All Action Sports articles – Page 13
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Jesse Faen, a former Quiksilver manager who launched a surf...
Jesse Faen, a former Quiksilver manager who launched a surf fashion brand in the U.S., has become the marketing communications manager of Global Surf Industries
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Salomon is sponsoring a German snowboard rider, Flo Corzelius, who...
Salomon is sponsoring a German snowboard rider, Flo Corzelius, who is said to be filming a cool new movie
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New owners for Surfstitch?
Billabong International sold its 51 percent stake in Surfstitch back to its two founders, Justin Cameron and Lex Pedersen, two years ago. Surfstitch may now be poised for another change of ownership. The Australian group announced last week that Cameron, who has been acting as chief executive and managing director ...
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Victor De La Rue, a young French freestyle snowboarder, has...
Victor De La Rue, a young French freestyle snowboarder, has found two new sponsors – The North Face and Nitro. He was recently named Rider of the Year by Snowboarder Magazine. TNF has also signed a young Swiss snowboarding champion, Estelle Balet
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The snowboard industry targets former customers
Industry experts estimate that the global snowboard market will remain more or less stable with sales of about 600,000 boards by the end of this winter season, excluding private labels and smaller snowboard brands. Adding these two factors, sales are expected to reach about one million boards. The European snowboard ...
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Nike has stopped marketing snowboarding clothing under the Nike SB...
Nike has stopped marketing snowboarding clothing under the Nike SB label, but it has signed up Chloe Kim as an ambassador. She won the gold medal in the women's snowboard superpipe at last year's X Games in Aspen.
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Julbo is supporting Snowboard Germany by supplying sunglasses and helmets...
Julbo is supporting Snowboard Germany by supplying sunglasses and helmets for the members of its national team
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Burton Snowboards announced just before Christmas that it will be...
Burton Snowboards announced just before Christmas that it will be able to market all its apparel products and accessories in France under the Burton brand name. Up to now, the American brand had to label these products as B Snowboards because the rights to the brand were owned by a ...
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Gabriel Medina, the surfing world champion, has prolonged his relationship...
Gabriel Medina, the surfing world champion, has prolonged his relationship with Rip Curl. The 21 year-old joined the Rip Curl team when he was just 14. He went on to win the 2014 World Surf League, becoming the first-ever Brazilian men's world surfing champion and the youngest to win the ...
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The Australian-based Surfstitch Group has agreed to buy Surfwear Hardware...
The Australian-based Surfstitch Group has agreed to buy Surfwear Hardware International (SHI) Holdings, parent company of four brands - FCS, Gorilla, Hydro and Softech - that stand for surfboards, SUP boards and related products and accessories. The acquisition gives SHI an enterprise value of 23.7 million Australian dollars (€16.1m-$17.1m). SHI's ...
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Kevin Rolland has joined the Völkl team. The French freestyle...
Kevin Rolland has joined the Völkl team. The French freestyle skier, aged 26, won the gold medal at the 2009 FIS Freestyle World Ski and was a bronze medalist at the winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014. The ski-boots-bindings sponsorship is a three-year contract starting with the 2015-2016 winter season ...
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Superbrand Surfboards and Apparel has announced a joint venture with...
Superbrand Surfboards and Apparel has announced a joint venture with Xtreme Enterprise (XTE) to create Superbrand Europe. Based in Biarritz, the newly-formed entity will service France, Spain and Portugal while managing the existing Superbrand distributors in Germany, Austria, the U.K., Russia, Denmark and Greece. XTE specializes in the conception and ...
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Lost International, the American brand of surfboards, skateboards and related...
Lost International, the American brand of surfboards, skateboards and related apparel and accessories launched in 1985, is switching to a licensing model for its sales in the U.S., Europe and many other territories. An investment group based in Chino, California and led by Nick Agakanian will reportedly take care of ...
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Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has...
Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has collected many medals, has made an unspecified investment in Winterstick Snowboards as the American company plans to set up its first workshop to make customized snowboards. The company will transform an old barn on the western side of Sugarloaf Mountain, ...
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Global Surf Industries (GSI) is now entirely owned by its...
Global Surf Industries (GSI) is now entirely owned by its founder Mark Kelly, according to reports in the Boardsport Source news service. Kelly started the company in 2002. Since then, GSI has evolved into one of the largest surfboard and stand-up paddleboard companies in the world, with domestic operations in ...
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Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and...
Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and fashion brands, will unify its six platforms - Surfstitch.com, Surfdome.com, Swell.com, Stabmag.com, magicseaweed.com and theLens – under the global site Swell in 2016. Surfstitch posted revenues of 199.4 million Australian dollars (€124.7m-$141.4m) in the fiscal year ended June 30, representing ...
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K2 and Ride Snowboards completed the renovation of their new...
K2 and Ride Snowboards completed the renovation of their new European headquarters at Penzberg, near Munich, inviting “cool” guests to a “Serious Fun BBG” party
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Burton Snowboard has promoted Chris Patsch to the position of...
Burton Snowboard has promoted Chris Patsch to the position of European marketing manager for its Burton and Anon brands, reporting to the company's European chief, Hermann Kapferer. He first joined Burton in 2010 as marketing coordinator for The Program.
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Quiksilver is sponsoring Ezekiel Lau, the Hawaiian surfer who won...
Quiksilver is sponsoring Ezekiel Lau, the Hawaiian surfer who won the Vans World Cup at Sunset Beach in 2013, when he was only 20
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Burton Snowboards reported late last month that its founder and...
Burton Snowboards reported late last month that its founder and chairman, Jake Burton, is expected to make a full recovery in the next few months, after undergoing treatment for a very dangerous and rare disease. He spent nearly two months on full life support at a hospital for a case ...
