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Slyde Handboards was accepted into its first big retailer, Dick’s Sporting Goods, in June 2018. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Angela |date=2018-06-06 |title=Landing A $200K Shark Tank Investment and Growing to $80k/mo – Starter Story |url=https://www.starterstory.com/slyde-handboards |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=www.starterstory.com |language=en}}</ref> |
Slyde Handboards was accepted into its first big retailer, Dick’s Sporting Goods, in June 2018. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Angela |date=2018-06-06 |title=Landing A $200K Shark Tank Investment and Growing to $80k/mo – Starter Story |url=https://www.starterstory.com/slyde-handboards |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=www.starterstory.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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Over 30 surfers represent the brand as ambassadors by promoting the handboards on their social media accounts .<ref>{{Cite web |last=Basnet |first=Neetish |date=August 15, 2018 |title=How Slyde Handboards is riding the new wave of bodysurfing |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/08/15/how-slyde-handboards-is-riding-the-new-wave-of.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> In April 2019, [[Grant Baker]], 3X [[Big wave surfing|Big Wave]] world champion, joined the Slyde Handboards team, which is the first time in history a professional surfer joined a bodysurfing/handsurfing company as a team rider. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Haro |first=Alexander |title=Grant Twiggy Baker Just Joined a Bodysurfing Team |url=https://www.theinertia.com/surf/grant-twiggy-baker-big-wave-surfer-joins-slyde-handboards-team/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=The Inertia |date=3 May 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
Over 30 surfers represent the brand as ambassadors by promoting the handboards on their social media accounts .<ref>{{Cite web |last=Basnet |first=Neetish |date=August 15, 2018 |title=How Slyde Handboards is riding the new wave of bodysurfing |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/08/15/how-slyde-handboards-is-riding-the-new-wave-of.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> In April 2019, [[Grant Baker]], 3X [[Big wave surfing|Big Wave]] world champion, joined the Slyde Handboards team, which is the first time in history a professional surfer joined a bodysurfing/handsurfing company as a team rider. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Haro |first=Alexander |title=Grant Twiggy Baker Just Joined a Bodysurfing Team |url=https://www.theinertia.com/surf/grant-twiggy-baker-big-wave-surfer-joins-slyde-handboards-team/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=The Inertia |date=3 May 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:30, 15 October 2025
American water sports company
Slyde Handboards was a bodysurfing and water sports company.[1] It was co-founded in 2010 by Steve Watts and Russell Ellers, and they were later joined by Angela Watts.[2]
Product
The Wedge, Slyde’s first handboard, was released in 2011, and brought in $20,000 in revenue.[3] Slyde’s beginner model, The Grom, which retails for under half the price of the Wedge, was released in 2017 after a successful Kickstarter campaign.
History
Slyde started in Mr. Eller’s Venice Beach garage and has since moved their headquarters to San Clemente, California.
Shark Tank Appearance
Slyde Handboards appeared on Season 7, Episode 24 of Shark Tank. Watts entered the tank seeking a $200,000 investment in exchange for 15% equity. They received offers from Kevin O’Leary, Robert Herjavec, Mark Cuban, and celebrity guest shark Ashton Kutcher.[4] Slyde accepted the joint offer from Ashton Kutcher and Mark Cuban, who invested $200,000 in exchange for 22% equity of the company.[5]
Promotion
Slyde Handboards was accepted into its first big retailer, Dick’s Sporting Goods, in June 2018. [6]
Over 30 surfers represent the brand as ambassadors by promoting the handboards on their social media accounts .[7] In April 2019, Grant Baker, 3X Big Wave world champion, joined the Slyde Handboards team, which is the first time in history a professional surfer joined a bodysurfing/handsurfing company as a team rider. [8]
