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If after 60 days you find that our product isn't the right fit for you, there's no need to worry. Simply resend it to us, and we wil...
Thoughs on surfing
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How did our surf grips performed in 2024?
This year, we celebrated record-breaking sales since the pandemic, adjusted our prices for the first time in eight years due to rising fuel and tr...
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Our most epic Green Friday Promotion Ever
At Van der Waal we usually do a different Black Friday, giving part of the profits to some ONGs or causes (last year to the surf therapy associatio...
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A new chapter: Transforming a tiny, dirty and moldy storefront
The idea of moving from my house to a new space began when I started to notice some shame in my daughter about inviting friends over to the house...
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Is surf wax really part of the fun of surfing?
We understand that surf wax can be considered part of the fun of surfing. The preparation ritual, almost a meditative part that prepare us for ou...
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Testing Van der Waal grip levels
Why? To be honest, pure curiosity. We know that surf is a very volatile sport. Surfing depends on so many factors - like ocean conditions, surfer f...
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How to apply surf traction pad from Van der Waal
Van der Waal surf grips are extremely easy to apply. Unlike common front deck pads that just cover a part of your surfboard, our hexagonal surf tr...
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6 years of a wonderful journey in surf industry
I never imagined, when I challenged my friend Afonso to create with me an alternative to wax, that our little project would grow consistently...
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A new tester on our surf grip traction pads
We are really happy and proud to have another tester in our team: Bruno Degert. As you may know, we don’t sponsor athletes in order to have more pr...
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I’m the luckiest guy in the world
Since day one that we are driven by this joyful feeling of experimenting. No matter if you succeed or not, the joy of fail and error and surpass th...
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Why our prices remained the same since 2016… and why do we have to update them?
About the first question… it’s simple: when we started Van der Waal, profit was not our main goal. We dreamed about creating a great surf wax alter...
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Let’s make a different black friday… again
No need to say that I don’t love the idea behind Black Friday. Most of the time I just watch companies highering product prices a few weeks before ...
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It's surf wax a really cheaper alternative to surf traction pads?
Surf wax has been here for ages and it’s still the industry standard to keep the surfer from slipping off the board when paddling out or riding a ...
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A different kind of black friday promotion
Despite we are a business, with sales goals to achieve, we never have been a standard profit-oriented business. Of course that we want to make sale...
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International Surfing Day
Saturday, 19 will be International Surfing Day. As explained in Wikipedia: “International Surfing Day, held annually on the third Saturday of June...
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Customize Your Surf Grip Pads With Our New Tool
One of the advantages of a modular traction pad as Van der Waal, is the capability to adjust to any surfboard layout, size, and surfing style (ie b...
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The unpredictability of surf and a leap of faith
As a sport, surf is probably one of the most fickle ones. It depends on so many factors and scenarios that predicting what gear will work or not (a...
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An alternative to surf wax
VAN DER WAAL IS A GRIP SOLUTION INTRODUCED IN 2016 AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SURF WAX.To start, let’s consider that a surf wax bar costs, on average, 3€...
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WSL – a dream that became a marketing opportunity that became our biggest marketing error (so far)
We started to test Van der Waal in 2015 and in 2016 we officially launched as product our Performance Series 1.0. Afonso was still working at his f...
