Ocean Rodeo Go Joe Leashless Kitesurfing Board Retrieval Device

At first, I was thinking I'd found a great deal on a GoJoe, but I did a little research and discovered that The manufacturer's minimum advertised price on these is $79.99 and they contractually require all authorized dealers to price the GoJoe no lower than that price. The fact that this one is 23% below the price offered by Ocean Rodeo's own dealer network should be your first clue that something is wrong with this deal. Ocean Rodeo would never sell their products directly through Amazon at a price 23% below the minimum allowed for their own dealer network since that would place them in violation of their own dealership agreement and result in them competing directly against their own dealers - sales channel conflict.If this were a true factory authorized product being sold by Ocean Rodeo at a price 23% below what they allow their dealers to sell them for, every dealer in their network would be screaming foul until the price was adjusted or the product pulled. So, there's simply no way this is authentic.When it comes to a piece of safety gear, I don't want to take chances. It's not much of a deal if it's a knock off that wasn't subjected to the same rigid quality control checks that authentic Ocean Rodeo products undergo or a refurbished one that may not meet quality standards.This GoJoe at this price has all kinds of redflags popping up. I love a deal, but not if it means getting inferior safety gear.