As an international big wave surfer, free diver, spear fisherman, and waterman, founder of Shark Eyes Shanan Worrall wanted to create products that he would not only use in his daily life, but that could cross over into all the different watersports. This is how Shark Eyes Global - Premium Ocean Hardware was born.
“I didn't feel it was necessary to be using different suits for different things, when technology had progressed to a point that you could do it all without compromise in 1 suit. However no-one was making it."
To fulfil this need he designed the Shark Eyes Hybrid suit which has all the features he wanted to see in a wetsuit. The success of the suit has led him to develop even more products, again resulting from the desire to be able to use them in his own ocean pursuits. These are all currently in production and due to be released later this year.
“I don’t want to use a product that is inexpensive to make, and that falls apart after a few seasons. I owned those when I was younger. Now I want warmth, flex, the best zips, I want thermal lining, I liked the idea of non-petroleum based suits. I didn’t want to have to lube up to get into a dive suit anymore. All of these aspects were the most expensive options but it was what I wanted in a suit. I then tried really hard to bring that price point low enough so that it wouldn't be too much of a reach for people, but that we would put all the quality and detail into the designs with no compromises”.
Shark Eyes as a brand started out in 2016 with the simple concept of putting ‘eye’ decals onto wetsuits, boards and dive equipment. Shark Eyes Global Deterrents now make up the other half of the Shark Eyes Global brand and provide a cost effective, simple and non-invasive tool to assist shark mitigation. For more information on how they work and the story that started it all - click here.