THE GREEK EXPERT ENTERS PATHOS TEAM
“Pathos” welcomes Mr Costanasios Andreas to its team!
A great spearo and a product design expert, whose knowledge and experience are going
to invigorate the Pathos team even more. “Pathos” has already shown, through
its products, the capacity to innovate and to bring high quality and experience
in the spearfishing market.
But, let’s meet Mr Costanasios a bit more:
He is a Greek spearfishing champion with good results in
many competitions, such as being “Greek Teams Champion” in 2012 and 2016, winning
the “Syros Nautical Week Spearfishing ournament” three times, and
being champion of “Glafkos Spearfishing Championship” also 3 times. He
was also a “Greek National Team athlete” in Croatia, and in 2014-2018 he was
a “Greek National Team athletes selector”, with the great result of “World
Champion with National Team” at “SYROS 2016 World Championship”.
Born in Athens in 1973, he competed for the first time in 1996,
together with the famous Greek Champion Roberto Calich.
He also wrote a book, titled “In the fish Hunter’s Lab“ (2017), with
contents coming from the big experience and passion of Andreas Costanasios to
improve all the spearfishing equipment, also thanks to his big talent in
drawing and sketching items in 3 dimensions. All these qualities have
contributed to him being requested by many clubs to have seminars and workshops
in all of Greece. He is also one of the first Spearfishing YouTubers, also
winning first place in the “Deepex Spearfishing Video Awards”.
From November 2020, Mr Andreas Costanasios (A.C.)
collaborates with Pathos in the design and new products department and in the
production quality check.
Below, we can enjoy him in some photos and read some of his words from his last interview.
«What is Pathos for you? What does Pathos represent
for a Greek athlete?
AC: Pathos has been a great opportunity
for me to make good use of and to unfold my inclination towards the design and
manufacture of everything that is spearfishing related. I consider myself very
lucky to be able to work on something I love so much. As far as the needs of
Greek athletes are concerned, Pathos has always been a great aid,
providing us with the safest and most efficient equipment; not to mention the
financial support every athlete under Pathos umbrella gets. I am sure
everyone knows about that…
Since 1991, I’ve been
involved in improving my spearfishing equipment, designing and creating
conversions, in order to make my gear work at its best. During my time with Pathos,
I intend to use my experience of 34 years both in conceiving and materializing
new ideas, as well as improving those in production today.
Which Pathos products do you prefer and which products
you have some ideas to improve?
AC: My favorite Pathos product
is Laser and Saragos spearguns. I love their simplicity and their shooting
accuracy. I also like Pathos carbon blades for two reasons: a) They provide the
boost every deep spearo needs and 2) They are comfortable. The basics that we
all deal with are the speargun, the fins and the mask, along with their
accessories. We, as Pathos staff, will focus on these issues for starters.
Which Pathos products did you try already in your
career and what did you like the most?
AC: The closed muzzle Laser
speargun (old school) and a longer shaft attached to it will always have a
place in my speargun bag. My most recent Pathos product trial is the Sniper. Its
accuracy, underwater movement and perfect balance have really amazed me. I definitely
recommend it! Also, the reels and shafts by Pathos are worth giving a try!»
