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MC Dave Mailman shares his journey and experiences in the boardsports community.

Episode #19 (English). Guest: MC Dave Mailman : Master of the - Boardsports - Community Ex-Marketing Director Quiksilver Europe, ex-President Association of Surfing Professionals Europe, Journalist, Speaker, Voice Over Artist, Consultant Basically everyone in the Action Sports industry knows Dave Mailman. And that’s no surprise: for over 20 years, he was the voice behind the biggest surfing and snowboarding events across the Old Continent and has commented hundreds of heats on the beach or on webcasts. Be that as it may, few actually know Dave’s story in detail. It’s the story of a young Californian with a passion for skateboarding and surfing, who took French lesson in high school. He then came to spend a summer on the Basque coast…but basically never left. It was the heyday of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding and Dave was lucky enough to witness the founding moments of this movement. Having mastered the languages of both Tom Curren and Serge Vitelli, he penned articles in the snowboard magazine OnBoard. After a quick passage with Arnette, Dave arrived at Quiksilver to take over as Head of marketing for Europe. Dave tells us about this blossoming time when ideas…

People in this episode

Guest: MC Dave Mailman

Topics covered

• boardsports
• surfing
• snowboarding
• marketing
• community
• action sports

Keywords

• boardsports
• surfing
• snowboarding
• Quiksilver
• Bowlriders
• marketing
• action sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quiksilver, Association of Surfing Professionals Europe, OnBoard

Books & works: The Mountain and the Wave

Places: Basque coast

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