Surf Expo picked up steam on Thursday and we have lots of photos from the show floor.
We saw a healthy number of busy booths and a good turnout from key industry retailers, especially from the East Coast.
See the photos below in our slide show.
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Photos from VIP Retailer Dinner
Elaine Tran, owner of Dippin Daisys Swim with a velvet bikini
The Xcel team meets with a very important customer that knows cold water: Cinnamon Rainbows in New Hampshire
Dakine Global GM David Orr
Dakine is launching wetsuits
Jackie Hopkins and Kelly Ellingson of Maaji
Patricia Thornton of Psycho Tuna, a new brand with some buzz
Psycho Tuna product
Gerry Lopez, right, practicing yoga on the show floor
Daniel Neukomm - SES file photo
Bill Gage of Avid
John Gothard, Erin Goodman and Jared Mehr of Pura Vida
The Pura Vida booth
Greg Osthus, Seth Pulford, Leah Lodge, and Erik Ecklund of Sanuk
The busy Roark booth
Steve Ward with George Karamitos of Maui Nix
Angi Hart of Tori Praver
Tara Jaicks and Kyla Brennan of Tavik
Mike Vavak of Eidon
The retail panel
Tony and Marybeth Giordano of Ocean Hut Surf Shop and Brendan Hanley, Ian Hanley, and Scott Wells of Pure Lure
LG Shaw - SES file photo
Jeff Booth of Flojos and Sammy Duvall of Curl
Brian White of NRI
Rod Tomlinson of Surf Expo and Jacob Uhland of Havaianas
Adam Quick and Kelsey Mitchel of Raen
Heat Swimwear
Steve Walden with John Vance of SurfTech
Dale Rhodes of Katin
Tom Good and Ty Williams of Banks Journal
Don Dyer and Joey Santley of I-Sea Sunglasses
Michael Darr of Party Pants and Danny Gillis of Captain Fin
Royce Cansler and Bing Copeland of Bing Surfboards
Jeremy Schluntz of TEN, and Robert Hyland and Nick Meistrell of Body Glove
A Body Glove Swim showing
The Pukka booth is always busy
A showing at Tommy Bahama
Toms
