Bobby Johnston

Product designer at Slingshot, behind the brand’s ONELOCK mast & fuselage system developed over three years alongside the Slingshot foil range (Ep 102). The chat spans design philosophy, business operations and industry benchmarking; referenced again around Gabriel Verrier-Paquette’s episode (Ep 119).

• Ep 144: active in the Project Drag Discord and still tuning masts — credited with pushing the new 17mm high-stiffness mast and tracking the (large) development spend.

Ripple additions (batch 2, 2026-07-20)

• Tiesda You (Starboard, Ep 110) name-checks Slingshot’s ‘One Lock’ (designed by Bobby Johnston) as UCS’s closest open-standard peer, floats a future joint conversation comparing the two systems’ trade-offs.