You have probably never heard of Buck Lyons, but you most likely use something he helped create. Photo Paul Lang
THE BUSINESS OF WIND The Buck Lyons Interview
By Paul Lang
You probably have no idea who Buck Lyons is, but if you’re reading this magazine you probably spend way too much of your time checking and rechecking your local wind conditions on iKitesurf.com. Ikitesurf is a part of WeatherFlow, a company founded by Buck in 1999. A decade earlier he had walked away from a traditional business career to start Vela, a windsports resort company catering to windsurfers and kiteboarders. Buck sat down with us to talk about the history of Vela and WeatherFlow and filled us in on recent and upcoming changes at both companies.
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