AHD was founded in Australia in 1987 by Harry Germann and rider Tom Luedecke. The brand soon moved to the USA to continue its expansion on the famous Columbia River Gorges spot.
Christophe Piaget bought the brand, repatriated the molds and set up a production plant in Collombey, Switzerland. AHD marked the arrival of the first production sandwich boards, with flagship models such as the race slalom 289, slalom 26, Swell City 250 and, of course, the Eliminator. New models were then created with a certain Roberto Ricci at the helm.
The Raceboard Eliminator dominated its class, with Sven Rasmussen winning the first world title in 1991. He followed this up with the European title the following year.
In 1993, it was on the new AHD 288 that Sébastien Carle won the World Championship in Egypt, before coming 2nd on the same production board at the World Cup in La Torche, demonstrating the efficiency of the new production boards against the world’s best prototypes.
1996 saw the arrival of Breton duo Patrice Belbeoch and Jean-Marie Guiriec (shaper). This was the birth of the ultra-popular Convertible 267, a Wave/Slalom – Trifins/Single shape.
It was also the year of a new world title for the brand and the first wave title for a Frenchman in the World Cup (P.Belbeoch).
1997 marked the start of an era of total domination by AHD floats until the early 2000s. AHD welcomes multiple French champion and future world champion Antoine Albeau with Jean Bouldoire in the shape.
Bruno André joins the brand’s R&D department. AHD will surf on innovation and new disciplines. This was the era of the first compact Racing boards (Diamond), Freestyle boards and Super-X “Maxxride” boards.
Swiss-made hollow boards (NT) are a big hit in Formula!
Maxxride dominates freestyle events: Antoine Albeau wins his first world title.
AHD riders complete the podiums and go on to win victories in various countries.
The best riders dream of joining the AHD team, which already includes some of the greats (A.Albeau, M.Pritchard, J.Taboulet, C.Moussilmani, W.Pedrick, J.Hawkins, Paula Daian,…).
In 2002 AHD relocated its production plant to Tunisia.
Change of shaper in 2003, AHD welcomes Pascal Gerber and creates a new R&D center in Tunisia.
Brazilian rider Kauli Seadi became the effigy of the brand, and in 2005 he won the world wave title on his Kauli Pro Model!
Waveboards are becoming shorter and shorter, and in 2006 AHD launches the Seal, the floatboard that will become a popular concept in the future. The Seal is a 2m10 Thrusters waveboard that marks the start of a revolution in lightwind wave riding…
In 2007 Thierry Pen, Jean-Paul Riou, Pascal Gerber and Bruno André founded Tridenn. This new company then took over the reins of the AHD brand with the motto “innovation in the forgotten 0-15 knot wind range”.
Development is focused on low-speed take-offs and light winds, with less cumbersome equipment.
In this lightwind range, the equipment that allows you to glide is a 1m wide formula and a 12m!
The first AFS-1 baord dedicated to foiling is 100 liters and 65cm wide. And with a 7m sail, it flies in the calm.
Its shape is atypical, with an opening at the front that keeps the rail length essential for gliding in light winds with a low load-bearing volume. The opening reduces the impact of wind on the float in flight.
In 2009, the first production carbon float/sail combo was presented at the Paris Boat Show. AFS will become a brand in its own right, with a production plant in Brittany.
In 2010, parallel work on the foil has made it possible to surf foil waves in complete autonomy using a paddle. The sealion can do it all: windsurfing, surfsailing, supfoil and windfoil!
For the rest of the “traditional range”, AHD relies on value shapes that are efficient and durable over time (Expressions, Fast Forwards, Zen).
The Venezuelan Diony Guadagnino embraced the concept and accompanied the brand for a good decade, with magnificent images on the world’s different spots on his “DG Pro Model”, and some great performances in PWA and Défi Wind on Slalom boards that are still performing well from generation to generation (SL1, SL2, SL3).
Forever associated with the AHD image, the thousands of ambassadors who have accompanied us over the years.
Like Sylvain Hernigou, who has been riding our floats since 1997! We can’t list them all here.
Thank you so much!
With Foil becoming increasingly important, in 2018 Tanguy Le Bihan and Thierry Pen created Foil&co and set up a production plant in Brittany. Tridenn and Foil&co merge.
Foil&co takes AHD’s destiny into its own hands.
1993
RACING
1996
Wave/slalom - Trifins/single
1998
Freerace
2001
Allride
Maxxride dominates freestyle events: Antoine Albeau wins his first world title. AHD drivers complete the podiums and win in various countries.
2006
Wave riding lightwind
Fish, Wind-Sup
2009
Windfoil, SUP foil
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