Foil on NJS Boards

NJS Designs started in June of 2005 in San Francisco. Nils Stolzlechner, passionate Windsurfer just started Kiteboarding and with a shoestring budget could not afford the twin tip boards sold back then at a price tag of over $ 600. On the internet he found a builders guide that had stated a DYI board would cost under $200 which turned out not be be exactly true...  When Kiteboarding racing matured the competitors went from Twin Tips to Surfboard style boards. The production moved to Corpus Christi, Tx and Nils on his own organized and managed the 2009 World Championships with the highest prize money ever to help support Kitesurfing and getting it to the Olympics. Adapting to this new design style NJS Designs boards ended up winning two World Champinoships and the designs setting trends in the Industry. In 2011 Nils was hired by Gaastra to be their head shaper/designer and gained invaluable experience working out of the then largest Surfboard factory, Cobra, in Thailand. At the very beginning of the foiling boom NJS continued to set trends designing the first boards that could be used both for Kiting and Foiling along with the first specific race boards now seen in the Olympic class. In 2017 NJS moved to Puerto Rico and built the first custom Wingfoil boards available in the US. In late 2024 NJS moved to Hood River, Oregon to be closer to the beat and offering better conditions for designing boards following the latest trends. Starting in March of 2025 the new factory will feature its own state of the art CNC Machine to further elevate the brand and quality of NJS boards. Nils currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors for IWSA to ensure to give back and actively help develop this new and booming sport worldwide. NJS sources the industry's best materials and products made in the USA and all boards from start to finish are made only by him.