Christo Hall
Christo Hall (born in 1978, in Sydney, Australia) is an entrepreneur, ex-professional surfer, author and owner of a marketing agency.[1]
Early years[edit]
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.[2][3] At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson.[4]
Career[edit]
In 1991 Hall got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years. Christo is a surfer[5][6] for North Narrabeen Board Riders club and has surf for the team to win 4 Australian titles [7] Global Surf Tag News 05.02.2011 North Narrabeen National Surfing Reserve Book page 29[8] 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[9] 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.[10][11]
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.[12]
Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topic of marketing and entrepreneurship.[13][14]
Personal life[edit]
Hall lives in Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches [15]
References[edit]
- ^ Global, Dent (4 January 2017). "How Franziska Iseli and Christo Hall Maintain and Grow a Successful Business While Living Their…". Medium. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Surfing World Print Magazine, Best Surfers of All Time Edition 2009
- ^ Channel 7 Gold Coast Australia - Coastal Watch Show - Kangaroo Island episode Archived 24 October 2014 at archive.today
- ^ Simon Anderson News 'Christo Hall long serving team member
- ^ Surf School Book By Laurine Croasdale Acknowledgements page
- ^ Local News Plus 4 April 2007 Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Publication: weekender | Section: Features | Story ID: 18898
- ^ Global Surf Tab Results
- ^ The Surfing Year Book by Bruce Boal
- ^ Association of Surfing Professionals Rankings 2008: ASP results
- ^ The Money Pillow interview with inspiring entrepreneur 28 March 2014
- ^ Ontraport News June 2014 Archived 24 October 2014 at archive.today
- ^ BRW Magazine August 2012 Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Author Leo D'Angelo Fisher
- ^ MAP Expo by The University of Notre Dame Australia - Marketing, Advertising and PR Expo 2014 Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hub Australia Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bride Magazine Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine July 2010, author unknown.