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Julien DURANT, Co-founder of Picture Organic Clothing
The story of the brand Picture, created in 2008, is intimately tied to a genuine passion that Julien Durant and two of his buddies have for skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing. The brand, whose name was chosen somewhat by chance based on something off a snowboard DVD cover, was the result of a shared desire to create something different from what was out there, at...
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Wilco PRINS, Co-founder of T&C Surf Designs Europe & former EuroSIMA President
Former EuroSIMA President and a key player in the European Action Sports industry, Wilco Prins looks back on his unique journey—from intern at Rip Curl (waxing Patrick Beven’s boards for a photo shoot) to CEO Europe, before reviving the legendary brand Town & Country Surf Designs on the continent.
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Stéphane MARTEAU, Founder and CEO of MC Box Events
If you’ve ever spotted a MC BOX pick-up truck on a beach during surf events, then you already know (without realizing it) Stéphane Marteau. He’s done it all – surf shops, bars, brands,… – before founding MCBox in 2008 and becoming a low-key but essential figure in the Action Sports event scene. In this episode, he looks back on his early years in Sarthe, show...
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Rémi Forsans, Entrepreneur and team builder, committed to the transition towards sustainability
Rémi Forsans, Entrepreneur and team builder, committed to the transition towards sustainability
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Émilie Souvras, Ex-Global Brand General Manager Roxy – Product Hub Director Boardriders
You simply can't have a conversation about the last few years at Boardriders without mentioning the name Emily SOUVRAS. After joining the group in 2014 in products, Emily rose the corporate ladder step by step to eventually reach the position of Global Brand General Manager for Roxy - in short, the biggest key position for the brand. As she is now starting to write...
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Yann Dalibot, Soöruz Co-creator and Director
In this new episode, Inside EuroSIMA welcomes Yann Dalibot, co-founder of Soöruz. In just under 20 years, the Charente-Maritime-based brand has managed to establish itself in the European boardsports market and even rattle the leaders, in particular in the neoprene segment, which now represents 80% of their business. Having always placed innovation and eco-design at the heart of their product development, Soöruz has massively...
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Dave MAILMAN, Ex-Marketing Director Quiksilver Europe, Ex-President ASP Europe, Journalist, Speaker, Voice Over Artist & Consultant
Basically everyone in the Action Sports industry knows Dave Mailman. And that’s no surprise: for over 20 years, he was the voice behind the biggest surfing and snowboarding events across the Old Continent and has commented hundreds of heats on the beach or on webcasts.
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Jean Kress, Boardriders Sustainability Director EMEA
Jean Kress is a genuine creative spirit, who has been infusing his talent and inspiration as a designer into the European surfing industry for the past 30 years. Before settling in the Landes in 1994, Jean worked for the most prestigious haute-couture names in Paris: Chanel, Lanvin, Guy Laroche or even Dior. His immersion in the 80’s and 90’s in Paris, the fashion capital...
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Reid PINDER, Former Senior Executive & Brand Manager Billabong Europe & Co-Founder Sunday Collab and ALT MLK
In the late 80’s, Europe was supposed to be no more than a passing trip in the life of a certain young Australian surfer from the Sunshine Coast. That was until a serendipitous encounter with Derek O’Neill on a ferry changed everything. Derek was getting ready to launch Billabong Europe, given the potential of the budding surfing industry on the Old Continent, and he...
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Stephen BELL, Founder of Euroglass-BELL Surfing
[Podcast in English] What could have predicted that a carpenter from Torquay would come to reign over the European surfboard business? Not much, apart from a love of surfing and a taste for adventure…and of course an undeniable talent for business. Belly was one of the first Australians to come to Hossegor in the 80’s.
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