Slyde Handboards
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| Headquarters | Orange County, California, U.S. |
Area served | North America |
| Website | www.slydehandboards.com |
Slyde Handboards is a bodysurfing and water sports company.[1] It was co-founded in 2010 by Steve Watts and Russell Ellers, and they were later joined by Angela Watts.[2]
Product[edit]
The Wedge, Slyde's first handboard, was released in 2011, and brought in $20,000 in revenue.[3] Slyde's beginner model, The Grom, which retails for under half the price of the Wedge, was released in 2017 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. [4]
History[edit]
Slyde started in Mr. Eller's Venice Beach garage and has since moved their headquarters to San Clemente, California.
Shark Tank Appearance[edit]
Slyde Handboards appeared on Season 7, Episode 24 of Shark Tank. Watts entered the tank seeking a $200,000 investment in exchange for 15% equity. They received offers from Kevin O'Leary, Robert Herjavec, Mark Cuban, and celebrity guest shark Ashton Kutcher.[5] Slyde accepted the joint offer from Ashton Kutcher and Mark Cuban, who invested $200,000 in exchange for 22% equity of the company.[6]
Promotion[edit]
Slyde Handboards was accepted into its first big retailer, Dick's Sporting Goods, in June 2018. [7]
Over 30 surfers represent the brand as ambassadors by promoting the handboards on their social media accounts .[8] In April 2019, Grant Baker, 3X Big Wave world champion, joined the Slyde Handboards team, which is the first time in history a professional surfer joined a bodysurfing/handsurfing company as a team rider. [9] [10]
References[edit]
- ^ Zimmerman, Eilene. "Selling Surfers on a New Way to Ride Waves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ "Business Beat: Slyde Handboards". San Clemente Times.
- ^ Zimmerman, Eilene (2016-04-27). "Selling Surfers on a New Way to Ride Waves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Rashid, Brian. "How Slyde Handboards Is Dominating The Bodysurfing Market". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Feloni, Richard. "A couple who put their life savings into a surf business can't keep up with demand after Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher invested $200,000". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "On 'Shark Tank': Investors bite for Slyde Handboards of San Clemente". Orange County Register. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Watts, Angela (2018-06-06). "Landing A $200K Shark Tank Investment and Growing to $80k/mo - Starter Story". www.starterstory.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Basnet, Neetish (August 15, 2018). "How Slyde Handboards is riding the new wave of bodysurfing". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Haro, Alexander. "Grant Twiggy Baker Just Joined a Bodysurfing Team". The Inertia. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ handboards, slyde (2019-05-09). "WSL Big Wave Surfing Champion Grant Twiggy Baker Joins Slyde Handboards Team 💥". Medium. Retrieved 2022-03-21.