Christo Hall

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Christo Hall (born in 1978, in Sydney, Australia) is an entrepreneur, ex-professional surfer, author and owner of a marketing agency. [1]

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Early years

Christo Hall was born in 1978 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He spent his childhood surfing and followed his childhood dream to become a professional surfer and featured in Surfing World Magazine Best Surfers of all Time Edition 2009. [2] [3] At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson. [4]

Career

In 1991 Hall got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years. Christo is a surfer [5] [6] for North Narrabeen Board Riders club and has surf for the team to win 4 Australian titles [7] Global Surf Tag News 05.02.2011 North Narrabeen National Surfing Reserve Book page 29 [8] and featured in The Surfing Year Book.

In 2004 Christo retired from full-time international competition. Still had a 49th place on the surfing World Qualifying Series in 2008 [9] and went into business producing beginner surfboards - Softboards Australia. He bought and sold a few other businesses in the surfing industry and in 2009 started Basic Bananas. [10] [11]

Christo has been featured across the Australian media landscape including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, SmartCompany, BRW, Channel 9 in relation to marketing.

In 2012 Hall published his first book Bananas About Marketing. [12]

Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topic of marketing and entrepreneurship. [13] [14]

Personal life

Hall lives in Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Global, Dent (4 January 2017). "How Franziska Iseli and Christo Hall Maintain and Grow a Successful Business While Living Their…". Medium. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Surfing World Print Magazine, Best Surfers of All Time Edition 2009
  3. ↑ Channel 7 Gold Coast Australia - Coastal Watch Show - Kangaroo Island episode Archived 24 October 2014 at archive.today
  4. ↑ Simon Anderson News 'Christo Hall long serving team member
  5. ↑ Surf School Book By Laurine Croasdale Acknowledgements page
  6. ↑ Local News Plus 4 April 2007 Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Publication: weekender | Section: Features | Story ID: 18898
  7. ↑ Global Surf Tab Results
  8. ↑ The Surfing Year Book by Bruce Boal
  9. ↑ Association of Surfing Professionals Rankings 2008: ASP results
  10. ↑ The Money Pillow interview with inspiring entrepreneur 28 March 2014
  11. ↑ Ontraport News June 2014 Archived 24 October 2014 at archive.today
  12. ↑ BRW Magazine August 2012 Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Author Leo D'Angelo Fisher
  13. ↑ MAP Expo by The University of Notre Dame Australia - Marketing, Advertising and PR Expo 2014 Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Hub Australia Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ Bride Magazine Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine July 2010, author unknown.
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