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| The beginning of a great business |
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| It all started with a passion to create a better WAX COMB (and some cardboard and model clay) |
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| Ron DiMauro shapes clay to come up with the WAX BUDDY |
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| Several versions, several models before the final one was chosen by all of you (surfers) |
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| The 1st WAX BUDDY with its competition |
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| Our first counter display (for surf shops) |
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| The original logo - drawn by Ron - the WAX BUDDY man |
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| Mikey DeTemple - the artist in the waves |
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| One day, Mikey DeTemple was cleaning the wax off his surfboard with a credit cardand Ron walked over and handed him a WAX BUDDY. He used it and was amazed, he told Ron to market this incredible product to surfers and the rest was history - we cannot thank you enough. |
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| Jonny Clancy and Laurie Keene taking orders (Wax Buddy 1) |
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| Ron and Lola (his love of surfing started it all) |
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| ENDLESS WAVE'S MARKETING STRATEGY: Grass roots approach - Ron and his daugther, Olivia drove across the country to promote the WAX BUDDY, a full 4 weeks on the road of surf adventure and good will and lot of free WAX BUDDYs |
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| The vehicle that made the cross country trip less one transmission which we lost in Arkansas. |
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| Alot of driving - about 8400 miles and 600 surf shops |
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| Liv enjoying crystal clear waters in Florida |
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| One place we stayed in San Clememete CA, We did not want to leave (we went back there three nights in a row) and spent allour money there - but you could blame us???? |
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| Ron and Liv out west - no surf shops there so sightseeing was a must. |
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| The standard wax comb, the first buddy and the final product. We asked the surf shops what they liked about the first buddy and how we could improve on it - they told us, we listened and we totally redsigned the WAX BUDDY - See the WAX BUDDY II (far right) |
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| The Endless Wave WAX PRODUCTS (minus the starfish) |
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| THE WAX BUDDY |
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| Our new counter display pail (given to every new surf shop) |
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| The three amigos - all three colors |
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| The wax buddy in action - thanks SURFY SURFY Peter St. Pierre is our largest supporter and friend |
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| Chillin at the Beach |
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| Thanks for following our success - we could not have done it without you. A big THANK YOU to every surfer we know. |
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| Pails waiting to go out |
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| We sent samples out to every surf shop prior to them buying the WAX BUDDY. The shop owners and workers used them, fell in love with them and purchased a case for the shop. Our Marketing strategy - The proof is in the pudding. |
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| The star of the show BOLD, STRONG, EFFECTIVE |
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| Tons of WAX BUDDYs get delivered to the office |
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| We love the BUDDYs so much that we even have WAX BUDDYs growing out of our sea grasses |
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| ENDLESS WAVE circle logo gets clever with sayings |
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| High Seas Film was our first private label WAX BUDDY thanks Mikey DeTemple once again |
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| Some more private label buddys - GO CAPTAIN FIN |
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| Womens Surf Style magazine A bunch of crazy women surfers from Hawaii |
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| Our first WAX BUDDY shirt design - we love it |
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| Vans and Roxy join the WAX BUDDY family |
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| Christian Surfers and O'Neill |
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| New York Film Festival and Channel Island surfboards |
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| Surf and Adventure and Cooperfish surfboards |
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| Ron Jon Surf Shops and Aussie Island surf shops |
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| Captain Fin and City Fog |
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| Chris Del Moro |
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| Bethany Hamilton |
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| Merri and Ron in Montauk |
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| Ron and CJ Nelson - unbeleivable surfer/human being |
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| Chris Del Moro Incredible person - in and out of the water. |
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| Merri and Mikey DeTemple in Montauk - slowing down the pace |
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| A Hawaiian surfer - after he cleaned his board |
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| Our Japanese friend and brake dancer YUSUKE HANAI |
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| A WAX BUDDY friend |
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| Rochelle Ballard and John Peck inspect the BUDDY |
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| A WAX BUDDY friend |
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| Rob Machado |
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| Claire Bevilacqua |
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| Hawaii Surf Contest - a young WAX BUDDY rep (no, just Christina Rainwater's daughter pushing DA BUDDY) |
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| Christina Rainwater of Hawaii Surf Break.com and her family one of our biggest fans, she is the best. |
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| Even the FONZ loves the BUDDY |
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| Kassia Meador and Danielle Beck of Roxy |
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| A young fan of the Buddy |
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| Christian Wach, Tyler "pickle" Warren and Alex Knost |
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| Moon kitty purring - many uses of the wax buddy. Send us a photo of the WAX BUDDY in use and we will choose the best one and give you some great free gifts. |
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| A friend of the Buddy |
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| A friend of the Buddy |
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| A friend of the Buddy |
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| A friend of the Buddy - Lady Gaga (notice the big black buddy she is holding) |
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| A Gudauskas brother - friend of the Buddy |
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| Our best Florida rep - Andy Dutra |
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| A friend of the Buddy |
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| The buddy as a scraper - just before a surf session |
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| Endless Wave's 1969 Ford Pick up - our summer surf mobile |
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| Another use fo the BUDDY |
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| Our first publication in a major surf Magazine - so cool |
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| See the WAX BUDDY in the middle a much needed tool for every serious surfer |
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| WAX BUDDY success has lead us to our own surf shop |
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| Our new surf shop on Bellevue Avenue in Newport RI |
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| Slater Harnett and Liv DiMauro holding down the fort |
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| A busy day at the shop - one of our artist's gallery nights |
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| Wall of fins (and glasses) at the Endless Wave surf shop |
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| Some beautiful handcrafted logs |
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| Simple Aesthethics - this is what Endless Wave is all about |
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| A beautfiul Woody - at the Grain surfboards event |
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| We are honored to be located on this beautiful Woody |
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| Our front window - clean yet structured |
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| Olivia DiMauro, Mick Fanning and Merri Russo (QUIKSILVER PRO CONTEST) |
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| Liv and Merri at the Quiksilver Pro in New York |
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| The ROXY crew - Daniell Beck at far right |
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| Mick signing Liv's shirt |
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| Sally Fitzgibbons and Lisa Anderson share the BUDDY love. |
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| CJ Hobgood and Liv in New York |
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| Merri, welcome person and liv at the ROXY beach side store. |
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| Leader board at the QUIK PRO EVENT |
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| Patrick Gudauskas and friends |
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| Liv and Arron Cormican (local NY'er) |
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| Laurie Keene, Todd Meleney and Ron DiMauro (the WAX BUDDY Trio) |
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| Our Vineyard Vines Catalog shoot |
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| Captain Buddy |
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| Some WAX BUDDY friends help out stuffing boxes |
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| Our EVOLUTION stickers -the WAX BUDDY is truly the NEXT GENERATION WAX COMB - the standard from now on |
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| Ron and Laurie chilling at WAX BUDDY HEADQUARTERS |
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| A supporter of the MALIBU SURF CLASSIC for 3 straight years |
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| Our First Review (WAX BUDDY 1) |
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| Todd Meleney (WAX BUDDY's new manager) We are very proud to have him on our team, he is in charge of domestic and international sales. |
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Todd and Zach at the New York film festival             |
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| The WAX BUDDY takes on the world, in four years of hardwork, sweat and tears, we are proud to show you where the wax buddys have found a second home. |
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| The WAX BUDDY Look how strong the back of the Buddy is with its structural ribs |
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| THATS IT FOLKS - THIS HISTORY OF THE WAX BUDDY TO DATE Thank you so much for your support, Endless Wave Surf Co will continue to give you the best eco friendly surf products on the planet. Ron DiMauro, Todd Meleney, Laurie Keene, Zachary Hanners Olivia DiMauro and Slater Harnett |
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