Surf Expo September 2018 Roundup
The show has fully recovered from last year’s hurricane interruption with most of the key brands exhibiting. The event started with the on water demo day which was followed by 3 days of exhibition with Source walking the busy aisles. Boardsports retailers attendance was good with most in a buoyant mood after a good summer supported by the general strength in the economy.
The Day before the show started its was demo day down by the lake
With barbacue and refreshments
Consumed under the shade of trees,
Whilst listening to the sounds of the Bluegrass band
The pontoon out the front was the centre of activities.
While the inflatable bar from Island Anywhere made its way round the shoreline
Plenty of product on show to test
Other brands at the demo included tent manufacturers Strikenow
Flip flops and coconut juice
Paddle time
BD Talking booth
BD Talking CEO Homare Imai
BD Talking has range of a mile and up to 4 units can communicate with each other
BD Talking kit is completely waterproof
Surf Expo took place inside its regular venue Orange County Convention Center In Orland Florida
The hall was full up, with Exhibitors back in force
The major brands were well represented with Quiksilver, Roxy Billaboong,O'Neill and Volcom all at the show.
Using the show app makes visiting the show a whole lot easier
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Around the show
All-In clean kit bucket comes with a solar shower
All-In Regis Bruron and founder JB Caste
All-In V Poncho with outdoor print with mixed wafer and terry fabrics
Arbor's Andrew Valantine
Arbor's Pilsner Vibram collab, uses Vibram material which is tougher then grip tape and better in the wet
Arbor's Vibram Solstice, proportion of profits go to Boarding for Breast cancer
BIC Cross boards now have full length deck pads on all models
BIC's Performer in Tough-Tec now comes in colours with graphics, FCS fins and is lighter then last years model
BIC's Tough-Tec comes in colors for the first time and at a lower weight
Board Retailers Association Mike Scully
Boardworks Andrew Mencinsky
Boardworks have launched an inflatable version of their award winning Great Bear expoxy touring board
Bodyglove booth
Bodyglove's Joe Mcnulty
Bodyglove's Prime ziperless uses a wide strap with a clip holder for a closure mechanism
Bravo Pumps brand new OEM super pump has increased efficiency by 30%
Bravo Pumps Nano uses the same new technoloy in a more compact design
Bravos's Francesco Caramaschi
Captain Fin have launched their first leash range
Captain Fin Matt Archbald pro model out in Nov
Captain Fin Micheal Darr
Catch Surf's Aloha shirt collab with Hoffmann Graphics
Catch Surf's Joel Manalastas
Catch Surf's Lost Beater retro 90's graphics
Cobian's comfortable slip on Bahia with laser etched strap
Cobian's Monterey with custom perforated footbad and updated synthetic leather strap
Cobian's Sean Morrison
Connelly's Colin Spradlin
Connelly's Legacy wake surfer has a grid core saving on board mass
Connelly's Ono wake surfer has ghost grip as an alternative to wax, keeps the boat clean
Crazy Foil's Catherine Blanchet and Serge Fraser
Crazy Foil's nartural development of man
Crazy Foil's wakesurf or kite entry level foil
Dakine traction pads now use a biodegradable friendly foam
Dakine's Party Pack has an insulated cooler compartment in the bottom
Doomswell's Band Wagon Perry Morrison pro model
Doomswell's Brandon Watson
Doomswell's range of boards also all come in a thinner white finish
EcoBoardin's Carla Elizando
Electric have come back to Surf Expo with their womens range.
Electric's Danger Cat Pro from their womens sports performance line
Electric's Ian Foulke, Megan Brunner and Eric Crane
Flojo's Estiler with bottle opener on top
Flojo's John Dickinson
Flojo's ultra light weight Felix
Follow SPR range uses recycled jerseys, Yulex foam and aqua based glues
Follow, one of the best booths at the show
Follow's Derek Cook and Vincent Ryan a
Follow's SPR (sustainable performance range) impact vest
Freaker booth
Glidesoul's perlised impact vest
Glidesoul's reversible spring wetsuit, graphics on both sides
Globe's Blazer Cruiser in the tortoise slick with pearl inlays
Globe's Option Evo is a modern twist on the best selling Option from 1998
Globe's Stephen Lilly, Nina Eidem and John Sherwood
Go Foils full range of wings
Go Foils Jason D'agostino and Karla Aguerre
Go Foils Kalama with the Maliko wing
Herschal Independant collab, Sutton Duffell bag has straps to carry a skateboard
Herschal Voyage womens windbreaker with a Hoffmann Design's print
Hurley had all the latest action at the Slater Ranch
Hurley is launching a new line with Cryptic using his patterns inspired by Hawaiian gods
Hyperlight are now working with Super from Australia on hand made boards
Hyperlight Lunch Tray, thier new cable board with added flex zones
Hyperlight's Ben Sims
Icon's Frontier with flexible lightweight fraame
Icon's Julie Chang
Icon's unisex Blaze
Igloo cooler wall
Island Anywhere's inflatable bar
JetPilot's Shane Bonifay 20 year edition comp jacket
JetPilot's Tanya Vonstentzsch and PJ Elbing
Liquid Force have launched wave shapers for boats this season
Liquid Force Space Pod hight perfomance wakeboard
Liquid Force's Wade Motawi
Lost boardshort with side pockets on the seam and high resolution graphic
Lost newly launched Sabotaj is Taj Burrows go to board
Lost's Jimbo Gaskin
Losts Ben Kelley
Maui has reintroduced backpacks from their mid eighties range
Maui stand
Maui's Patricia Thorton
Maui's popular verbage Flip ups
Mystic's Legend Vest with knit flex liner and super stretch neoprene
Mystic's Matt Aiken and Max Bloom
Mystic's MK8X helmet with fit lock magnetic closure and diode ajustable sizing system
Neff's Doug Coger, Mark Copeland and Travis Matsdorf
Neff's popular Tropic Tiger print combos
Neff's Tiger stripe, further evidence of their move back to what they are best known for
Never Summer's Antivibe larger sized carving wakesurfer
Never Summer's Fin Rich boat board inspired by Jimmy le Riche
Never Summer's Jenna and BJ
Nobile's Maciej Jazweicki and Michal Kamyk
Nobile's Rubicon 3 stage rocker wake board, for that snowboard feeling on water
Nobile's Super Bee cable board designed for riding obstacles
O'Brien's booth
O'Brien's David O'Caoimh with his Valhalla proboard
O'Brien's Tarah Mikacich with her very own pro model, the Spark
O'Neill had a big stand in the middle of the show
O'Neill Hyperfreak Hydro with patent pending velcro closure
O'Neill Hyperfreak Nomad antimicrobial boardshort
O'Neill new Marketing Director Matt Sims
O'Neill SUP's inflatable surfboard uses fusion technolnoy and has flex rails
O'Neill SUP's Raphael Guigo and Sylvain Aurenche
O'Neill's SUP's Hyperfreak SUP board with stringer technology
Onda's Paolo Green, Anna Monty and Nuno Pinto
Onda's Shield 5 is a 5mm with fire skin inside developed for very cold water
Onean as they are waterborn craft with engines they have to be licensed
Onean is USA's first government coast guard approved electric surfboard,
Onean - The SUP version motor runs for 5 hours on one charge, all the boards are manufactured near Bilbao in Spain
Oxbow bamboo series has proven very popular
Oxbow's highly durable Ace-Tec Explorer
Oxbow's Search bamboo models that have been its most successful since the brand was launched
Penny have launched a range of fun softboards
Penny Star Trek collab coming soon
Penny's Crispin Barraza
Progessive's JP Motes and Cody Stewart
Pulse's crew
Pulse's Jodi Chermen and Michelle Richards
Pulse's quick release fin system requires no tools and is now standard throughout their range
Pulses Anchor epoxy board comes with bag and carbon paddle
Pulses back of the board graphic on the Anchor
Quiksilver, Roxy and Billabong all in the house
Quiksilver's generation of boardshorts celebrated cut out style in front of their booth
Quiksilver's Mike Reilly
Quiksilver's performance boardshort line all use materiel made of post consumer water bottles
Quiksilver's top selling elasticated Volley shorts
Rainbow Sandals stand
Rainbow's Flirty Brady, their number one womens style
Rainbow's Kirby Keeter and John Turecki
Rainbow's mens single layer leather comes with lifetime watantee against delamination
Rambo beach bike and board tow
Raw Elements natural skin care range is chemical free, fragence free and preservative free
Raw Elements Theodore Schneider
Richer Poorer's founder Tim Morse
Richer Poorer's mens long sleeve pocket crew in 100% organic cotton
Richer Poorer's women's spaghetti strap crop tank top
Rip Curl booth
Rip Curl's Justin Vernier and Robin Hills
Rip Curl's Mirage 321 boardshort, 3 fabrics with a Cordura yarn back panel for greater durability
Rip Curl's Search GPS 2 is smarter and smaller and is hooked up to Surfline
Rixen are the oldest and by far the largest supplier of Wake Park infrastructure globally
Roark Revival Boatman boardshort with 4 way stretch poly on front but with a much stronger material on the seat
Roark Revival HK Exposure Jamie Thomas's signature woven shirt
Roark Revival Mikey Rangel
Roark Revival's Mikey Rangel takes the Hong Kong theme to the kitchen, lunchtime at the show
Rogue: Boardworks booth
Rogue's Joker electric foilboard uses a Takuma foil, range is 45 mins at around 20mph
Rogue's new Parlay flatwater raceboard
Rogue's Rick Karr
Ronix's Kinetik Project Flex box 1 has a new 3D wood core with individualised pressure pooints
Ronix's Paul O'Brien
Ronix's Top Notch cable board with super clean bottom design
Roxy's new summer line themed around Mykonos
Roxy's Romper Suit with a kimono style overlay
Roxy's Sascha Hartloff
Rusty's Grateful dyed, graphic from the 80/90s. turned on its head
Rusty's Matt Keenan
Rusty's Mindmeld 4 way stretch boardshort from the BC collection
RVCA booth exterior was covered iin Kristen Liu-Wong graphic prints
RVCA's mens boardshort with Kristen Liu-Wong graphic
RVCA's womens swimsuit with Kristen Liu-Wong graphic
Salt Water Hippy booth
Salty Crew High Seas walk short, perforated for faster moisture extraction.
Salty Crew Utility short sleeve technical woven shirt with sun protection from uva/uvb coating
Salty Crew's Jared Lane and CJ Hobgood.
Sandbox graphics are key, here the Classic Lowrider with Space 0ut graphic
Sandbox Legend Lowride Camo wake helmet
Sandbox's Phil Smith and founder Kevin Sansalone
Sanuk's Puff and Chill Low for kids
Sanuk's Yoga sling 3, gives you more support then previous models
Sanuks Magnus Wedhammar and Erik Ecklund
Seabobs from Germany, sleek waterborn propulsion system
SIC have also launched their first surf product with this premium performance hybrid softboard
SIC/BIC/Oxbow's Jim Blakeney
SIC's award winning RS rigid is now available as an inflatable as well
SIC has launched Inflatable versions of the RS with double layer fusion drop stitch material and channels on the hull for improved performance
SIC's new Okeanos uses RS race technology combined with a wider tail block and higher capacity for touring
Smiith's womens Haywire
Smith's Peter Crow and Demi O'Connor
Smith's the Freespool Mag comes with interchangable arms that use a lock and magnetic closure
Standup Floats, inflatable SUP accessories
Starboard team
Surf Expo's Adrienne Belk and PR team
Surflogic have launched a wetsuit dryer
Surflogic's Javier Gonzales Vega and Ignacio Gonzales Vega
Surflogic's wetsuit accessory hanger
Tacuma foils stand
Takuma electric powered foil board runs for 45-75 mins on full charge
Takuma is a foil manufacturer based in Lille France
Takuma other foils from the range
Takuma's Hugo Donse and Cyril Coste
Tidal Wake, attach one on each side of a standard boat, blocking the wake on riding side and increasing the wake coming from the other side
United by Blue boardshorts made from organic cotton and recycled polyester
United by Blue Carabiner clip enamel mug.
United by Blue stand
United By Blue's Ethan Peck
Volcom's Ryan Boyes
Volcoms's skate inspired Stone Light hybrid short for all conditions
Volcoms's woven Mag Sketch short sleeve shirt in mint
Wake Boats More toys for the boys
Wake boats, and the greatest 18th birthday present out there
Wakeboard Trick video compettion was attended
Wave Tech Fins can rotate left and right
Wave Tech Fins make it easier to start turns
Wave Tech Fins. Paul Lindbergh
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