Surf Branding Case Study | Celebrity Rebrand | Bethany Hamilton

Bethany Hamilton

Celebrity surfer rebrand case study

“We formed a great partnership with BLVR to re-imagine the Bethany Hamilton brand. It was a wide ranging effort that has included everything from brand strategy, to defining our hero customer, to figuring out our voice, to maturing the brand visuals.”

– Deyl Kearin, CEO

Overview

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Bethany Hamilton is a professional surfer, New York Times bestselling author, Surfers’ Hall of Fame inductee, and mother of three. Yet the American public knows her best as the infamous 13-year-old shark attack victim. She needed her brand to grow up, attract a broader audience, and open up new financial revenue streams.

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Brand Identity

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Data analysis and consumer focus groups confirmed Bethany’s core audience of young women was, like her, at a crossroads. They were making the transition from teenager to adult. Bethany already had an incredible story to tell — we now needed to pivot her brand image. We modernized her visual and verbal brand to appeal to a new generation of savvy millennials. And we positioned Bethany as a modern day role model for how to live an unstoppable, joy-filled life and not let obstacles get in the way.

Brand Activation

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We helped build a new business model based on high quality content, online courses, and a range of other new products and services that allowed Bethany to monetize her personal brand. This was all delivered within a premium mobile-first digital experience that drove engagement and conversions.

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