Mark Price steps down from Firewire....

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also interesting that the article mentions Rip Curl's "big plans" to expand in North America, following the covid surfer boom?
 

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Dang! I dont know how I missed this post. I actually just heard about this.

Mark Price did a great job at Firewire. Being 62 and retiring in South Africa near J-Bay sounds pretty epic! Stoked for da guy.

He got a A LOT OF sh!t as CEO... especially from Casa. He's a good dude IMO to stick it our through all of that.
 

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You think it’s because he’s a good dude and not because he was making gobs of money?
I don’t personally know how much he’s making and without knowing for sure it’s just speculation. He’s been there since the start and pretty much built the company to what it is now (with the help of everyone else). I don’t think he was “only” in it for the money.
 

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I don’t personally know how much he’s making and without knowing for sure it’s just speculation. He’s been there since the start and pretty much built the company to what it is now (with the help of everyone else). I don’t think he was “only” in it for the money.
Duu. I’m not a fan of FireWire but even I know Mark Price isn’t the one who built FW. It was Bert Berger, now of Sunova Surfboards that came up with the sandwich construction FW promotes. Nev Hyman another Oz shaper and his business partners Dougall Walker and Matthew Perrin went into business with Bert to get his construction tech. The partnership went sour and Bert was out. Bert has his own company with boars with construction that looks pretty familiar, cause he’s the originator.

 

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Duu. I’m not a fan of FireWire but even I know Mark Price isn’t the one who built FW. It was Bert Berger, now of Sunova Surfboards that came up with the sandwich construction FW promotes. Nev Hyman another Oz shaper and his business partners Dougall Walker and Matthew Perrin went into business with Bert to get his construction tech. The partnership went sour and Bert was out. Bert has his own company with boars with construction that looks pretty familiar, cause he’s the originator.

Defroster will see himself out now.