Former EuroSIMA President and a key player in the European Action Sports industry, Wilco Prins looks back on his unique journey—from intern at Rip Curl (waxing Patrick Beven’s boards for a photo shoot) to CEO Europe, before reviving the legendary brand Town & Country Surf Designs on the continent.
Jean Kress is a genuine creative spirit, who has been infusing his talent and inspiration as a designer into the European surfing industry for the past 30 years. Before settling in the Landes in 1994, Jean worked for the most prestigious haute-couture names in Paris: Chanel, Lanvin, Guy Laroche or even Dior. His immersion in the 80’s and 90’s in Paris, the fashion capital of the world, nurtured his passion and gave him limitless creativity.
For the fifteenth episode of Podcast Inside Eurosima, we welcome Fred BASSE, former Executive General Manager of Rip Curl Europe & EuroSIMA President.
The surfing world is like a big family and for Marie-Pascale Delanne, it’s truer than for most. The Delanne siblings wrote some of the first pages in the history of surfing in France, partly right here on the Côte des Basques and Marie-Pascale was no exception.
Passionate about surfing, Wilco left his homeland in the Netherlands at 18 to study in France and get closer to the best surfing spots. A key encounter in college led him to the famous brand Rip Curl, a company he would stick with throughout his career, eventually becoming CEO of Rip Curl Europe in 2013.
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