Press release:
Redondo Beach, Calif. (April 1, 2015)
Body Glove is pleased to announce the addition of Nick Meistrell as the brand’s new Social Media and Content Manager. Nick comes to Body Glove with over a decade of marketing experience. Nick most recently worked at Freestyle Watches where he helped bring back the Shark Watch and worked his way through multiple positions, including photographer, graphic designer and trade show director. He most recently worked as Freestyle’s Marketing and Social Media Director. Throughout Nick’s career and prior to working at Freestyle, Nick worked as a freelance photographer for clients including: Surfline, Wakeboarding Magazine, Crispy Bikinis, Atwater, Under Armour and ZooYork.
“We are excited to have Nick join the team, especially as we embark on a new program to revitalize the brand’s efforts in the core category,” said Scott Daley, VP of Marketing at Body Glove. “As someone who has grown up with the brand, but got experience at some other great companies, Nick brings a lot of great ideas, energy and authenticity to the brand.”
“I am excited and humbled for the opportunity to be a part of the Body Glove team,” said Nick Meistrell. “While I always have wanted to work for the company my Grandpa and Uncle founded in 1953, I knew I needed to get some outside experience to make a real contribution to the brand. I look forward to working with this awesome crew I have known my whole life and can’t wait to help push the brand to new levels for another sixty plus years.”
About Body Glove International
Founded in Redondo Beach, California in 1953 by twin brothers Bill and Bob Meistrell, Body Glove is the original wetsuit company. Today, the privately-owned, family-operated company is a leading global watersports brand that specializes in wetsuits, swimwear, clothing, footwear, accessories and technology products. While Body Glove has supported surfers and the surfing industry since 1953, today Body Glove sponsors one of the most respected surf and wakeboard teams in the industry. Pro surfers Tatiana Weston-Webb, Jamie O’Brien, Anthony Walsh, Alex Gray, Zeke Lau, Guinness World Record Holder Garrett McNamara, as well as wakeboarders Rusty Malinoski, Harley Clifford, and Bob Soven are all part of the Body Glove Team. Through Reef Check, SIMA’s environmental fund, and the Surfrider Foundation, Body Glove also works hard to preserve and protect the oceans and waterways it loves. The company’s headquarters are still based in Redondo Beach, but its products are sold all over the U.S. by a network of independent retailers, at its own Dive N’ Surf retail shop and in approximately 50 countries worldwide.
