charles Maes > Pro Rider & very fast fin technician
Based in Marseille, very fast fin technician, with several GPS records in his favor. He is sailing over 250 days a year! He initiates many tests and his high level of analysis validates technical options. He is a recognized and trustworthy character! Many riders take his opinion into account! And last but not least, Jean-Charles is an excellent writer! Reading his test reports is always a pleasure.