Background
Christo Hall was born in 1978 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
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. At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson. In 1991 Hall got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years.
In 2004 Christo retired from full-time international competition.
Still had a 49th place on the surfing World Qualifying Series in 2008 and went into business producing beginner surfboards - Softboards Australia. 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. Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topic of marketing and entrepreneurship.