Press release:

 

(San Clemente, California) Since our announcement last week that The Boardroom with be co-locating with the Vans US Open of Surfing July 23-27, we’ve been receiving a ton of enthusiastic support from companies, media and especially retailers – including the largest, most important shops in Southern California and around the country.

 

Given the flurry of activity and the kind words of support and excitement, we couldn’t help but pass along the good vibes to you.

 

A celebration of surfing, surfboards and the shapers who make them, The Boardroom will be held within the Vans US Open of Surfing in a 50,000 square foot freestanding pavilion that will be floored, carpeted, and fully climate controlled. It will feature shaping competitions, seminars, entertainment, autograph signings and hundreds of booths filled with surfboards, legendary and contemporary shapers, surf apparel and accessory companies.

 

The Boardroom will be a hybrid trade/consumer event with two days (July 23-24) exclusively dedicated to retail buyers and media as well as two days (July 26-27) also open to the general public.

 

As always The Boardroom will center on the surfboard manufacturer, the shaping culture, and our iconic symbol of enduring youth: the surfboard. “The surfboard will forever be the alpha and the omega of the surf industry, the surf world, and the surf lifestyle,” says Show Founder and Director Scott Bass, “because deep down surfers really only care about two things, waves and the equipment to ride them with.”

 

For more information and announcements, stay tuned to boardroomshow.com. For information on exhibiting at The Boardroom at the US Open, contact Scott Bass atsbass@boardroomshow.com or Nikki Houston at nhouston@boardroomshow.com.

 

What Retailers Are Saying

 

Aaron Pai, Huntington Surf and Sport

“We are stoked and excited to welcome Vans, The Boardroom and the US Open into our backyard this summer! It’s going to be an amazing event for our surf industry and our sport of surfing!”

 

Dave Nash, SunDiego

Surfboards, shapers, pro surfers, boardshorts, mixed with sand and waves on the beach at the U.S. Open? Does it get any better?!! Actually, yes, it does: the largest concentrated beach audience in the world will be directly exposed to the best of what our industry has to offer. Is this really mixing business with pleasure or pleasure with pleasure? Bare minimum, it’s mixing surf culture with customers.

 

Duke Edukas, Surfside

Words cannot express how stoked we are that The Boardroom is launching at the US Open! What a better venue to have this at than the US Open — and right on the beach in Huntington! Why didn’t someone think of this before? We all owe a debt of gratitude to Roy Turner and The Boardroom Family!

 

Josh Hansen, Hansen Surfboards

I’m all for it! Super stoked and excited to see it all come together. It’s so cool to bring everyone to the US Open — and doing the right thing with the consumer element: get them hyped, give the public a chance to touch the product and see how cool our industry is. And to be right on the beach, having the ability to be at the US Open makes so much sense. Truly the location couldn’t be better: at the biggest contest in surfing! Having just been at the Surf Expo in January, I was so refreshed about how you put a trade show together. Seeing it all on the floor, all the brands, the right people. That’s what it’s all about!

 

Milo Myers, Hanger 94

“I am so excited that the US Open is being sponsored by a company that cares about the Surf and Skate Industry. Vans is a true partner who understands the importance of relationships with its core retailers. Having The Boardroom working hand in hand with Vans only furthers my excitement of getting back to the roots of the surf industry. The heart blood of the industry is a surfboard. The shapers are the quiet giants and need to be noted for their contributions to our industries. Without surfboards and the shapers there would be no Industry.”

 

Raelayn Monces, Local Motion

That is very exciting news in regards to The Boardroom at the US Open! Being at the US Open for the past few years, it is a hub of a great surf community. Being a part of such an amazing event, The Boardroom can only make the surf industry that much better! I love exciting new beginnings for surf and this is one of them! Getting the word out there and having surf grow stronger and stronger every year is what retailers like us need. So stoked for your new adventures and having it be closer to us here in Hawaii makes me that much happier!

 

D. Nachnani, Coastal Edge

The Boardroom at the US Open is a wonderful way to celebrate surfing; the collective energy of the tribe at the oceanfront to tell the entire story. This event is going to drip salt water. I am so pleased to see the discussions and drawings on napkins turn into this celebration, uniting the tribe and celebrating our culture.

 

Tony Giordano, Ocean Hut

This is exciting news! The energy I saw at Del Mar is going to quadruple at Huntington Beach during the US Open. Great move!