Thoughs on surfing

Customize Your Surf Grip Pads With Our New Tool
Customize Your Surf Grip Pads With Our New Tool
|Martim Dornellas
One of the advantages of a modular traction pad as Van der Waal, is the capability to adjust to any surfboard layout, size, and surfing style (ie beginner, novice, experienced... Read more...
A 1979 Volkswagen Beetle made of wax
A 1979 Volkswagen Beetle made of wax
|Martim Dornellas
According to SurferToday, there are more or less, 23 million active surfers in the world. I know that we cannot predict from this number how many wax their boards, and... Read more...
The unpredictability of surf and a leap of faith
The unpredictability of surf and a leap of faith
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As a sport, surf is probably one of the most fickle ones. It depends on so many factors and scenarios that predicting what gear will work or not (and how... Read more...
where was surf invented
10 funny facts about surf
|Martim Dornellas
SURFING WAS NOT INVENTED IN HAWAII BUT IN PERU. Accordingly to Wikipedia, "the riding of waves has likely existed since humans began swimming in the ocean. In this sense, bodysurfing... Read more...
2019 in review
2019 in review
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In January, 2019 looked like a promising year. Despite I had no money for whims (as a new wetsuit), my personal life was somehow promising and some exciting things were... Read more...
An alternative to surf wax
An alternative to surf wax
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VAN DER WAAL IS A GRIP SOLUTION INTRODUCED IN 2016 AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SURF WAX.To start, let’s consider that a surf wax bar costs, on average, 3€. Our product,... Read more...
WSL – a dream that became a marketing opportunity that became our biggest marketing error (so far)
WSL – a dream that became a marketing opportunity that became our biggest marketing error (so far)
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We started to test Van der Waal in 2015 and in 2016 we officially launched as product our Performance Series 1.0. Afonso was still working at his full day job,... Read more...