Quiksilver Crossing, The

Perpetual seagoing surf trip and marketing campaign, launched in 1999 by beachwear giant Quiksilver. Australian surf-charter boat captain Martin Daley presented the idea for the Crossing to Quiksilver's Bruce Raymond in 1994; five years later Daley and his luxurious Indies Trader—a 75-foot, eight-guest, refitted salvage vessel, newly painted for the expedition in blue-and-orange swirls—launched th...