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About Body Glove

Founded in 1953, Body Glove is a leading, worldwide action sports brand specializing in wetsuits, swimwear, clothing, footwear, accessories, and technology accessories. Its contributions to action sports include the Body Glove Surfbout (4 Star WQS event), and continued support of the NSSA National Scholastic Surfing Championships. The company sponsors one of the most respected surf and wakeboard teams in the industry with such powerhouse names as pro-surfers CJ Hobgood, Bruce Irons, Conan Hayes and Holly Beck and wakeboarders Darin Shapiro and Phillip Soven. Through Reef Check, Heal the Bay, SIMA's environmental fund, and the Surfrider Foundation, Body Glove works to preserve the purity of the waters it loves. Body Glove products are sold in the U.S. by a network of independent retailers. Body Glove is also sold in approximately 50 countries internationally through distributors, sales agents and licensees.

About the Surfing America Pro Tour

The Surfing America Pro Tour incorporates all WQS-rated events in North America and is the stepping stone to the Association of Surfing Professionals' (ASP) elite World Championship Tour (WCT). This year's Tour includes stops in California, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Mexico. The Surfing America Pro Tour is sanctioned and administered by Surfing America, the nonprofit governing body for amateur surfing in the United States and professional surfing in North America

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