About Earpro
Our vision:
To help 1 million people by 2024 to enjoy the water again, without painful ears or the fear thereof.
Our story
How it all started
Paul and Tradian met and became friends on the tiny island of Koh Tao, Thailand in 2000. Paul was a dive instructor and Tradian a wannabe Divemaster. Unfortunately, they lost contact once Tradian left the island, it was the pre-Facebook era.
Reunion in Egypt
Fast forward to July 2002. Tradian was enjoying a quiet drink and watching the sunset in the sleepy village of Dahab, Egypt. He heard laughter and a voice he recognised, so he turned around to see Paul entering the courtyard on a bike with another friend on the handlebars. It turned out he was working in Egypt and they celebrated his birthday together.
Dive trips & “ScubaTribe“
This time, making sure not to lose contact, they went on several dive trips over the coming years. In 2012 they founded ScubaTribe as a side project, a customer review platform for the diving industry.
Founding EarPro
*Interesting fact*
In his 5 years of working on and off in the diving industry, Tradian saw loads of dive trips ruined by ear issues. He moved to London in 2007 and worked for companies such Carlsberg and P&G helping with product innovation and more recently, within the pharma industry.
In April 2019, his family's beach holiday was spoiled because his son suffered from an ear infection. Frustrated by the treatments and lack of preventative products on the market, he set to work to find a solution to such health issues. With his contacts in the pharma industry, and especially thanks to a close friend with 35+ years experience, he developed the formula for EarPro.
*Interesting fact*
In December 2000, Paul started teaching scuba diving in Thailand. He had his first ear infection in January of 2001 and, over the next 5 years, he spent a good bit of time with antibiotics, mixing vinegar with alcohol and/or just waiting - out of the water - for his ears to heal.
In 2005, he lost 70% of his hearing capability in his right and 20% in his left ear and had to stop diving as a career. Even short dive trips would cause lasting ear issues but as he loved the water, he suffered through it.
When Tradian showed him EarPro, he was sceptical but as he trusted Tradian completely, he tested the solution and his ear problems are now a thing of the past. Currently he is teaching and diving regularly with happy ears in the beautiful waters of the Pacific. In early 2019, he joined the company as an investor and partner.
In February 2020 they hired their first employee, Nataliya. She is in charge of many tasks, from customer service to research and assists Tradian and Paul with all sorts of crucial tasks.
Our team
Tradian loves the water and everything water-related. He is an avid diver, kayaker and swimmer and enjoys sharing his passion for water with his son. He has an MIB degree from EAE Barcelona and has worked in the medical procurement field for 6 years. Borne in Hungary but grew up in Sweden and has lived and travelled all over the world since.
“I am very proud and humble to work with such a game-changing product such as EarPro. Together we will help millions to partake in the joys of water again.”
Prior to EarPro, Nataliya used to help diving operators around the world take advantage of the power of online reviews. She enjoys swimming and can often be found building sandcastles. She is our social media guru and can answer all of your questions about EarPro.
“Why waste your time thinking of how to get water out of your ears? Use EarPro and forget about this problem forever.”
Paul, a diving instructor for over 20 years, guided several thousand of divers through their first underwater experience.
A surfer (being from California), swimmer and kayaker he has participated in pretty much every other watersport you can imagine. Paul studied Industrial Design, Art, Web Development, Business, Acting and more.
He likes to call himself a professional student, still studying at various universities.
“I have used and promoted every method of ear issue prevention and treatment with mixed results but EarPro actually works!”
I love to cook, balancing ingredients such that the sum is greater than the individual parts, the same goes for product formulation, I helped my friend and business partner develop EarPro using this methodology, hopefully giving the watersport community the perfect product to go on and enjoy their hobby to the full
