Slyde Handboards

Slyde Handboards
Founder
  • Steve Watts
  • Angela Watts
Headquarters Orange County, California, U.S.
Area served
 North America
Website www.slydehandboards.com

Slyde Handboards is a bodysurfing and water sports company.[1] It was founded in 2010 by Steve Watts and later joined by co-founder Angela Watts.[2] The company sells hand-built epoxy designed handboards with a hand-strap.[3] Slyde secured a round of funding on the seventh season of Shark Tank from Ashton Kutcher and Mark Cuban, who invested $200,000 in exchange for 22% equity of the company.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Zimmerman, Eilene. "Selling Surfers on a New Way to Ride Waves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  2. ↑ "Business Beat: Slyde Handboards". San Clemente Times.
  3. ↑ "Slyde Handboards Woody". LA Times.
  4. ↑ "A couple who put their life savings into a surf business can't keep up with demand after Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher invested $200,000". Business Insider.
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