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Bodysurfer Riding Wave of Success
Check our founder Rikki Gilbey’s featured write up in the Australian Financial Review
MAKE GOOD - Defy Plastic WINNERS - WAW Handplanes
WAW Handplanes were announced the winners of the National Geographic and R/GA’s Make Good - Defy Plastics campaign. An intensive 3 days innovators lab scoping out concept, execution and scalability.
Saving The Ocean One Wave At A Time
WAW Handplanes announced as winners of the Amazon Launchpad Innovation Grant 2020.
THIS IS BODYSURING
An article with Swellnet, Australia’s surf forecasting website on redefining what bodysurfing is.
Carbon Heros - WAW Handplanes
An interview with the Carbon Neutral Charity Fund - The organisation that plants native tress for every timber handplane sold.
Start-Up Daily Interview
WAW Handplanes founder Rikki Gilbey sat down with the crew at start up daily to chat about setting up Australias first-ever commercial ocean plastics supply chain, turning ocean debris from the Great Barrier Reef into the WAW BadFish bodysurfing handplane. And how support from likes of Amazon is helping to expand this supply chain into new products.
Live on Channel 9’s the Today Show
WAW Founder Rikki Gilbey, professional bodysurfer Corey Sainsbury and sports commentator Cliff Flax join the todays shows crew to discuss how to bodysurf, the equipment on offer and latetst on the worklds largest team bodysurfing event Whomp Off Australia.
Adrenlin junkies - Channel 9
WAW Handplanes founder Rikki Gilbey and Professional bodysurfer Nicholas Brbot sit down woth the crew at Channel 9 to discuss bodysurfing, handplanes and taking on the big waves.
Other features
The Good weekend Magazine
Sydney Morning Heralds' Good weekend magazine featured our Wedge Fish handplane under their summer shop guide. Yew!
2016 Tracks Ride Guide
As part of Tracks Annual our handplanes are featured in their 2016 Ride Guide. A great feature in an iconic surfing magazine. Great to see handplanes and bodysurfing in general gaining such great exposure.
A bodysurfers guide: when to use a handplane
A great write up by one of our sponsored athletes Thomas Leitch. Check it out.
2017 Hot 100
Our Arrow Fish Handplane was featured as No.4 in Gourmet Travellers 2017 Top 100 trends of the moment.
I guess this makes us a Gourmet brand. Yew!
Australias No.1 surf forecasting website
Coastalwatch has been a great supporter of us and bodysurfing in general with multiple features. Check them out below:
Bodysurfing: The next sport in the olympics
The Bodysurfers who took on Sydneys super swell
How to bodysurf and get barrelled on a crazy slab wave
PLane & Simple. Handplanes and bodysurfing
Another great write up by our sponsored athlete Thomas Leitch.