As the sweet smell of vile energy drinks and floral scented body lotion permeate the air it could only mean one thing, the annual U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach approaches. If you attended last year you may have stumbled on my colleague and I huddled beneath the shadow of the grom infested Lost tent. This year we plan on kicking it up a notch. I’m not going to divulge any secrets at this point but you should definitely put our tent on the must see list. Having said that I’d like to offer a slight disclaimer and say if you are disappointed in any way by the activities at our booth it’s Harold’s fault.

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If you went to the Oceanside Triathlon expo on March 27 and 28 and didn’t stop by the H2O audio booth, no troubles bubbles there’s always the NYC Triathlon in July.

The Tri Expo was a success. Professional triathlete / team rider Mac Brown stopped by the booth to say hello, we had people demoing product in the portable endless pool, a dude walked by in a zebra speedo, and we overdosed on vitamin supplements. Interesting weekend.

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H2O Rider Pro Chris Gragtmans has become the first kayaker to kayak down the DeSoto Falls in Alabama. I’m sure there’s a cool term for it but the extent of my kayak verbiage has lead me to “kayak down.” If you’re not familiar with the DeSoto Falls you may not know exactly what a feet this is. Checkout the link below and see for yourself.

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If you’re not familiar with Loop’d I recommend you check it out.

Loop’d is an online community where individuals in the action sports world can communicate and get sponsored. We’re sponsoring surfers, wakeboarders, kiteboarders, paddlers, triathletes, and ninja turtles.

I can’t wait for our community to grow into a monster that consumes other communities and then eventually becomes tired of it’s carnivorous life style, becomes a vegetarian, moves to the suburbs and has little Loop’d communities of its own.

Big wave surfing icon, world renown waterman, James Bond stunt double, Rick Canes nemesis Lance Burkhart in my favorite movie of all time ‘North Shore,’ and now the new face of H2O Audio.

Laird has been using H2O Audio products for his long distant paddling exploits for several years now. An avid music fan and lifetime waterman Laird Hamilton and H2O Audio are a perfect combination to bring your music to your sport.

“I have been a H2O Audio proponent for several years, and I am really looking forward to infusing my passion for watersports and music into the future of the H2O Audio brand,” said Laird Hamilton.

Next time you see Laird paddling the Pailolo Channel (look em up bra) he’ll be wearing the latest and greatest H2O Audio product.