Kim is the founder of Fearless Surfer. As surf mental coach she helps especially women to overcome their fears of surfing. Topics addressed in her coaching and retreat programs are the fear of high waves, building confidence in the (often times male-dominated line up), calming techniques and building a community of like-minded surfer women!

My name is Lena, I was born in Germany but spent a lot of time by the sea in order to pursue my passion of surfing until I finally moved to Portugal in 2019. There I found myself living a dream of surf, yoga and social connections. I wanted to make it possible for more people to make experiences like this and created my holistic retreat brand called Higher Frequency Retreats.

My name is Roxana Turnbo , born in Miami Beach, Florida in 1984 and now have lived in Wahiawa, Hawaii for almost five years. It’s here in Hawaii where I’ve given birth to the start of my dreams. One of them being; I own Surfer Girl Hawaii a company that offers Handmade fashion designed by me, Waterproof Cosmetics, and organic skincare for surfers and women that lead an active lifestyle.

Hey, I am Dave from the UK. I have a background in interior and brand design and have been living in Ericeira for the last two years. A lot of my recent experience in the UK was working with co-work spaces, for clients, and for myself.

Surfer turned entrepreneur Lac Campbell has made his mark on surf tourism businesses and surf brands across the globe. His Company, ‘The Surfing Copywriter,’ tackles websites, blog articles, press releases, scripts, and newsletters.

Claire Rivero, ex analog nomad. I launched The Point SurfClub in September 2020 as a non-profit to support the surfing community here in Tenerife.

As an ex-HR director and recruiter who had worked to encourage the growth of the remote working community, I decided to make this a meeting and networking and coworking space too.

A Week Awake is an experience for all women to connect, recharge, and empower themselves in a magical paradise, in Santa Teresa - Costa Rica, where the jungle meets the sea.

They believe that by spending a week with them, the guests will go back home with new tools to keep this energy throughout their daily life. “You will feel empowered, recharged and with a strong desire for more adventure!”.

I'm Brett, owner of SeaGods Australia. We are an ocean clothing Brand based out of Western Australia. Growing up on the ocean I have always had a deep connection and respect for the seas. My wife and I decided to start up a clothing brand aimed at all ocean lovers.

Léo and I created Wyve, formerly known as HEXA Surfboards, in 2019. With a “Direct-To-Consumer” supply chain, integrating all the steps of the value chain of the manufacturing of a surfboard. Wyve wants to lead boardsports towards technical and environmental excellence.

Rui is the co-founder of Big Raven Portugal, a brand for eco-fiendly and consciously created surf ponchos. In this interview he explains more about his motivation, which is love for the ocean.

Rainer is the founder of Rebel Fin Co. producing sustainable and environmental friendly surf fins. So here’s about his story, his ambitions, what makes Rebel Fins so eco friendly and the question if to start your idea as a side business or to go all in.

Nalu Project is a surf brand from Portugal started by Eva Diemer. She started to use old wetsuits and converting them into beautiful neoprene products.

Marie is from Hamburg, Germany, but lives part of the year in Bali where the pieces of her surfwear label Zealous are produced. In our interview she talks about the challenges of founding a surfwear brand (spoiler: there’s a few) but also the benefits that leading a life between a big city like Hamburg and the palm trees of Bali brings.

Here’s the story of surfpreneurs Rory Palmer-Rowe and his wife Jade who have founded The Good Wax Co. Producing a 100% organic wax the company also donates 10% of its profits for helping to save turtles.

We discussed with Mario about the impact of Covid-19 on their business, the story of Magic Quiver, also how they do things differently - one of the examples is how they collaborate with the world’s famous shapers and how they host them in Ericeira.

We know: ocean adventures and sustainability are the keys to a great life. And that’s what motivated Jana Garous to co-found Sober&Naked, an eco-bikini brand for active mermaids.

Sergi from Spain dedicated his life to doing what he believes in: surfing, woodwork, and environmentalism. As a result, he founded Flama Surf which is committed to building sustainable surfboards made of wood.

“Why are wetsuits black and snowboard jackets a piece of art?” is the question that Mark Bohmann asked himself before creating BlackGoat wetsuits.

Lucia Roman established Ninefootstudio as a swimwear brand, made with high ends recycled fabrics, manufacturing in small quantities, and working with small workshops, and slowly building up the business.

Nuno Nico is the founder of Waterlost, a multi-crossing surf brand that incorporates a clothing shop and a surf school. Today, he is going to tell us how he successfully integrated his business in the traditional fisherman town of Peniche.

WONDA resulted from a personal pain point: Finding a bikini that actually fits. They spent endless hours and lots of our nerves searching the web and also offline, however, there was really nothing we were satisfied with.

This company from Sweden creates earplugs that not only block water from coming into your ears but also let you hear the outside world.

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.

An interview with Christoph Zingelmann about his surf related projects: Island Collective, Saltwater shop, and Surf & Skate Festival.

Martim Dornellas from Van Der Waal, has an amazing alternative to wax. We asked him a few questions about how Van Der Waal came to existence, some lessons learned during growing into new sales channels, and working with WSL surfers.

In this episode, our resident writer Richard Dobinson touched base with Cris to talk about his life as a Surfpreneur.

In this episode, we discuss what Smart Leash Co stands for, Dan's prior experience in the surf industry, and how that has supported his work with his own company, and getting Dan's brand into some of the world's most recognizable surf shops.

Romain Laulhe, 6 times surf champion, started his entrepreneurial career after saying goodbye to the competition.

Today he presents us Power Surf Center, a surf school like no other. Between fitness classes, yoga classes, and surf trips abroad, this is what a surf school runs by an ex-champion looks like.

Here is the story of how co-founder Jessica Roberts found her way out of the hustle and bustle of America to the homely and Beautiful Ericeira.

Gota da Agua is a surf camp at Costa da Caparica, a small beach town near Lisbon’s capital. We chatted with one of the founders, Ricardo Carvalho, about how they started and what is their business approach.

Hadi Beydoun defined the surfing identity of the Ivory Coast by creating the first pro surfboard factory in West Africa in the Ivorian Coast, a country where the surf was still inexistent a few years ago

In this podcast episode, we are going to chat with Tim Has, the founder of BookingLayer. We will talk about how a BookingLayer helps surf camps and surf houses to improve their operations and sell surf packages.

Tania Rosenkranz is the founder of Free Your Mind Experience, which is not only a kite school based in Tarifa. It’s a way of life, a different “experience” where to discover kitesurf, catch the best waves, explore undiscovered spots in Morocco, Spain, and other destinations around the world.

Erika Drolet is Canadian, she is a surf lover, a yoga teacher, and also an inspiring Instagrammer. Erika travelled the world before creating The Salty Souls Experience in 2015, women-only surf and yoga retreats based in South America and Bali.

When Aideen returned to Ireland after her trip she joined a meetup.com group and went on a surfing weekend in Bundoran, on the west coast. She wasn’t sure she’d enjoy cold water surfing, but just being in the water and connecting with like-minded people was so amazing I kept going back. 

We discussed with Mario about the impact of Covid-19 on their business, the story of Magic Quiver, also how they do things differently - one of the examples is how they collaborate with the world’s famous shapers and how they host them in Ericeira.

Sun & Co operates as a coliving space from September to June and as a hostel, under a completely different brand, during the summer. We discussed with Jon Hormaetxe Castells about how you can integrate coliving concept into your existing surf hospitality business.

Olmo van Beurden and Hans van Mourik founded together SurfaWhile; a cool booking agency specialized in surf trips. However, it’s not like the traditional ones.

Surf Getaways was created by one of Australia’s most accomplished and accredited female surf coaches, Serena Adams and Belinda Bradford an avid traveler, surfer, and experienced commercial marketer and entrepreneur. Their aim was to make surfing accessible for women of any age.

Started with the magazine, then we decided to create a place where we could gather the community we built with the print mag. 

Today our main focus is The Swenson Houses and Swenson members. 

Thijs was running a kitesurf school company in the Netherlands but after a few years, he realized that they met the limits of what is humanly possible when running a watersports company.

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.

We discussed with Nicky Kelly about how to build a niche online accommodation business and what challenges the surf hospitality businesses face.

Ru Hill is the founder of Surf Simply, a high-end coaching surf resort in Costa Rica which books out a year in advance.

Bruno Muchada is a global director of Selina Surf Club which is a surf division of Selina - a global hospitality brand focused on millennial travellers.

Pepijn runs his own online surf coaching business, designed for those who feel they’ve mastered the basics, and are ready to take their surfing to the next level.

Ida Bjerga is the Founder and Managing Director of Noise studio, a Danish studio specialized in digital strategy, branding and design for Sports Brands & Sports Tech.

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.

Started with the magazine, then we decided to create a place where we could gather the community we built with the print mag. 

Today our main focus is The Swenson Houses and Swenson members. 

There wasn’t an Apple Watch app that shows you the real-time wave data from nearby marine buoys at a glance and Pablo Paciello, a freelance iOS developer from Biarritz, decided to build one.

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.

An interview with Christoph Zingelmann about his surf related projects: Island Collective, Saltwater shop, and Surf & Skate Festival.

Surfnomade is currently the biggest surf blog written in the German language. The aim of my blog is to inform the growing community of German surfers about how to travel the world and get to know the world’s best surfing destinations.

Based in Croyde, a place with beautiful beaches and good surf at the coast of the UK, Yvette tells us about her motivation, struggles, and advice for all the other surfpreneurs out there.

Antonio Pedro has a clear goal in his mind. He is the CEO of a Portuguese association called Associação Surf Social Wave.

Paddle-paddle is a French non-profit born in 2018 with both environmental and social dimensions. Our aim is to provide a second life to the surf equipment which still deserves to be used (ecological aspect).