Maverick America

Retail · North Carolina, United States · <25 Employees

Our company was created in February 2015 with the vision of bringing to the sport's enthusiasts the best equipment money can buy at the most affordable pricing. Mark Laboccetta started freediving and spearfishing in 1987 with his father Eddie in Sardinia where he was from. He started diving with a small Technisub 40cm pneumatic speargun for mullet along the Sardinian seashore with Eddie. Underwater hunting became his passion. The IUSA has awarded Mark 11 world spearfishing records to date. By 1997 Mark and his father brokered a National Distribution contract for North America by Omersub of Italy. Marks family business was the steward and custodian of these (Omersub and Sporasub) until the company was acquired by a public Corporation in 2013. After growing Technosport into a multi-million dollar revenue business Mark decided, he didnt want to be an operations function for the man. Spearfishing is a small grass roots industry with family owned artisans that produce the best products. These qualities made this fun in the first place. It was only natural to reinvent the mission of high-end small companies focused on artisanship rather than volume like you see in this catalog. The Maverick America spearfishing line represents a benchmark, in terms of quality and value from small productions, for spearfishing enthusiasts around the world. We think youll agree and we look forward to listening to our customers and continuing our mission of providing the best quality products in the industry to satisfy our passion. Brandon West started spearfishing six years ago when his love of fishing and the ocean introduced him to the underwater world. Born and raised on the crystal coast of North Carolina. After his first trip to blue-water and monster fish, Brandon was introduced to Mark through mutual friends at a point where Mark was just starting Maverick America out of a small warehouse. There, he purchased his first actual freediving speargun from Maverick America. Their friendship grew over just a few years from talking ...Read More

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