September 23, 202600:41:13

Episode #146 - From Riders to Innovators: Camille Delannoy & Fabian Muhmenthaler on Life Inside North Action Sports Group

On this episode of the Foil Life Podcast, we sit down with Camille Delannoy and Fabian Muhmenthaler from North Action Sports Group - two former pro riders now inside the HQ Netherlands office. Camille works across AI engineering, software, and business intelligence on internal systems. Fabian is moving from Brand Ambassador Manager into Foil Category Product Manager.

They talk Brazil and Tarifa roots, strapless comps and early wing years, internships that turned into real jobs, and the shift from photo-shoot travel to building the next boards, foils, and tools the team actually rides. Camille covers the path from F1 to North, studies between Madrid and Tarifa, and the data and software work that keeps operations moving. Fabian covers industrial design studies in Cádiz, the foil he designed as his thesis, the ambassador-manager stretch, and taking on foil systems, boards, wings, parawings, and what’s coming next.

Podcast Team:

Luc Moore Host

Frank BingelSocial Media Manager

Pam SemasweEditor

Episode Highlights:

- Camille first as athlete; Fabian in via that intro around late 2021 / early 2022
- Brazil → Spain/Tarifa → Netherlands; beach-town studies that still left room to ride
- Favorite tricks: cat-coups and wave riding vs. 720s, backflip-to-360s, old-school forwards
- Favorite spots: home beaches, the Canaries, and Mauritius One Eye
- Office five to ten minutes from the water, prototypes on tap, sessions before and after work
- MIDI Pro board upgrade and a new S-foil family; bigger wing, board, and foil changes later
- High-camber downwind foils staying on part of the range, not every model
- Athlete knowledge plus engineering or data skills in the same person
- Less free riding, more testing — Tarifa for foil R&D, Dutch winter kiting to stay sane
- Keep riding, work hard, and follow the thing that actually pulls you

Visit: https://northactionsports.com