All Action Sports articles – Page 14
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O'Neill is the first surf brand working with Parley for...
O'Neill is the first surf brand working with Parley for the Oceans. Its spring/summer 2015 collection features T-shirts, shorts and other garments made from fabric derived from recycled plastic found in the sea. They are slightly more expensive than regular models. G-Star and Adidas have partnered with Parley, too.
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Three new board members have been appointed at Surftech after...
Three new board members have been appointed at Surftech after its acquisition earlier this year by Triple D, a Thailand-based investment company. The chairman is Trent Pedersen, president of D Technical Consulting, a subsidiary of Triple D that provides management, marketing and technical services for sports companies. He has been ...
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A Thai investment firm, Triple D Corporation, has acquired Surf...
A Thai investment firm, Triple D Corporation, has acquired Surf Technicians, also known as Surftech, and offered to buy another producer of surf and stand-up paddle boards, Global Surf Industries (GSI). It has already announced a deal for the takeover of NSO, an Australian brand of GSI. Through an affiliate ...
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Billabong has renewed its partnership with SurfAid, a charity that...
Billabong has renewed its partnership with SurfAid, a charity that aims to improve the health, wellbeing and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions near the world's most iconic surf spots, with a focus on reducing infant mortality. As part of the deal, Billabong will help to launch Surf Aid ...
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SurfStitch is restructuring its European operations. The Australian online surfwear...
SurfStitch is restructuring its European operations. The Australian online surfwear retailer will close down its eponymous site to focus on Surfdome, which it acquired from Quiksilver six months ago. Surfdome had 25 million visitors last year, versus 6.7 million for SurfStitch Europe. The company is also planning to shut down ...
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Outdoor Retailer and Surf Expo have announced a new partnership...
Outdoor Retailer and Surf Expo have announced a new partnership with Supia (StandUp Paddle Industry Association), the trade organization of stand-up paddle businesses. As a result of the partnership, Supia will exclusively endorse and participate in Surf Expo's two annual shows and Outdoor Retailer's Summer Market. Outdoor Retailer Summer Market ...
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Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST),...
Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST), a chemical company that uses sustainable technologies, based on natural substances, to produce high-performance textile treatments. The investment, the details of which have not been disclosed, has been made by Patagonia through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, created ...
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Boardsport Source reports that the Austrian snowboard factory of Global...
Boardsport Source reports that the Austrian snowboard factory of Global Sports Technologies (GST) will cease production at the end of July. The plant's 85 staff were apparently informed on 25 February that the activity in Antiesenhofen had become untenable because production costs are relatively high in Austria while selling prices ...
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The American surf industry association, SIMA, has assigned awards to...
The American surf industry association, SIMA, has assigned awards to Volcom for the Boardshort of the Year and the Women's Brand of the Year
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Rip Curl has signed a major partnership deal with Surf...
Rip Curl has signed a major partnership deal with Surf Snowdonia, which is supposed to be the world's first artificial wave to open to the public. The facility is being constructed in the lee of the Snowdonia mountains in Conwy, North Wales. Due to open in July this year, it ...
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Kelly Slater, the American surfing legend, will act as a...
Kelly Slater, the American surfing legend, will act as a global brand ambassador for Puma golf apparel and footwear and Cobra golf equipment. Since last year, Slater has a partnership with Kering, the parent company of Cobra Puma Golf, for the launch of a new casual, surf-inspired apparel collection, Outerknown.
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Vans celebrated the return of snowboard boots for 2015/2016 with...
Vans celebrated the return of snowboard boots for 2015/2016 with the Vans Snow Day in the Austrian town of Mayrhofen, on Feb. 2-4. As reported by Boardsport Source, Vans had missed the 2014/2015 winter with its snowboard boot collection after a factory mishap.
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Ride Snowboards has a new global marketing manager, Carson Schubert,...
Ride Snowboards has a new global marketing manager, Carson Schubert, who was previously brand and marketing manager at the High Cascade Snowboard Camp in Oregon
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Quiksilver will soon have a series of “.surf” web addresses....
Quiksilver will soon have a series of “.surf” web addresses. The maker of surf wear has joined Minds + Machines' pioneer program to secure a number of .surf domain names, including quiksilver.surf and others such as camp.surf, wetsuits.surf, roxy.surf and more. Other companies like Hurley and Billabong have also secured ...
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A Norwegian snowboarder, Silje Norendal, will be featured in the...
A Norwegian snowboarder, Silje Norendal, will be featured in the women's advertising campaign of Skullcandy under a new endorsement deal
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Kelly Slater, the famous surf champion, and his team have...
Kelly Slater, the famous surf champion, and his team have announced a raft of new collaborators who will be involved in the development and launch of his new brand of contemporary ready-to-wear, Outerknown. With the support of the Kering group, parent company of Puma and Volcom, it will start with ...
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Matthias Aichinger, a former salesman for Burton Snowboards, replaces Angela...
Matthias Aichinger, a former salesman for Burton Snowboards, replaces Angela Nowak as Austrian sales manager of Chiemsee
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Burton is set to host the world's largest street snowboarding...
Burton is set to host the world's largest street snowboarding contest in the Roppongi Hills Arena of Tokyo on Nov. 15
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In the U.K., ski and snowboard boot sales increased by...
In the U.K., ski and snowboard boot sales increased by 10 percent and 21 percent, respectively, in the 2013/14 season as compared to 2012/13. According to the Snowsport Industry of Great Britain (SIGB), which has released its trade survey findings, the market is showing positive growth for the first time ...
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Nike plans to drop out of snowboarding and free-skiing after...
Nike plans to drop out of snowboarding and free-skiing after the holiday 2014 collection to concentrate on the growing skateboarding segment in action sports. The company will continue to honor sponsorship deals with athletes in these domains until the end of their contracts.
