02-01-2013
That was 2012…
Fortunately 2012 was not the end of the world, as some of you might have thought…
Here is a short resume of our most important moments we enjoyed with you! We wish you a happy new year and we are looking forward to a great year 2013!!!
Avila
Avila our Californian Headshaper visited us in our European Factory in Spain to bring us the latest tendencies of the market and shape a limited edition of High Performance Boards.
Bumping Jaws feat Nakoa
The Year began with bumping swells hitting Maui’s most famous break Peahi aka. JAWS and the show was on. Nakoa was one of the chargers greedy to catch some hawaiian bombs. Check out the video:
Buddywood
Together with the prestigious spanish longskate brand “Buddywood custom made” we launched a limited edition Buddywood-Nexo. It is a model especially shaped for Nexo featuring a swallow tail. You can order them at ORDER@NEXOSURFBOARDS.COM or via www.buddywoodcustommade.com
Luis Hernandez
The talented surfer from Gran Canaria is actually living in Sevilla and can be seen occasionally on Spain’s south coast and at his homebreaks in Las Palmas doing massive airs and wicked new school manouvres. Here is a little clip getting crazy in tiny conditions:
XXL AWARDS
Our Maui charger Nakoa Decoite was nominated for the Billabong XXL Paddling Awards. With this bomb:
Foam
It was a productive year at Nexo and we had to recharge our foam stock several times. Therefore we import containers of best quality blanks from South Africa to offer you high performance boards from the core to the finishing.
Instagram
We joined the social photo network and we would love you to connect with us @nexosurf or hashtagging #nexosurf. Share your moments with us!!!
Surfer Magazin and Surfline.com
We are happy and proud to be the only European brand recommended by the biggest and most prestigious surf magazines: SURFER MAGAZINE and SURFLINE.COM
Check out the buyer’s guides:
SURFER MAGAZINE BUYER’S GUIDE
SURFLINE BUYER’S GUIDE
New models
We are always researching and testing on new shapes to satisfy your needs and push your surfing. That’s why along the year we launched 4 new models on the market.
Air Model: High Performance in smaller or mushier waves shaped by French legend JP STARK
The Rowdy: High Performance in small and very small surf.
NX02: High Performance Semi-Gun, speed and control in epic conditions.
Coffee Seed: High Performance and pure fun in mushy conditions and small summer waves.
Nakoa en California
Nakoa visiting our factory in San Diego and visiting his sponsors like Alpinestars while having some fun sessions in Trestles. Check out the video:
New Sales Representative on the Canarian Islands
We are happy to welcome the crew from in-process to our family. Lorenzo Seis is our man, taking care of our partner shops on the Canarian Islands.
STARK joins Nexo
Prestigious french shaping legend JP STARK joins our forces and visited us 2 times this year to make a limited Edition High Performance Boards Nexo – Stark. The French shaper did not just bring his best shapes but also brought his latest invention and technical revolution “Pheno” Technology to Spain. A new board construction including ultra light EPS foam and 2 carbon tubes instead of a wooden stringer. The result is a very light and ultra flexible board, more durable and easy to repair. Ask for your Nexo built in Pheno Technology: ORDER@NEXOSURFBOARDS.COM
Nakoa invited to Puerto Escondido
Big Wave Charger Greg Long invited Nakoa to a short trip down to the Mexican Pipe “Puerto Escondido”. “Difficult Line Up and gnarling Whipe Outs but I dropped in some bombs.” was the resume of Nakoa.
New WEB online
2012 was the year to give our website a new facelift in fact it was a dramatic change, a lot of work, sweat, blood and hours and hours of desperate moments, but finally it’ s on and we hope you like it…
German Young Gun
German upcomer Vince Scholz joined our team and is currently seen somewhere between France, Germany and Sri Lanka sharing his stoke.
GisseXpo – Hossegor/2012
We had to pleasure to assist for the first time at the GlisseXpo in France/Hossegor just next to the Quiksilver Pro France Contest. It was good times meeting nice people from the industry. Legendary Tom Carroll stopped by our stand and picked up a “Pheno” shaped by STARK to test it in bumping french beach breaks. It was nice to meet you, maybe see you this year!
Nakoa invited to RedBull Jaws Paddling Event
Nexo Charger Nakoa Decoite was invited to the RedBull Jaws Paddling Event and is waiting for JAWS to receive massive swells…
This was some of our 2012 moments. Let’s see what 2013 brings along 