We have some more photos from Surf Expo, where retailers seemed upbeat after a decent summer.
Brands also seemed pretty optimistic, and we have great audio interviews with brand leaders that we will be posting soon.
In the meantime, here are a few photos from the show floor on Friday.
Duvin's creative booth got a lot of attention. Random people asked to pose for personal Instagram photos in the booth.
Shaun O'Meara, Garrett Watzka and Austin Duvall of Duvin
The Carve Designs booth. Carve makes swimsuits and apparel for active women instead of juniors.
Nina Pechonis of BC Surf and Sport at the Carve Designs booth with Jessica Bishop
Allison Millenacker of Carve Designs
The Surf Expo crowd was happy to see Volcom back
Ryan Immegart and Todd Schmidt of Volcom
Volcom brought its local store employees to the show
Katie Imswiler of Imsy, model Adrienne Ruberti, and Cory Higgins of Jetty. The swimsuit is a collaboration between Imsy and Jetty.
The back of the Jetty suit collaboration with Imsy
Roark cleverly served noodles to the crowd to highlight its trip to Hong Kong
The Salty Crew collab with Igloo
Igloo's retro collection
A suit at Dippin' Daisys/Ris-K booth
Elaine Tran of Dippin' Daisys. Her family owns a swim factory in Los Angeles.
Beach Bum was busy at the show
Sun Bum is offering a wide range of products for kids and babies.
Sun Bum has expanded into many products, including hair care
The revamped Lost line received good reviews from some retailers
New team members at Lost - Freddie Sipowicz, Jimbo Gaskin, Ben Kelley
Mikey Rangel and Drew Dolkas of Roark
So nice to see Michelle LeBlanc of Manhattan Beachwear
Fun in the aisle: Chico Bukovansky of Dakine, Shannan North of Billabong, Greg Wade of Xcel, and Todd Stanley of Dakine
Jonathan Regehr and Scott Anderson of Channel Islands and Jeremy Schluntz of TEN
