H 2O Audio

H2O AUDIO BEGAN AS KRISTIAN RAUHALA’S graduate student project at San Diego State University. An enthusiastic mountain biker, surfer and Ironman triathlete, Rauhala developed waterproof headphones he could use while training. After obtaining his first patents in 2002, he founded H2O Audio the following year.

Over the last two decades, H2O products have been used by the likes of Michael Phelps and surfing pioneer Laird Hamilton, who has actively contributed to product development as an H2O board member. The family-owned, California-based company’s bone conduction headphones have also earned acclaim from the likes of Runner’s World and TIME