Our testers

Surfers

At Van der Waal, we are proud to partner with good hearted souls who help us to improve with their feedback. More than change our grip for tags and recommendations (that we appreciate), we like to partnership with people who will give us honest feedback for us to improve.  
Surfing with an alternative to surf wax

Rodrigo Campos

Rodrigo is a surfer and photographer from Peniche who tested all our versions and whose feedback is gold to us. Rodrigo is a constant presence in our videos and photos, and we have no words to say thank you!

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Transparent surf deck

Bruno Degert

Martim get's scared just by watching Bruno's waves... Surfer from Anglet, France, Bruno feedback is crucial for us to improve.

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Longboard surf grip

Federico Gobbi

Federico heart is probably bigger than the boards he rides. A longboard rider based in California, USA is the kind of surfer that we want in the ocean with us: super friendly soul, sincere and good vibes

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kid surfing with van der waal surf grip

Tom Degert

Our youngest team rider is probably one of our best surfers. By far better than Martim, who is always jealous of Tom improvements.

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surfing with van der waal

Diogo Mota

Diogo feedback 'This grip makes all the difference to me when I want to press the foot more safely in the manoeuvres. Besides that, it does not disturb anything when I want to correct my feet position on the board. I will rely on this grip on all surf sessions.'

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joao dornellas surfing with van der waal

João Dornellas

As a lousy surfer I must admit Van der Waal didn't improve my surfing skills at all but to be honest it didn't disprove as well. It worked and it's still working really well and way better than traditional messy wax. I believe that if those magic hexagons can't put my 95kg flying like John John nothing will do the trick.