Everybody's gone surfin, surfin USA. It did seem like everybody went to Surf Expo in Orlando recently. Surf legends, wake board champions, almost 2000 vendors, way more attendees, and a few bikini models added to the mix. View attachment 50435 It was FUN FUN FUN. There was gear, gear and more gear not to mention stuff to wear or not wear while having fun in the SUN. Surf Boards, wake boards, boats to pull the wake boarders, kite surfers, ocean surfers, even some Wet & Wild surfers probably. And Aaron Chang, world famous surf photographer, was willing to hang for a bit. View attachment 50434 You may not know Aaron’s name but the known names in surfing have become famous in part because of his photographs as they surf Sunset, Tahiti and you get the picture.
But Pete, Greg of Scuba Radio and I were on a mission. And the mission was to find clothes for you diver babes to wear when you are NOT below the water. View attachment 50434 So we discovered and in some cases uncovered a couple of ideas we really liked, and hoped you women of scuba would appreciate as well. The Chik T-shirt line turned out to be pretty cool line. View attachment 50436 This is a family who surfs together and works their booth together. The whole line was well done. Clothing that would appeal to many. View attachment 50438
There were apparel makers we spent time with to find out more about their lines and designs. View attachment 50432. And it was good. Pete liked it, I liked it. And the model who showed us how it works was down right gracious. To us it seemed like an item many women would like to know more about. We sure did. Oh yeah! View attachment 50433. So after unwrapping the “Saress” we moved on.
View attachment 50439 Well we did try to give equal time to some of the bikini girls, you know just to be fair.
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And going into the show on the last day Pete in his ever observant way(Mr. Freaking Megaladon himself- I'm so jealous) suggests hey let's look over there. And it turns out to be one of our best discoveries. Designs By Dawn Bacchus-Horan caught our eye and our imaginations. View attachment 50440We spent some time at her booth discussing her designs as well as where they can be found. Turns out Dawn and her entourage live in Jupiter, Fl where they are based but return to down in the Antillies where her clientele vacation and she grew up. Her line of clothes is very upscale, beautifully designed, and rightfully sold in elite shops "down in the islands". View attachment 50437
So overall there was a lot to see. The overlap of the two industries of diving and all the surface water play, is fairly obvious. And in some of my conversations I asked the wake-kite-skate-surf board participants if they dove and why or why not. And those answers are another whole conversation to reflect upon.
But Pete, Greg of Scuba Radio and I were on a mission. And the mission was to find clothes for you diver babes to wear when you are NOT below the water. View attachment 50434 So we discovered and in some cases uncovered a couple of ideas we really liked, and hoped you women of scuba would appreciate as well. The Chik T-shirt line turned out to be pretty cool line. View attachment 50436 This is a family who surfs together and works their booth together. The whole line was well done. Clothing that would appeal to many. View attachment 50438
There were apparel makers we spent time with to find out more about their lines and designs. View attachment 50432. And it was good. Pete liked it, I liked it. And the model who showed us how it works was down right gracious. To us it seemed like an item many women would like to know more about. We sure did. Oh yeah! View attachment 50433. So after unwrapping the “Saress” we moved on.
View attachment 50439 Well we did try to give equal time to some of the bikini girls, you know just to be fair.
.And going into the show on the last day Pete in his ever observant way(Mr. Freaking Megaladon himself- I'm so jealous) suggests hey let's look over there. And it turns out to be one of our best discoveries. Designs By Dawn Bacchus-Horan caught our eye and our imaginations. View attachment 50440We spent some time at her booth discussing her designs as well as where they can be found. Turns out Dawn and her entourage live in Jupiter, Fl where they are based but return to down in the Antillies where her clientele vacation and she grew up. Her line of clothes is very upscale, beautifully designed, and rightfully sold in elite shops "down in the islands". View attachment 50437
So overall there was a lot to see. The overlap of the two industries of diving and all the surface water play, is fairly obvious. And in some of my conversations I asked the wake-kite-skate-surf board participants if they dove and why or why not. And those answers are another whole conversation to reflect upon.
