How many surfboards are sold annually in australia

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Key points: Surfing has become more popular during the COVID pandemic Sales of mid-sized boards are up per cent on last year Wait times for custom surfboards have blown out from a week to months.

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This sleepy country town is a secretive centre for big pharma drug production. Retail data coming out of the surf industry shows many Australians have responded to the COVID pandemic by going surfing.

The industry has experienced some eyebrow-raising retail sale growth since March, according to Keith Curtain, whose company ActionWatch generated retail data from the surf and action sports sectors. Mr Curtain said he triple checked figures for May from stores across Australia showing sales of surfboards in the seven-to-nine-feet category skyrocketed by 3, per cent, compared with the same period last year.

In June, the growth for that category returned to a more modest per cent growth year on year. Mr Curtain said the timing of the sales spike indicated the industry was buoyed by JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments. Mr Goss said when stage three lockdowns were introduced in New South Wales in late March he expected trade to drop-off. Mr Goss said there was a marked uptick in the number of people who took up surfing, based on the boom in sales of the soft boards popular with learners.

Teacher and keen surfer Joe Draffen said Mr Curtain's data was evident out in the water. When schooling moved online, Mr Draffen left Melbourne and moved back to Fairhaven on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria so he could work from home and surf every day.

He said many of his surfer friends invested their JobKeeper payments in new surfing gear, while others had spare income because not much else was going on to spend their money on. Custom surfboard shaper Bryan Bates said the pandemic was good for Australian surfboard manufacturing because it reinforced a trend towards more considered consumerism and buying locally.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Key points: Sales in some categories of surfboards leap by over 3, per cent in May Retail data suggests stimulus payments were spent on surf equipment Australians find refuge from the pandemic in surfing.

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