ELECTRIC AIR

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TitleELECTRIC AIR
BrandHYUNDAI
Product / ServiceHYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC
CategoryC04. Brand Integration & Sponsorship / Partnership
EntrantINNOCEAN WORLDWIDE AUSTRALIA Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation INNOCEAN WORLDWIDE AUSTRALIA Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Wesley Hawes Innocean Australia Executive Creative Director
Damon Porter Innocean Australia Senior Copywriter
Rod Soares Innocean Australia Senior Art Director
Vincent Pled Innocean Australia Senior Account Director
Warrick Nicholson Innocean Australia Production Director
Louis Moore Innocean Australia Agency Producer
Lucio Tagliani Innocean Australia Agency Editor
Ava Elvy Hyundai Australia Sponsorships and Partnerships Manager
Kevin Goult Hyundai Australia Chief Marketing Officer

Why is this work relevant for Entertainment?

Rather than sponsor a surf competition, we created one of our own. It's now widely considered one of the most innovative surf competitions ever held in Australia, drawing a captivated live audience at the beach and at home watching on TV, reaching seven million Australians.

Background

In Australia, surfing is a competitive sport, fuelled by progression, while attracting sponsorships from competing brands vying for exposure. The brief was to build awareness of our Hyundai's Electric credentials amongst the surfing community. The problem was they are cynical of brands trying to infiltrate their sport. Furthermore, we didn't want to be just another brand lost in a sea of brands competing for their attention.

Describe the creative idea

Rather than just sponsor a surf competition, Hyundai created their own. Hyundai Electric Air was as progressive as the Kona Electric itself, capturing the imagination of surfing’s best aerialists. A set of keys hung five metres below an electric blimp. The first surfer to perform an aerial out of the wave, grab the keys, and land back on the wave won a Kona Electric.

Describe the strategy

By creating a new format that pushed the boundaries of surfing, we instantly became part of surfing culture. Surfers didn't see us as just another logo vying for exposure, they saw an opportunity to fly high and have some fun. The manuevers performed (and our blimp) created such a spectacle that it made its way into surfing blogs and publications, giving us more reach than we could ever hope for.

Describe the execution

To entice surfers to our little-known event, Hyundai Electric Air ran on the same day on the same beach as another surf competition. Not surprisingly, surfers that turned up to that competition instead came over and surfed in ours, for a chance to pull off this world first surfing maneuver. In doing so, we instantly became the major and only sponsor of Australia’s most talked about surfing competition.

Describe the outcome

Results Electric Air was one of the most innovative surfing competition's ever held in Australia. Over 7 million Australians reached Over $55 million generated in Kona Electric sales Number 1 reaching programme on Fox Sports More Kona Electric new customer leads up by 186%