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| Ocean Rodeo Kitesurfing |
Ocean Rodeo’s founder, Richard Myerscough and his lifelong friend, Ross Harrington grew up first and foremost as avid adventurists. The two were active in the formative years of windsurfing, cold water surfing, kitesurfing and paddleboarding. Never tiring or stopping to be active in the sport, and to this day proud to be riders, not investors.
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| Kitesurfer in the Ignite Drysuit |
Self-taught and making early models of all their equipment in the 70’s and 80’s, Richard and Ross learned the hard way that good enough was never, good enough and bring their creative and innovative outlook to every new project Ocean Rodeo sets into motion.
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| New Ocean Rodeo Flite Kite |
Richard founded Ocean Rodeo in 2001 as an offshoot of Whites for the then-new sport of kitesurfing with an early focus on surface watersport drysuits. Expanding in 2002 to involve Ross Harrington and the introduction of kites, boards and, kite bars.
Ross first started designing windsurf sails in 1983 as the head of design for the Vancouver based Windsure brand before later founding his own custom sail brand, Venturi Designs in the late 80’s.
Decades ahead of his time, Ross pioneered many windsurfing firsts, including the camber inducer and inset boom end and it was from his Venturi loft that Ross designed and manufactured his first kites in 1998.
Never happy with the status quo; Richard and Ross continued to work and develop highly refined performance-oriented equipment. Simultaneously designing equipment for those pushing the sport’s boundaries and helping those coming into the sport with an ever-evolving lineup of intuitive, easy to use designs. Ocean Rodeo is a silent pioneer in the sport.
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| Ocean Rodeo Kites back in the day |
Ocean Rodeo today
During the company has grown significantly from the early days of 2001, A commitment to performance, safety and innovation have never wavered. 19 years later, Richard and Ross are still fully immersed in the design and development of all Ocean Rodeo products but are now surrounded by a community like no other.
They are proud that those who chose Ocean Rodeo are those with the same ambitions, and determination to explore the world as they did. A community of many, Ocean Rodeo stands beside their supporters and not over them.
Providing comfort that their product changes and growth comes from the experience of the explorer.
Both their drysuits and kite equipment have evolved tremendously over the years.
More recently the comfort and advanced function of their drysuits have led to them to exciting new markets like surfing, Paddleboards, sailing and commercial marine / cold water survival.
Also, the first to bring a completely new Fabric to Kitesurfing, Aluula Kites, We will talk more about this in another Blog later next month.
They build, design, redesign, test, retest, rethink every product to remove many risks while giving the most enjoyable and performance-oriented wind and water experience.
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