Christo Hall (born in 1978, in Sydney, Australia) is an entrepreneur, ex-professional surfer, author keynote speaker and owner of a marketing agency.
Early years
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.Surfing World Print Magazine, Best Surfers of All Time Edition 2009Channel 7 Gold Coast Australia - Coastal Watch Show - Kangaroo Island episode At age 14 he got his first surfboard sponsor Simon Anderson.Simon Anderson News 'Christo Hall long serving team member
Career
In 1991 Christo got sponsored by Billabong and was one of their team riders for 15 years. Christo is a surferSurf School Book By Laurine Croasdale Acknowledgements pageLocal News Plus 4 April 2007 Publication: weekender | Section: Features | Story ID: 18898 for North Narrabeen Board Riders club and has surf for the team to win 4 Australian titlesGlobal Surf Tab Results Global Surf Tag News 05.02.2011 North Narrabeen National Surfing Reserve Book page 29The Surfing Year Book by Bruce Boal and featured in The Surfing Year Book.
In 2005 Christo retired from full-time international competition. Still had a 49th place on the surfing World Qualifying Series in 2008Association of Surfing Professionals Rankings 2008: ASP results and went into business producing beginner surfboards - Softboards Australia. He bought and sold a few other businesses in the surfing industry and in 2009 started Basic Bananas.The Money Pillow interview with inspiring entrepreneur 28 March 2014Ontraport News June 2014
In 2025 and 2022 Christo Hall won the Masters Australian Surfing Championships in the over 40 years division.
Christo has been featured across the Australian media landscape including being a regular on 2UE Talking Lifestyle Show, Host of The BankWest Business Insights Podcast, Virgin Inflight Entertainment, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, SmartCompany, BRW, The Today Show Channel 9, Inside Small Business in relation to surfing, business and marketing.
Christo has published 3 books Beyond The Break published by Wiley in 2024, Perception published July 2016 and in 2012 Hall published his first book Bananas About Marketing.BRW Magazine August 2012 Author Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Besides running different businesses, Christo is also a keynote speaker on the topics of professional surfing, personal development, marketing and entrepreneurship.MAP Expo by The University of Notre Dame Australia - Marketing, Advertising and PR Expo 2014 Hub Australia Regularly delivering keynote presentations for businesses and councils.
Personal life
Hall lives in Narrabeen on Sydney's Northern Beaches with his family July 2010, author unknown.
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