Christo Hall (born in 1978, in Sydney, Australia) is an entrepreneur, ex-professional surfer, author and owner of a marketing agency.[1]
Christo Hall was born in 1978 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. He spent his childhood surfing and followed his childhood dream to become a professional surfer and featured in Surfing World Magazine Best Surfers of all Time Edition 2009.[2] [3] At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson.[4]
In 1991 Hall got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years.Christo is a surfer[5] [6] for North Narrabeen Board Riders club and has surf for the team to win 4 Australian titles [7] Global Surf Tag News 05.02.2011 North Narrabeen National Surfing Reserve Book page 29[8] and featured in The Surfing Year Book.
In 2004 Christo retired from full-time international competition. Still had a 49th place on the surfing World Qualifying Series in 2008[9] and went into business producing beginner surfboards - Softboards Australia. He bought and sold a few other businesses in the surfing industry and in 2009 started Basic Bananas.[10] [11]
Christo has been featured across the Australian media landscape including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, SmartCompany, BRW, Channel 9 in relation to marketing.
In 2012 Hall published his first book Bananas About Marketing.[12]
Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topic of marketing and entrepreneurship.[13] [14]
Hall lives in Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches [15]