Nachdem wir letzte Woche das Statement von John Lindsay, Watermark (Dagger/Perception) USA 'vorsichtshalber' wieder rausgenommen haben, folgt nun ein 'offizielles' Statement von Perception UK, welches allerdings auch nicht viel mehr aussagt als die Mail von John.

Subject: Scotching the Rumours about Perception: I am writing in response to the rumours currently circulating regarding the future of Perception in white water kayaking.
It appears that there is a large amount of misguided, and in some cases maliciously inaccurate, information being circulated. Obviously I am keen to clarify the situation.

First and foremost, Perception is NOT pulling out of white water kayak design and production. Perception grew up on white water and has a long and illustrious history in white water kayaking. With designs such as the Dancer, Perception was responsible for modernising and expanding the appeal of this branch of our sport. We are not about to turn our backs on our roots and will continue to develop white water kayaks into the future.
The only change will be that Perception will not be designing competition freestyle kayaks to follow the Full Tilt, Spin and Lucid. These kayaks are continuing to turn heads in competition with wins at many of the recent major European events and will continue to be part of our range into 2003.
The focus for new model design in 2003 will be areas of white water kayaking that we are not currently covering. This includes a number of new and exciting kayaks for river running freestyle (free-ride). There will, of course, be other changes to the Perception white water range for 2003 which will serve to strengthen, rather than weaken, Perception's place in the white water market.
Full details of the complete Perception range, including price structures, for 2003 will be released in the coming months.
I hope that this information helps clarify the situation. Regards Andre (Perception UK)
Danke an Eric Thomson für diese Info.