Identity & Authority: Fanatic – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Fanatic

(https://fanatic.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 30, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
2 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
13% Reputation

A significant authority gap exists between the marketing claims and the technical structured data; the text claims the brand was founded in 1981, while the schema_json reports a foundingDate of 2000 for the legal entity Boards & More GmbH. Furthermore, while claiming to be ‘leading’ and ‘innovative,’ there is no digital footprint for specific designers, athletes, or technical experts within the metadata or Person schema. Technical credibility is further damaged by the identical content served across distinct navigational paths.

The brand promises ‘innovation’ and ‘service’ as core pillars, yet demonstrates neither through its digital presence. No specific board technologies, patents, or service protocols are mentioned to support these assertions. The ‘Boardriding since 81’ claim serves as a chronological anchor but lacks any accompanying evidence of performance evolution or technical milestones reached in the intervening 45 years (relative to the 2026 system date).

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "url": "https://www.boardsandmore.com",
    "logo": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "image": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "name": "fanatic",
    "legalName": "Boards & More GmbH",
    "description": "Home of the brands Duotone, Fanatic, ION, SQLab and WOO",
    "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
    "address": {
        "@type": "PostalAddress",
        "streetAddress": "Rabach 1",
        "addressLocality": "Molln",
        "addressCountry": "AT",
        "addressRegion": "Oberösterreich",
        "postalCode": "A-4591"
    },
    "contactPoint": {
        "@type": "ContactPoint",
        "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
        "email": "customerservice-b2c@boards-and-more.com",
        "contactType": "Customer Service"
    },
    "vatID": "ATU36789702",
    "foundingDate": "2000",
    "numberOfEmployees": {
        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": "319"
    }
}
/api/sso/
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "url": "https://www.boardsandmore.com",
    "logo": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "image": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "name": "fanatic",
    "legalName": "Boards & More GmbH",
    "description": "Home of the brands Duotone, Fanatic, ION, SQLab and WOO",
    "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
    "address": {
        "@type": "PostalAddress",
        "streetAddress": "Rabach 1",
        "addressLocality": "Molln",
        "addressCountry": "AT",
        "addressRegion": "Oberösterreich",
        "postalCode": "A-4591"
    },
    "contactPoint": {
        "@type": "ContactPoint",
        "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
        "email": "customerservice-b2c@boards-and-more.com",
        "contactType": "Customer Service"
    },
    "vatID": "ATU36789702",
    "foundingDate": "2000",
    "numberOfEmployees": {
        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": "319"
    }
}
/en/windsurfing/
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "url": "https://www.boardsandmore.com",
    "logo": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "image": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "name": "fanatic",
    "legalName": "Boards & More GmbH",
    "description": "Home of the brands Duotone, Fanatic, ION, SQLab and WOO",
    "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
    "address": {
        "@type": "PostalAddress",
        "streetAddress": "Rabach 1",
        "addressLocality": "Molln",
        "addressCountry": "AT",
        "addressRegion": "Oberösterreich",
        "postalCode": "A-4591"
    },
    "contactPoint": {
        "@type": "ContactPoint",
        "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
        "email": "customerservice-b2c@boards-and-more.com",
        "contactType": "Customer Service"
    },
    "vatID": "ATU36789702",
    "foundingDate": "2000",
    "numberOfEmployees": {
        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": "319"
    }
}
/en/sup/
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "url": "https://www.boardsandmore.com",
    "logo": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "image": "https://www.fanatic.com/img/og_image.png",
    "name": "fanatic",
    "legalName": "Boards & More GmbH",
    "description": "Home of the brands Duotone, Fanatic, ION, SQLab and WOO",
    "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
    "address": {
        "@type": "PostalAddress",
        "streetAddress": "Rabach 1",
        "addressLocality": "Molln",
        "addressCountry": "AT",
        "addressRegion": "Oberösterreich",
        "postalCode": "A-4591"
    },
    "contactPoint": {
        "@type": "ContactPoint",
        "telephone": "+43-(0)-7584-403-0",
        "email": "customerservice-b2c@boards-and-more.com",
        "contactType": "Customer Service"
    },
    "vatID": "ATU36789702",
    "foundingDate": "2000",
    "numberOfEmployees": {
        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": "319"
    }
}
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
160Review mentions (all pages)
0External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 40 0
/api/sso/ 40 0
/en/windsurfing/ 40 0
/en/sup/ 40 0