In this episode I chat with Beau Armstrong from Armstrong Surfboards.
I was travelling home from Queensland when I stopped into the Bennett Surfboard showroom and was greeted by a young man behind the counter, Beau. We chatted briefly and I discovered he made surfboards. I told him I would check out his social media and headed off down the road.
As I drove the many hours back to Victoria, I thought a lot about how I observed the surfboard industry and wondered what draws younger people into the industry these days. In my experience the surfboard is the same everywhere, however it also has its differences.
Beau is a young man in his mid-teens that was looking for a new challenge. As he travelled home from a family holiday, Beau started researching surfboard shaping. After many hours of watching YouTube clips and dissecting what information he could from the videos, he purchased a surfboard blank and proceeded to hack at it in his front yard. Beau had been bitten by the surfboard bug and his journey had started.
I was keen to hear how his journey into the surfboard industry was going, what attracted him to surfboards as well as what his future plans are. It turns out Beau has been fortunate enough to meet great people in the Sydney surfboard industry, and they have provided him with an invaluable education.
I am really excited to kick off the year chatting with Beau as it represents fresh starts and big opportunities.
I really hope you enjoy our conversation...
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