Body Glove Hires Two New Sales Managers

Redondo Beach, CA (5 October 2010) – Body Glove welcomes to the wetsuit family two new teammates, Jono Siegel and Matt Patterson.

Jono Siegel takes his position as Sales Manager for Sporting Goods and Marine distributors. Jono has a very successful background in sporting goods and action sports. His last position was as Sales Manager for Seirus Innovation whose products consist of outerwear for outdoor sports. Prior to that he was the National Sales Manager for VANS PRO-TEC division that featured protective gear for skate, bike, snowboard and wake.

Matt Patterson jumps in as Sales Manger for the Surf, Wake, and Dive categories. Matt is a seasoned veteran in the action sports world. He was most recently with Ocean and Earth and preceding that worked with the Burton division of Analog, Quiksilver Eyewear, Arnette Optics and Volcom. Matt brings a new level of passion and excitement to our Core Specialty accounts.

“Both Jono and Matt will have primary responsibilities of growing our Body Glove brand business through new and existing accounts within North America,” said Todd Richards, Director of Sales, “I am very excited to have Jono and Matt joining our team and the added push they will provide to our Sales Team."

Body Glove and Sport Dimension are excited to kick off the season with both Jono and Matt and look forward to successful 2011.

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

Update on Malibu World Surfing Reserves Event 10/9/10

Malibu World Surfing Reserve to be Inaugurated on Saturday

October 9 events to dedicate and celebrate the first World Surfing Reserve at

Malibu’s Surfrider Beach

October 7, 2010 – This Saturday, October 9, a series of events throughout the day in Malibu will

inaugurate and celebrate the first World Surfing Reserve. The day begins at sunrise with a Chumash

Native American blessing at Malibu’s First Point as well as a paddle out ceremony, followed by an

official dedication ceremony with speakers at Surfrider Beach, and ends in the evening with a

celebration at Duke’s Malibu.

Mati Waiya, a local Chumash leader and founder of the Wishtoyo Foundation, will lead a traditional

sunrise ceremony on the beach, honoring and blessing the day’s activities for the Malibu World Surfing

Reserve. This will be followed by a paddle-out and surfer circle in the water at First Point led by the

Local Stewardship Council of the Malibu World Surfing Reserve.

Later, at 11am, leaders and other prominent speakers will address the assembled crowd at Surfrider

Beach for the official dedication ceremony of the Malibu World Surfing Reserve. Confirmed speakers

include: Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor; Jefferson Wagner, Mayor of Malibu; Brad

Farmer, National Surfing Reserves Australia; Santos Kreimann, L.A. Beaches and Harbors; Liz

Crosson, Santa Monica Baykeeper; Fran Pavley, California State Senator; Drew Albenze, Surfrider

Foundation; Allen Sarlo, Local Stewardship Council; Michael Blum, Malibu Surfing Association; Ross

Mirkarimi and Sara Wan, California Coastal Commission; Fernando Aguerre, International Surfing

Association; and Dean LaTourrette of Save The Waves Coalition.

An evening celebration and fundraiser at Duke’s Malibu will honor the Local Stewardship Council and

features live music by Jon Swift and special guests. Tickets for the evening event are on sale now at

worldsurfingreserves.org and all proceeds benefit the nonprofit programs of World Surfing Reserves.

World Surfing Reserves protects world-class surf breaks and their surrounding areas by promoting the

many positive environmental, cultural, and socio-economic benefits of these coastal surf zones. Malibu

is the first surf break to be officially designated in what will be a global network of surfing reserves.

Malibu has been recognized as one of the world's “perfect waves” but has been continuously and

adversely affected by poor water quality due to sewage runoff and other environmental pressures from

the greater Los Angeles area. The Malibu World Surfing Reserve aims to build important community

awareness and activism around the issues of coastal preservation and surf break protection.

October 9 Schedule of Events:

7am Chumash Beach Ceremony and Paddle Out (Surfrider Beach & First Point)

11amDedication Ceremony (Surfrider Beach)

7pm Fundraiser Celebration (Duke’s Malibu)

For more information please visit www.worldsurfingreserves.org.

Body Glove Backs Malibu World Surfing Reserve

Major Brands Back Malibu World Surfing Reserve Paul Mitchell, Body Glove and
Billabong pledge their support for surfing reserve at Malibu
www.worldsurfingreserves.org

September 30, 2010 - World Surfing Reserves and Save The Waves Coalition
announced that Paul Mitchell, Body Glove, and Billabong have each agreed to
be Blue Ocean Supporters of the Malibu World Surfing Reserve. The companies
will provide financial and organizational support for the dedication and
ongoing management of the Reserve, which will be dedicated on October 9th,
2010.

"The Malibu World Surfing Reserve is an innovative way to focus
international and local communities on protecting our precious coastal
areas," said John Paul DeJoria, CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems. "It's
directly in line with our organization's ongoing philanthropic work to
protect clean watersheds, and we're delighted to support the effort."

Scott Daley, VP of marketing for Body Glove and frequent Malibu surfer,
agreed. "Malibu not only is a world-class surf break, but also a beautiful
area with a fragile ecosystem. We've got to put increased focus on improving
water quality and stewarding the area, including the Malibu Lagoon and
watershed."

World Surfing Reserves protects world-class surf breaks and their
surrounding areas by promoting the many positive environmental, cultural,
and socio-economic benefits of these coastal surf zones.
The program serves as an international model for environmental protection
and creates a bond between World Surfing Reserves and the global surfing
community. Malibu is the first surf break to be officially designated in
what will be a global network of surfing reserves.

"This is an idea whose time has come, utilizing the rich culture and
heritage of surfing to rally the community around environmental
conservation," said Graham Stapleberg, VP of Marketing for Billabong.
"An iconic place like Malibu is also the perfect site for this."

On October 9th, the first WSR will be officially designated during an
enshrinement ceremony at Surfrider Beach in Malibu. The California surf
break has been recognized as one of the world's "perfect waves"
but has been continuously and adversely affected by poor water quality due
to sewage runoff from the city of Malibu and other environmental pressures
from the greater Los Angeles area. The Malibu World Surfing Reserve aims to
bring important community awareness around the issues of coastal
preservation and surf break protection.

The Malibu World Surfing Reserve events on October 9th will include a
sunrise Chumash ceremony and surfer paddle-out, as well as an 11am
dedication at Surfrider Beach in Malibu, followed by an evening celebration
at Duke's Malibu. More information at www.worldsurfingreserves.org

About World Surfing Reserves: World Surfing Reserves is an initiative
launched by Save The Waves Coalition in 2009 in conjunction with National
Surfing Reserves - Australia, and through additional partnerships with the
International Surfing Association (ISA) and Stanford University's Center for
Responsible Travel (CREST). World Surfing Reserves proactively identifies,
designates and preserves outstanding waves, surf zones and their surrounding
environments, around the world. For more information, please visit
worldsurfingreserves.org.

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.

Innersection TV Wildcard Winner Alex Gray Interviewed By FuelTV

Check out this interview with alex by FuelTV's Jenna Klein!

http://www.fuel.tv/jennaklein/2010/9/gray-matter-inside-the-mind-of-alex-gray/

Diving with Sharks in Denver

We had the amazing opportunity of diving in Denver, Colorado’s Downtown Aquarium with Shane Taylor from A1 Scuba. We dove 22 feet with Sand Tiger sharks, Brown sharks, Zebra sharks, Nurse sharks, Saw fish, barracudas, Guitar fish and so many other aquatic critters. The sharks were literally inches from us! A 250+ Lb. A Pacific Green Sea Turtle loved hanging out with us. He sat on Francey’s head and shared a few love moments with me gazing into my eyes! It was love at first sight.

A1 Scuba, located in Denver, CO works hard bringing awareness to the depleting shark population. Divers who find a shark tooth while diving in the Aquarium, are invited to take these teeth found and in return, A1 Scuba asks for a donation. 100% of the donation is used for shark conservation and field research projects. A crazy fact is that some sharks will loose over 30,000 teeth in a lifetime!

It is important to remember, that annually, nearly 100 million sharks are being removed from our oceans; in fact, some shark species have been depleted by 80% in the past couple of decades (including hammerheads and great whites). The majority of which are being killed only for their fins. In most cases they are caught, stripped of their fins (which do not grow back) and tossed overboard to die a slow death as they suffocate sinking to the ocean floor.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to A1 Scuba for this incredible experience.

For information on how to sign up to dive in the aquarium please visit: http://www.divedowntown.com/programs/dive-with-the-sharks.shtml

And more information on A1 Scuba’s conservation efforts can be found at: http://www.divedowntown.com/conservation/

Keep Your Ocean Blue!

Shark Shot.

Check out those crazy teeth!

Shark teeth we found in the aquarium.

Matt Chernega, Francey Marzicola, Jenna Meistrell and Shane Taylor.

The aquarium from the outside.

Holly Beck teams up with SYRV.org to do some volunteer work in Nicaragua

SYRV.org is an non-profit dedicated to making good happen. Over the last few years the SYRV crew has been working hard to create a community center to benefit the people of the Northern Nicaraguan town of Jiquilillo.

This time around Holly Beck teamed up with the group to donate musical instruments, jam out with the kids, help release recently hatched sea turtles, put the finishing touches on the community center, do some surf lessons, yoga, and make some amazing new friends.

Check out the video highlights below:

Body Glove Surf Team Photos from Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles

Unless you have been living under a surf rock or have been too busy surfing your favorite waves during the last run of swell you probably saw some of the incredible footage from the Hurley Pro where they scored 3 days of pumping south swell Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California. Event winner Kelly Slater put on quite a show but so did the Body Glove Team of Dusty Payne, Gabe Kling and Luke Stedman. Here are a few shots from an incredible week. All photos by Mike Balzer!

Luke Stedman Double Grab

Luke Stedman Warm Up Surf

Luke Stedman Mid Heat Power Gouge

Gabe Kling Happy to Make It Back on Tour for the Lowers Lefts

Gabe Kling Big Airs Could Not Quite Take Down Event Champion Kelly Slater

Gabe Kling Doing the Lowers Rock Hop for a Warm Up Surf

Dusty Payne Putting it on Rail in his Round 4 Heat

Dusty Payne Free Surf

Dusty Payne Was Ripping during the Expression Session

Dusty Payne Man Hack

Team Dantar-Western Oasis Wakeplace-Nevada

Team Dantar is at it again. This time in Minden, Nv at Western Oasis Wakeplace. "Cable parks like this are going to become the norm and really help wakeboarding grow and expand participation." says Daniel Doud. The park is run by a family in Minden, Nv and they have plans to expand the park and make it a major wake destination. Photos provided by Kyle Rowe.

Daniel Doud

Shelby Kantar

Body Glove Hosts Alex Gray Innersection Video Viewing and Voting Party Thursday!