{"id":36850,"date":"2012-10-16T12:36:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T19:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=36850"},"modified":"2012-10-16T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T20:47:41","slug":"chis-abad-new-spy-surf-team-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=36850","title":{"rendered":"Chis Abad New Spy Surf Team Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Abad<\/a>Spy<\/a><\/strong> is stoked to announce that they have someone to manage their elite surf team. It’s Chris Abad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A respected and experienced pro surfer, Abad brings added authenticity to SPY\u2019s booming eyewear business, which has seen tremendous growth over the last year and a half. . . \u201cIf you can\u2019t out-surf Abad, you may be taken off our roster,\u201d laughs Devon Howard<\/strong>, SPY marketing director. \u201cIn all seriousness, his former team manager roles, Surf Ride retail experience, and event marketing at SPY this past year make him a natural fit. But he\u2019s more than just another guy with a great resume. Everyone loves Abad\u2014he\u2019s good people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congrats, Chris. For the official word, follow the jump.CHRIS ABAD HAPPY TO TAKE THE HELM AS SPY SURF TEAM MANAGER
\nYes, It\u2019s Abad-ass Move<\/p>\n

For Immediate Release: October 16, 2012 <\/p>\n

CARLSBAD, Calif.\u2014SPY is happy to announce that its elite team of surfers is now in the capable hands of Oceanside, CA local Chris Abad. A respected and experienced pro surfer, Abad brings added authenticity to SPY\u2019s booming eyewear business, which has seen tremendous growth over the last year and a half. Founded in 1994, SPY continues to focus on building stylish, innovative products for the hip, laid-back surf lifestyle and the attendant actions sports cultures, as well as the fashion scene that the brand has seen so much success in recently. The forthcoming Happy Lens\u2122 release should leave everyone in good spirits and make Chris’ job that much more fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can\u2019t out-surf Abad, you may be taken off our roster,\u201d laughs Devon Howard, SPY marketing director. \u201cIn all seriousness, his former team manager roles, Surf Ride retail experience, and event marketing at SPY this past year make him a natural fit. But he\u2019s more than just another guy with a great resume. Everyone loves Abad\u2014he\u2019s good people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bringing along knowledge gained as a professional athlete himself, Abad will manage the relationship with SPY\u2019s top tier surfers, including John John Florence, Alex Gray, Nate Tyler, Parker Coffin, Joel Tudor, Alana Blanchard, Torrey Meister, Jared Mell, and Ben Bourgeois, as well as its burgeoning amateur squad. Abad will also oversee the team of surfers that represent SPY\u2019s vintage-inspired Crosstown Collection\u2014Nate Tyler, Joel Tudor, Jared Mell, Ryan Burch, and Lindsay Perry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter focusing on surf events and grassroots marketing at SPY this past year, I\u2019m stoked to now have the opportunity to help shape its surf team and storytelling,\u201d says Abad. \u201cSPY\u2019s surfers cover such a broad spectrum of talents from pulling into massive tubes, landing mind-blowing aerials, and hanging heels, to helping design rad sunglasses like John John\u2019s new piece for Spring 2013. I\u2019m also really excited to help roll out SPY\u2019s new Happy Lens\u2122 with the crew early next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the Happy Lens\u2122, go to http:\/\/www.spyoptic.com\/blog\/spy-happy-lens-takes-lens-technology-to-a-higher-state-of-consciousness. For more information about SPY and its vintage-inspired Crosstown Collection, head over to www.spyoptic.com\/collection\/crosstown, www.facebook.com\/spyoptic, and be sure to follow us on Twitter @spyoptic and @spyoptic on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spy is stoked to announce that they have someone to manage their elite surf team. It’s Chris Abad. A respected and experienced pro surfer, Abad brings added authenticity to SPY\u2019s booming eyewear business, which has seen tremendous growth over the last year and a half. . . \u201cIf you can\u2019t out-surf Abad, you may be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36850"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36850"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36858,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36850\/revisions\/36858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}