#SURF EXPO 2021 PLUS#

The Board Factory will be exhibiting their products from SUNOVA, Suns, Christian Fletcher Surfboards, GenRation, and Casey. HLC Skate, from Spain, will be making its US debut featuring PlanB, Jart, Cruzade, YOW & Long Island Longboards. Please tell us about some of the boardsports brands new to Surf Expo.

#SURF EXPO 2021 PLUS#

Attendees will see boards like Bear Surfboards’ BIG WEDNESDAY, Greg Noll’s Kahanamoku Hawaii Noserider, a Dewey Weber Performer, and a Ben Aipa board shaped for Ricky Gregg plus many, many more amazing boards. We’ve also got a new event special to this show, the Vintage Board Auction, featuring a large collection of vintage surfboards both on display and on the auction block. The first night closes with the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame, who are inducting their class of 2022. Shapers include Stu Sharpe, Tony Iannarone, Brett Prinz, Ken White, David Freidank and Skye A. We’ll have the Shape Off, in honour of Ron Heavyside, Founder of Nomad Surf Shop in Florida. We’ve got an all-new skate ramp from Instaramps making a debut at this show and have a Shop Battle with teams from all across the country, and Bangers 4 Bucks taking place on Friday. We’re featuring a great array of surfboards and hardgoods brands like Vissla, Rusty Surfboards, Tahe, Sic Maui, Corbin, RnD by Ricky Carroll, Savage Primitive, JB Boards, and Little Bay Boards to name a few. The key focus is assembling the best products and newest brands for our buyers. Tell us about the key focus of the January show. In-person gatherings allow us to build and strengthen relationships, discover, and learn new things, launch ideas, and often careers. Both buyers and sellers are exhausted from ZOOM calls and catalogues!

What’s new for the 2022 January show? Are exhibitors chomping at the bit after last January’s cancelled show?Īctually, we held a show in January 2021 and September 2021.īrands are stoked about the continued efforts to get business back on track, they love the opportunity to get in front of retailers… actual face-to-face meetings to show off their product, get the buyers to study and feel the fabric. Roy Turner, Surf Expo’s SVP and Show Director, gave us a run down of the schedule. With buyers and attendees coming from the US, Europe and other global markets, the show is set to be a key date for surf and watersport retailers. Starting on January 5, brands will be introducing retailers to their 2022/23 product catalogues, giving retailers an opportunity to experience the product before purchase. Off the back of two successful shows last year, Surf Expo is back at the Orange County Convention Center for Surf Expo 2022. Surf Expo 2022 Brings Brands Together in Florida, Starting January 5

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