All Action Sports articles – Page 11
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The Rip Curl GromSearch, a competition for surfers under 16,...
The Rip Curl GromSearch, a competition for surfers under 16, is traditionally held simultaneously in Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe, with the finalists, male and female, facing off “somewhere” in the spring. But this year, for its 20th anniversary, the GromSearch will be taking ...
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A new Spanish firm, Help Snowboards, hit the market in...
A new Spanish firm, Help Snowboards, hit the market in October with a two-pronged strategy. First, it is aiming to keep prices low and quality high by eliminating retail distribution and selling direct to customers, exclusively through its website. Second, to deal with the issue of showrooming, where consumers try ...
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Vans has signed up a South African pro surfer, Michael...
Vans has signed up a South African pro surfer, Michael February
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A draft report has surfaced about investigations being carried out...
A draft report has surfaced about investigations being carried out in Brussels into dumping practices and subsidies for e-bikes made in China, according to MLex, a press agency covering regulatory news in the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. The draft reportedly recommends anti-subsidy duties of up to 16.14 percent ...
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Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna...
Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna Carpenter, joint owner of the company along with her husband Jake Burton Carpenter, as its co-chief executive. The company has also appointed Sarah Crockett, formerly with Vans and REI, as its new marketing director. Sharing a two-decade history, John Lacy ...
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JD Sports Fashion is raising the surface of its store...
JD Sports Fashion is raising the surface of its store in the Bluewater shopping mall near London from 9,544 to 18,966 square feet. Digitalization is the big buzzword in retailing right now, but as Fashionmagazine.com has noted, Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the U.K.-based retail group, made an interesting statement ...
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Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling...
Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling it a “hub” because it also serves as an office and showroom, hosting the German country manager, Benjamin Schwarz, and his team. It is located near many other sports stores at Frauenstrasse, 10.
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Rome Snowboards, an iconic brand based in Vermont, has been...
Rome Snowboards, an iconic brand based in Vermont, has been acquired by in Low Pressure Studio (LPS), a Dutch-based company that owns three other brands of snowboards: Batalcon, Lobster, Switchback. The deal follows the recent acquisition by Nidecker of a majority stake in LPS. The Swiss group led by the ...
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A new national B2B and B2C trade show, Surf Out...
A new national B2B and B2C trade show, Surf Out Portugal, will make its debut in Portugal on Sept. 15 and 16. It will be held at Estoril near Cascais, the surf spot north of Lisbon. Rusty and Lightning Bolt are mentioned among the 45 exhibitors along with local surf ...
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Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the...
Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the European Outdoor Group (EOG), widening the remit of the organization. Burton and Nitro have both become full members, and Salomon is adding its snowboard business to its existing membership. The EOG said that this highlights the alignment and synergy between ...
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Leon Glatzer, a 21-yar-old German surfer born in the island...
Leon Glatzer, a 21-yar-old German surfer born in the island of Maui, is the latest member of Dakine's team of sponsored athletes
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The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced a new president...
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced a new president and board. Satu Järvelä has been elected as WSF's new president on a four-year mandate. Järvelä previously sat on the board of the Ticket to Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour. She is a former ISF World Champion snowboarder, a US ...
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Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf...
Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf industry and consumers, will be launched on June 15-17 in Soorts-Hossegor, in France's southwest. The location, only 20km north of Biarritz, is at the heart of the European surf industry. Industry leaders, manufacturers, pro surfers and retailers will be given ...
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Surfstitch Australia, the online retailer specializing in action sports products,...
Surfstitch Australia, the online retailer specializing in action sports products, has been taken over by an entity of the Alceon Group, a private equity firm. The offer was approved by creditors of the Surfstich Group at a meeting early last month. Alceon already owns Ezibuy, an online retailer of clothing ...
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Hurley and the World Surf League (WSL) have announced a...
Hurley and the World Surf League (WSL) have announced a new partnership for the WSL Championship Tour for the remainder of the year. The brand, owned by Nike, will be collaborating with WSL on five of the 11 scheduled events to help young surfers around the world make a positive ...
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A professional German snowboarder, Aline Bock, has signed up as...
A professional German snowboarder, Aline Bock, has signed up as an official ambassador for the #itsgreatoutthere campaign steered by the European Outdoor Group to stimulate outdoor participation. She will promote and support the campaign during her activities and public appearances, online and on the social media. Bock has just started ...
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The surfing division of the Lafuma group, which is essentially...
The surfing division of the Lafuma group, which is essentially represented by Oxbow, raised its turnover by 6.0 percent to €26.8 million last year, while its operating profit moved up by 14.2 percent to €5.8 million. The French company described this as a significantly positive performance, with a return to ...
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World Snowboarding will replace the World Snowboard Tour
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced the completion of the merger with TTR Pro Snowboarding (TTR). Starting with the 2017/18 season, the merged entity will offer direct membership for the sport's stakeholders. Following the merger, the World Snowboard Tour brand name will cease to exist. All existing and future ...
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The 16th edition of the Eurosima Surf Summit, which took...
The 16th edition of the Eurosima Surf Summit, which took place in Seignosse, France on Oct. 5-6, welcomed more than 300 professionals from the industry. Eurosima is the association of European action sports manufacturers. Among the speakers at the annual action sports conference was Alexandre Mulliez, the 30-year-old innovation and ...
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Dakine has signed up three female surfers, Carissa Moore, Courtney...
Dakine has signed up three female surfers, Carissa Moore, Courtney Conlogue and Johanne Defay
