All Action Sports articles – Page 12
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The highly leveraged Australian-based Surfstitch Group has announced the sale...
The highly leveraged Australian-based Surfstitch Group has announced the sale of Surfdome Shop in the U.K. to Internet Fusion for about £7 million (€7.9m-$9.3m). Internet Fusion owns other European websites including blackleaf.com and extremepie.com. The Surfstich Group was formed in 2014, after Billabong International sold its 51 percent stake in ...
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Hang Ten, the classic American surf wear brand, has entered...
Hang Ten, the classic American surf wear brand, has entered the Swedish market after a decade-long absence, according to Sportfack. It will be run by Peter Lenerius, formerly with Rehband, the Swedish brand of crossfit apparel. He has chosen to produce his own collection for the Swedish market, and in ...
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Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike...
Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike and many other trade shows in the U.S., opened with a share price of $21.60 on the New York Stock Exchange today, giving it a market capitalization of $1.6 billion. The company and some of its shareholders started offering 15.5 ...
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Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards...
Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards as its chief creative officer, is leaving the company after more than 20 years to set up his own creative agency, called Camp High. The agency will continue to set the creative direction for Burton in terms of products and ...
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Billabong has released a collection of surf clothing and accessories...
Billabong has released a collection of surf clothing and accessories in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, featuring some of the late artist's iconic prints. The line was developed by the Billabong Lab, a collaborative project intended to bring the brand together with artists, musicians, designers, ...
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Gus Kensworthy, the Olympic medalist freestyle skier, will endorse Safilo's...
Gus Kensworthy, the Olympic medalist freestyle skier, will endorse Safilo's Smith brand of sunglasses and goggles
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Burton Snowboards, which recently won the right to trade in...
Burton Snowboards, which recently won the right to trade in France with all the products under its own name, opened its first French store in the ski resort of Avoriaz, measuring 110 square meters, on Dec. 10
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Oxbow, the surf and surf-inspired apparel brand of the Lafuma...
Oxbow, the surf and surf-inspired apparel brand of the Lafuma Group, is adding a line of stand-up paddle boards that will be made by Bic Sport based on its own designs. Oxbow already has a specific line of SUP apparel. Martin Vitry, an 18-year-old French athlete who became the French ...
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Burton is putting out a snowboard named after Muhammad Ali,...
Burton is putting out a snowboard named after Muhammad Ali, the famous boxing champion
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Rosy Hodge, sportscaster of the World Surf League, has officially...
Rosy Hodge, sportscaster of the World Surf League, has officially joined Rip Curl's team of ambassadors
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Nidecker group buys Flow snowboarding
The Nidecker Group has reinforced its share in the snowboarding market by taking over the brand assets of Flow Snowboarding from Flow Sports, the Californian board sports group, at an undisclosed price.The two companies said that their assets were complementary, and the tie-up will enable both of them to sell ...
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Burton Snowboards has associated itself with Black Scale, the irreverent...
Burton Snowboards has associated itself with Black Scale, the irreverent brand of casualwear, for a collection of lifestyle clothing that has just hit the market with a selective distribution. As Burton puts it, Black Scale reinterprets logos and graphics inspired by religion, politics, personal identity and death.
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Carve Designs, a California-based producer of women's swimwear, beachwear, surfwear...
Carve Designs, a California-based producer of women's swimwear, beachwear, surfwear and beach-inspired apparel, has received a significant, unspecified investment from Warren B. Kanders, the executive chairman of Black Diamond. He also chairs Mountain Khakis and Safariland. Thayler Sylvester and Jennifer Hinton, who founded Carve Designs in 2003, will continue to ...
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Reef and three of its surf ambassadors have been involved...
Reef and three of its surf ambassadors have been involved in a project this summer to aid young refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and other Middle East countries in the Oinofyta camp in Greece, funding an educational program, the construction of schools and the supply of equipment. The brand has donated ...
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SurfStitch reports a big loss for the year
SurfStitch is under pressure after reporting a loss of 154.7 million Australian dollars (€104.5m-$117.8m) for its continuing operations for the year ended June 30, up sharply from the previous year's loss of A$17.6 million, despite registering an increase of 18.2 percent in revenues to A$235.6 million which was mainly due ...
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Brunotti Sportswear has enlisted a 20-year-old kitesurfing champion, Liam Whaley,...
Brunotti Sportswear has enlisted a 20-year-old kitesurfing champion, Liam Whaley, as “one of the creators of the brand”
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Glassing Monkey will be the European distributor of Aloha Surfboards,...
Glassing Monkey will be the European distributor of Aloha Surfboards, an Australian brand founded in 1978
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Surftech has appointed a new chief executive, John Vance, who has occupied...
Surftech has appointed a new chief executive, John Vance, who has occupied key executive positions at Quiksilver, Sanuk and Freewaters
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Jorcani Sports has added Starboard to its portfolio of surf-related...
Jorcani Sports has added Starboard to its portfolio of surf-related brands distributed in Spain and Portugal, which includes Bic Sport, Liquid Force and Mystic
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Burton Snowboards's president, John Lacy, informed its 900-odd employees on...
Burton Snowboards's president, John Lacy, informed its 900-odd employees on March 16 that about 4 percent of its global staff was being laid off because of the poor snowfall in the past winter, global economic instability and a “challenged retail landscape.” The bankrupt Sports Authority chain in the U.S. owes ...
