Santa Barbara Body Glove and J7 Demo Day

If you are in the Santa Barbara area on Saturday October 13th make sure to stop by Leadbetter Beach for a J7 Board and Body Glove Wetsuit Demo. Proceeds go to the support of the SBCC Surf Team!

Melissa Marquardt Joins Body Glove Wake Team!

Melissa Marquardt has been wakeboarding at a high level for over ten years and is widely regarded as the most stylish women's rider. Residing in Canyon Lake, California, Melissa also travels the world and has become one of the sport's top ambassadors. That's why she's currently in Germany, spreading the universal language of Awesome with a few of her sponsors. Melissa will be rocking Body Glove wetsuits and swimwear and is a great fit within the wake team cast of characters.

Melissa began her current trip in Holland with Nicola Butler, where they rode and filmed with Nik Summers, the European distributor for Liquid Force and GoPro. Next, they headed to Langenfeld and The Bricks, two of the best cable parks in Germany (there are over 80 total cable parks in Germany alone). Then, the pair went back to Holland to support a Monster Energy rail jam. Next, they will go to Nico Von Lerchenfeld's Cash for Tricks contest, then ride further south in Austria and Italy. More updates and videos to come!

Best/Worst things about Germany? 
Best: The people. 
Worst: Lil' chilly.  

Highlight of the 2012 season: 
Traveling and filming with all my friends and I also took 2nd at the Monroe, Washington Pro Tour stop. 

What are you going to be for Halloween this year? 
A Snork. 

Favorite TV show: 
Workaholics. 

Music you’re currently listening to: 
They love their house music and hip-hop here in Germany!

Celebrity crush: 
Kelly Slater. 

If you won the lottery, you would… 
Live on an island with a lake in the middle with all my friends and family. I'd also have a pet Giraffe... and a helicopter. 

Plans for offseason: 

Snowboarding and going to Australia and New Zealand.

Favorite Body Glove product:
Smoothie bikini and Vibe wetsuit.

Facebook: Melissa Marquardt 

Twitter: melissawsr 

Instagram: melissawsr 

March Update from Holly Beck

As we have said many times Holly Beck lives a very exciting life. She stopped by Body Glove headquarters and gave us a little update between trips.

Woo hoo! Just got back from an incredible trip with the Sector 9 girl's team to Ecuador and the Galapagos. We spent 10 days Sector9ing, surfing, playing with baby seals, snorkeling with hammerhead sharks, kicking soccer balls, making friends, and pulling into beach break tubes. I got so much good GoPro footage and photos and videos that it's gonna take me a while to get through it all.

I'm off to Thailand for 12 days tomorrow morning, so here's just a small sample of what's to come.....

Sneak peek at swimming with baby seals


Team Sector 9 at a Skatepark in Guayaquil. Video by Sumbawa Surf Shop

Hitching a ride from a plane on my Sector 9 Skateboard:

Testing out my GoPro Tail Cam and Body Glove Wetsuit in Redondo Beach

Holly Beck Surfing El Porto

Couple of shots of Holly Beck from last week surfing El Porto. Holly is wearing the women's Fusion Neo Zip fullsuit. Available in 4/3 and 3/2 mm. Photos by Mike Balzer

BODY GLOVE set to release 131 new “PR1ME” wetsuits on a prime date: November 23, 2011

Body Glove PR1ME Wetsuits Are Here

THURSDAY, November 18th, 2010. Redondo Beach, CA; Body Glove announced this week that a limited number of PR1ME wetsuits will be distributed to specialty surf retailers on Tuesday, the 23^rd of November, a prime date.

"We chose a date with a prime number to illustrate the unique features of this suit,” said Scott Daley, VP of Marketing. “Every feature of this product has been addressed with the total scrutiny and immaculate attention to detail, so why stop at the delivery date?”

Thirteen core surf shops have been hand selected for this initial placement in the United States and a coordinated in person delivery will take place on the 23rd. Matt Patterson (Surf Sales Manager), along with Todd Richards (Director of Sales), Scott Daley (Vice President of Marketing) and host of other Body Glove employees and dignitaries will be in-store at shops like Spyder in Hermosa Beach, Jacks in Huntington Beach, and Santa Cruz Surf Shop in Santa Cruz to personally make this special delivery. For live delivery day updates check out the Body Glove Facebook page on the 23^rd and get additional delivery updates throughout the week.

The wetsuit itself is the product of years of development and countless man-hours in-and-out of the water. “In 2004 Body Glove released the VAPOR series wetsuits and turned the industry upside down. It was an innovation no one had previously introduced and was therefore a market leader. We addressed one crucial element that had previously never been put into a wetsuit, which was waterproofing. With the new PR1ME wetsuit we haven’t just addressed one element, we have addressed every element of the wetsuit. That is why our marketing reads: the only thing we changed was everything. It is a direct reflection of the heritage we have developed with our VAPOR product,” said Matt Patterson, Surf Sales Manager.

The numbered, limited edition wetsuits differ from regular production through graphic coloring. The first 131 wetsuits delivered on the 23^rd will feature yellow accents in the Body Glove logos and will become collector’s items as a result. For a list of retailers carrying the PR1ME wetsuit on November 23^rd go to; www.bodyglove.com/PR1ME.

For more information on Body Glove products and athletes go to www.bodyglove.com and for daily updates visit www.facebook.com/bodyglove.

You Name It You Own Contest Ends

The Body Glove You Name It You Own It Contest ended on October 1st. We are so stoked on the over 700 submissions and are now pouring over the excellent names to nail down the winner and announce it to the world. The creativity of the names and descriptions blew us away. Thank you so much for to the great Body Glove world of fans and wetsuit fans. You are a very creative bunch and had us laughing out loud and thinking very seriously about the name! Stay tuned to Body Glove Facebook page and Twitter for the announcement of the winning name and the winner of one of the first 150 newest and most advanced wetsuits ever made.

Body Glove install at Jacks Surfshop

Kevin and Eric from Body Glove Wetsuits were busy on Friday installing new signage down at Jacks Surfshop in Huntington Beach.

First they went to go get the prints made.

Wrapped a pole.

Wall papered a wall.

Put the display back together.

Finished area. Now go get your Body Glove Wetsuit. Go job guys.

Body Glove Athletes Vie for a Spot in Taylor Steele's New Movie

Check out and vote for the South Bay's own Alex Gray and Matt Pagan. These two pro surfers have been working hard to find the best clips to prove to you and Taylor Steele they deserve a shot at his next movie. So go on, tell your friends to go on and let the boys know what you think of their videos.

Alex Gray - http://innersection.tv/video/245

Matt Pagan - http://innersection.tv/video/170

Gabe Kling NIke 6.0 Podium Shots

Body Glove's Gabe Kling has had a roller coaster ride for the last year and a half or so. Plagued with serious knee injuries since the beginning of 2009 his 2009 Pro Tour season was not all he hoped it would be. In some of the best Lowers conditions seen in years, Kling showed up to compete and even surprised himself. On the last day Kling turned it on, took out 3 world champions and took home the top prize.

The Florida natives win will give him a serious push in the right direction for qualifying for next year's ASP Dream Tour. Congratulations Gabe from the entire Body Glove family!!!

Photos: Justin Lahr

Body Glove’s Nate Yeomans Wins the Cold Water Classic!!

Redondo Beach, CA – November 9, 2009 – Congratulations to Body Glove team rider Nate Yeomans on winning the O’Neill Cold Water Classic! Yeomans killed it in the 6-star Prime WQS event at Steamers Lane in Santa Cruz on Sunday in solid overhead northwest swell.

“I can’t believe it,” Yeomans said. “This is the biggest result of my career and I’m speechless. I’ve been winning 2-Stars for too long and it was time for a big 6-Star win. To have my name up there with all of the great surfers who have won this event over the years is amazing.”

The San Clemente native claimed the top spot in the final over Australia’s Heath Joske and worked his way through a stacked field of local and international surfers. Yeomans dominated the final heat posting a solid 15.33 heat total. The victory brings his points total to 12,925 and shotguns Yeomans into the #8 spot on the WQS ratings, giving him a great opportunity to qualify for the 2010 ASP World Championship Tour.

"Body Glove wetsuits is super stoked on Yeomans performance and is excited that he has is nearing his goal to qualify for the 2010 ASP World Championship tour," said Scott Daley, Body Glove’s VP of Marketing.

The next stop is Hawaii, where Yeomans looks to continue dominating and maintaining his position in the top 15 for the coming 2010 WCT season.

Congratulations Nate from the whole Body Glove family, you killed it! Can’t wait to see you in Hawaii!

For more information on Body Glove athletes and products go to www.bodyglove.com. For daily updates check out our blog www.bodygloveartbox.blogspot.com.

Mike Losness Surfing in Russia on Surfline

Mike Losness just got back from a crazy surf trip to Russia. Yes- Russia! The story is unfolding in parts on Surfline so check out part 1 now and come back for more stories, photos and videos in the weeks to come.

Body Glove in Transworld and Surfer Magazine Wetsuit Guides

Go online or check out the newest print issues of Transworld Surf, Surfer Magazine, Surfing Magazine or Surfline (coming soon) to check out the latest 2009 Body Glove Wetsuits in their 2009 Wetsuit Guides. It may not feel like it with 80 degree weather and 72 degree water here in Southern California but winter is just around the corner so get dialed in with your winter fullsuits and booties for when the water dips back down. All of the magazines and websites have stepped up their game this year with loads of info on all wetsuits, great images, videos and links to buy online from Body Glove or other great retailer partners like Jack's Surfboards. Check out the wetsuit guides to learn about the new Vapor Fulluit, Eco 3/2, CT Slant Zip, 4/3 Magnum Fullsuit and more and get amped for a potential El Nino winter.

Body Glove Wetsuit Team Surfin El Porto

Mike Losness, Austin Ware and Alex Gray were out surfing El Porto yesterday getting some work done for Body Glove Entertainment.  Mike Balzer was out shooting photos and Greg Browning and Scott Smith were doing some filming.

Mike Losness

Austin Ware

Alex Gray

Mike and Alex having fun on a wave together.

Alex in the Body Glove ECO 2 Fullsuit.  Check it out. Has more stretch than last years model!!

Austin Ware in the Body Glove Fusion Fullsuit.

Mike Losness in the Body Glove Magnum.

Body Glove Ad-SURFER Magazine-April Issue

The Body Glove ECO2 Wetsuit has more stretch than last years model.  Check it out.

Body Glove Wetsuit ad-Surfin' Life-Japan

New Body Glove Wetsuits Art DIrector

Nate Van Hook recently left Body Glove Wetsuits USA to pursue new challenges and so the new Art Director over at Body Glove Wetsuits USA is Travis Denham. Travis started with BGW back in 2005 and has been a big contributor to the success of Body Glove Wetsuit USA designs.  Travis graduated from Northern Arizona University (NAU) with a B.A. in Visual Communications and an emphasis in Graphic Design.  Travis looks forward to challenging their departments creative ambitions while continually advancing product technologies and overall designs aesthetics.  They'll continue to be a strong competitor within the action sports industry.  BGW's Product/Industrial Designer, Eric Colton will be taking on added responsibilities of Senior Product Designer and they'll be bringing in a new designer onto the team shortly who is highly skilled in graphics and logo packages.  This new designer will bring fresh and innovative ideas to our future products and print ad materials.

New POP

New POP Layouts created from Body Glove Wetsuits USA for rep James Bruce up north.

Body Glove Surf Team at US Open

A few shots from Mike Balzer from the US Open of Surfing down in Huntington Beach last July.

Dusty Payne, Body Glove Wetsuit Team Rider

Austin Ware, Body Glove Wetsuit Team Rider

Blake Jones, Body Glove Wetsuit Team rider.

Mike Losness Lightbox for Jacks Surf Shop

Lightbox image for Jacks Surfshop in Huntington Beach, Ca done by Body Glove Wetsuits.

LIGHTBOX ART

Lightbox POP created by Body Glove Wetsuits for Spyder Surf in Hermosa Beach, Ca.