Christo Hall

Christo Hall (born in 1978, in Sydney, Australia) is an entrepreneur, ex-professional surfer, author and owner of a marketing agency.

Early years

Christo Hall was born in 1978 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He spent his childhood surfing and followed his childhood dream to become a professional surfer and featured in Surfing World Magazine Best Surfers of all Time Edition 2009.[1][2] At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson.[3]

Career

In 1991 Hall got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years. Christo is a surfer[4][5] for North Narrabeen Board Riders club and has surf for the team to win 4 Australian titles [6] Global Surf Tag News 05.02.2011 North Narrabeen National Surfing Reserve Book page 29[7] and featured in The Surfing Year Book.

In 2004 Christo retired from full-time international competition. Still had a 49th place on the surfing World Qualifying Series in 2008[8] and went into business producing beginner surfboards - Softboards Australia. He bought and sold a few other businesses in the surfing industry and in 2009 started Basic Bananas.[9][10]

Christo has been featured across the Australian media landscape including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, SmartCompany, BRW, Channel 9 in relation to marketing.

In 2012 Hall published his first book Bananas About Marketing.[11]

Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topic of marketing and entrepreneurship.[12][13]

Personal life

Hall lives in Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches [14]

gollark: Anyway, your potatOS blocker is a bad idea.
gollark: PotatOS best OS.
gollark: I be AFK.
gollark: Though they do kill squids...
gollark: Laser guardians best guardians.

References
  1. Surfing World Print Magazine, Best Surfers of All Time Edition 2009
  2. Channel 7 Gold Coast Australia - Coastal Watch Show - Kangaroo Island episode Archived 24 October 2014 at Archive.today
  3. Simon Anderson News 'Christo Hall long serving team member
  4. Surf School Book By Laurine Croasdale Acknowledgements page
  5. Local News Plus 4 April 2007 Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Publication: weekender | Section: Features | Story ID: 18898
  6. Global Surf Tab Results
  7. The Surfing Year Book by Bruce Boal
  8. Association of Surfing Professionals Rankings 2008: ASP results
  9. The Money Pillow interview with inspiring entrepreneur 28 March 2014
  10. Ontraport News June 2014 Archived 24 October 2014 at Archive.today
  11. BRW Magazine August 2012 Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Author Leo D'Angelo Fisher
  12. MAP Expo by The University of Notre Dame Australia - Marketing, Advertising and PR Expo 2014 Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Hub Australia Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  14. Bride Magazine Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine July 2010, author unknown.
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