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Dec 26, 2018 · Green went into business with John Law, another local surfer and by 1975 Quiksilver products were being sold all over Australia. In 1976 Jeff Hakman won Bells and looking for a way to fund his surfing lifestyle negotiated an agreement to sell Quik in the States along with Bob McKnight.
History of Quicksilver. In the late 1960’s Australian surfers Alan Green and John Law chased a dream – to live in Torquay, make a living and go surfing. In 1969 Alan Green produced wetsuits (Rip Curl) on a $2500 loan from his father, the next product was sheepskin boots (UGG Boots), and in 1970 he and John Law formed the company named ...
Harry Hodge made surf movies so he could travel the world, washed up in France where he built Quiksilver into a $500 million European Brand. Now he’s on the board of industry disruptor SurfStitch. His story epitomises the evolution of surf retailing. John: I’m sitting here in Newport Beach in Sydney, magnificent part of the world and I’m ...
The Quiksilver brand's logo, designed in 1973 by founders Alan Green and John Law, [28] was inspired by Japanese painter Hokusai's woodcut, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. [29] It depicts a large wave with a mountain on a red background.
Apr 5, 2022 · The same year, two Torquay surfers, Alan Green and John Law, saw this as a market opportunity and turned their garage into a factory where the first-ever boardshorts would take shape – a move that would change the whole future of surfing.
Dec 3, 2006 · From sewing boardshorts in their Torquay kitchen to kings of a multi-billion surf empire, Quiksilver founders Alan Green and John Law are Australia's beach boys made good. Peter Wilmoth reports on a new book charting their rise.
In 1969, two Torquay locals, Alan Green and John Law, turned to making boardshorts in their home garage based on what they saw as a market opportunity.
