Surf Expo Stories: Part 2
Here we go with Surf Expo Part 2. So many great stories from north america’s largest watersports and beach lifestyle show in the retail industry, I had to split it into 2 episodes to be sure I could do them all justice. If you didn’t listen to it already, check out part 1 if you need some background on the what, where, and how of Surf Expo. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy this set of stories and perspectives from this event that’s much more than a watersports retail show.
Surf Expo is North America’s largest watersports and beach lifestyle show in the retail industry. With hundreds of brands and thousands of retailers connecting to stock the stores that we all buy our gear from, Surf Expo is a key platform for the commercial side of many of our ocean lives. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the January 2020 show and speak with a wide range of brands on the significance of the event as well as chat with the management team who puts it all together each year. What I found within all of this was that Surf Expo is like a really fun eco-friendly festival that celebrates not just great, new products, but also art, non-profit groups, the craft of shaping surfboards, the skill of skating a mini ramp, and overall — a strong community of the ocean-minded.
In this second part, we hear stories from:
Envoy:Cull -- documentary film on Australia and 83 years of shark killing
Sailing Wildside -- kiteboard adventure trips, Caribbean, Greece, life afloat
Francesca Trotman -- protecting waters and wildlife of Mozambique, alternatives to shark finning
Erin Carey -- family sailing in the Caribbean, trans-Atlantic crossing, S/V ROAM
Sam Hart -- ocean paddling, Coolangatta Gold and M2O competitor
Stoked Grom Stories: Cooper Sisters -- sailing South Pacific, surfing, diving, life afloat
Greg Norman Jr -- kiting, surfing, spearfishing, world travel
Shannon Quirk -- big wave world tour, empowering women in the water
Chris Fuentes -- a better insect repellant, spread of insect-borne diseases
K.C. Scott -- fishing, diving, spearfishing, art
Guy Harvey -- blending art and science of the ocean, spokesman of marine life
SV Delos -- 10 years of sailing adventures, 45 countries
Noah Oppenheim -- fisheries management, the human element of commercial fishing
Surf Expo Stories: Part 1 -- North America's largest watersports and beach culture retail show
Nik Strong-Cvetich -- Save The Waves Coalition, protecting surf ecosystems
Lin Pardey - 200k miles of sailing, dual circumnavigations, book author
Heavy Water Stories -- storms, injuries, big waves, general gnarliness
Adam Paskowitz -- legacy of nomadic family life, reality of plastics in the ocean
Maria Fernanda -- big wave surf photography, fins and a camera
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