Surfpreneurs

In just a short couple of years, Climax Surf Wax Founder Tessa Abram has gone from being a skydiver instructor - yes, you read that right - to starting her own company in arguably surfing's most saturated niche. In this episode we discuss how Tessa came to start a surf wax company, some of her product development wins (and painful, if hilarious lessons), marketing, branding and social media, expansion and more. I certainly enjoyed the conversation, and I hope you do too. You can find Tessa's company at www.climaxsurfwax.com Are you looking to join Tessa in the Surfpreneur Club, as a way to help your surf and lifestyle business get to the next level? Check out www.surfpreneurs.club to find out more.

If you’ve done any research on surf-related fitness, chances are you’ve stumbled upon Cris Mills, (AKA Surf Strength Coach). Go to his website and you’ll discover a true encyclopedia of all things surf. Anybody with a business in the surf industry will tell you they didn't get into this game so that they can make their fortune and retire early (although we live in hope). There's an inherent tenacity that goes hand in hand with those in pursuit of a life connected with the ocean. In order to live out this passion and thrive, creativity and innovation prevail. In this episode, our resident writer Richard Dobinson touched base with Cris to talk about his life as a Surfpreneur.

16: Daniel Thwaite from Smart Leash Co by James & Peter

https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/powersurfcenter

https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/the-west-factory-first-pro-surfboard-factory-in-west-africa

In this episode we are going to chat with Tim from Bookinglayer. We will talk about how a Bookinglayer helps surf camps and surf houses to improve their operations and sell surf packages. We will also discuss about how Bookinglayer started, how they got the first customers and how they operate as a remote team. More about this episode: https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/bookinglayer-manage-your-surf-camp-operations-and-sell-more-packages

12: Erika Drolet from Salty Souls by James & Peter

More about the episode: https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/magic-quiver-ericeira-interview-with-mario

We discussed with Jon about how they operate as a coliving space from September to June and as a hostel, under a completely different brand, during the summer. More about the episode: www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/how-to-convert-your-surf-house-into-a-coliving-space

In this episode, I'm going to interview Alexandra from I Love The Seaside. Alexandra with her team has a small publishing company that makes travel surf books. Imagine a type of content of Lonely Planet combined visual aesthetics of printed Monocle Magazine. If you visited some surf shops in Europe, there is a very high chance you already spotted their books. We discussed with Alexandra about how a successful Kickstarter campaign helped them to publish their first guide book, how they found distributors and a lot more!

Thijs is the managing director of Viking Bookings, a water sports booking software company. He decided to build software to manage reservations of his own kitesurfing school in the Netherlands, soon to realize that there might be other schools interested in this solution. https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/2019/8/27/thijs-van-westing-from-viking-bookings

Thomas is the founder of Get Wet Soon. What started as a blog has become a hub for other surf-related collaborations and businesses. Among other projects, we discussed Surf World Map and a new surf hostel that Thomas is opening in Morocco this autumn. https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/2019/8/27/thomas-zielinski-of-get-wet-soon

Surf Holidays is something like Airbnb or Booking.com for booking your surf camp or surf accommodation. We discussed with Nicky about how to build a niche online accommodation business, what challenges the surf hospitality businesses face and what are the new trending surf spots according Surfholiday.com data. https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/2019/8/27/nicky-kelly-surf-holidays-podcast-interview

Ru Hill is the founder of Surf Simply, a high-end coaching surf resort in Costa Rica which books out a year in advance. https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/2019/7/15/surfpreneurs-podcast-e5-ru-hill-from-surf-simply

Christian Dittrich is the founder and CEO of Ear Labs, a company from Sweden which is behind popular product for surfers - SurfEars. https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/2019/3/20/surfpreneurs-podcast-e4-christian-dittrich-from-surfears

Bruno Muchada Suarez is a global director of Selina Surf Club which is a surf division of Selina - a global hospitality brand focused on millennial travellers. Bruno started a couple of surf related businesses before joining Selina: a surf hostel in Morocco and a consultancy company for hospitality industry, just to name s few. https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/2019/1/27/surfpreneurs-podcast-e3-bruno-muchada-suarez-from-selina

In the second Surfpreneurs podcast James interviewed Jack Candlish from Organic Dynamic. They discussed how Jack started this kiwi surfboard brand as a side project and how it later a while became his full-time job. https://www.surfpreneurs.club/blog/2019/1/27/surfpreneurs-podcast-e3-bruno-muchada-suarez-from-selina

The first (and very improvised) version of the Surfpreneurs podcast was recorded with Christoph Zingelmann. We discusses a couple if Christoph’s surf projects: - Island Collective 
- Saltwater shop in Hamburg
 - Surf & Skate Festival