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Kona Brewing Company: Surf Lesson


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Kona Brewing Co launched first-ever campaign that enlists celebrity talent 11Time World Champion Surfer Kelly Slater to join its beloved 'bruddahs.' The new creative featuring Slater is timed around the debut of surfing as a competitive category in the 2021 Summer Games. The 2021 campaign represents the largest investment in new creative and media spend in the brand’s history a 66 percent increase in spend relative to its 2019 national March Madness campaign. The three new TV spots feature playful banter between Slater and Kona’s laid-back ‘bruddahs’ sharing their sage island wisdom with us and providing solutions to everyday problems, while encouraging mainlanders everywhere to have better balance in our lives. Duncan Channon, Kona’s creative agency of record since the 'Dear Mainland' campaign launched in 2014, developed this new work with the brand's first celebrity endorsement. The new creative featuring Slater will appear in rotation with three Kona TV spots that launched in April – Bullpen Phone, Sunday Scaries and Bars. The campaign will appear in more than 25+ DMAs across broadcast TV, digital, paid social and radio. All new spots tested significantly above the beer norms per Ace Matrix, including above average ratings when it comes to purchase intent.
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Client: Kona Brewing Co.

Vice President of Marketing: Ken Kunze

Senior Director of Marketing: Cindy Wang

Brand Manager: Vanessa Parker

Associate Brand Manager: Brooke Schwab

Senior Brand Manager: Ashley Picerno

National Partnership and Activation Manager: Ashlee Conrad

Agency

Partner: Parker Channon

Account director: Nick Gustafson

Account supervisor: Sydney McComas

Account manager: Erica Afanador

Strategy director: Kelleen Peckham

Brand strategist: Jonah Kaufman

Production

Senior broadcast producer: Keenan Hemje

Integrated producer: Emily Sarale

Senior project manager: Michelle Mirasol

1st AD: Grayson Bithell

Editorial: The Den editorial

Editor: Christjan Jordan & Katie Cali

Assistant Editor: EmaLee Arroyo

Producer: Yole Barrera

EP: Ryan Curtis

Finishing: Gabe Sanchez

Colorist : CO3

Senior colorist: Dave Hussey

Music

Music: Brutus La Benz and Kanoa Kukaua

Audio

Audio Mix House: One Union Recording

Senior Engineer: Joaby Deal

Assistant Engineer: Michael Swarce

Executive Producer: Jaylen Block-Smith

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