All Action Sports articles – Page 23
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Billabong will buy a minority interest in Surfstitch, an online...
Billabong will buy a minority interest in Surfstitch, an online board sports retailer in Australia, with an option to buy 100 percent of the company; the price was confidential.
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A Spanish freestyle skier, Alan Villanuova, is endorsing Elan and...
A Spanish freestyle skier, Alan Villanuova, is endorsing Elan and Dalbello.
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F2 International Surfs From Austria To Germany
Gerald Pascher, owner of the F2 brand of boardsports products, has sealed a deal with Bernd Flügel to shift the head office of F2 International from Austria to Germany. While Pascher keeps the brand rights to F2, his family-owned company, MAG, has sold 40 percent of the shares of the ...
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New Balance has teamed up with the snowboarding brand 686...
New Balance has teamed up with the snowboarding brand 686 to create the 686 Times New Balance collection, a line of snowboard boots, sneakers, jackets and T-shirts that includes two adaptations of the New Balance 580 trail-running shoe.
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World Snowboard Day, organized by EuroSima and the World Snowboard...
World Snowboard Day, organized by EuroSima and the World Snowboard Federation, will be held on Dec. 20, and so far activities are planned in 20 countries; stay updated at www.world-snowboard-day.com.
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At its Waterman’s Ball earlier this month, EuroSIMA, the surf...
At its Waterman’s Ball earlier this month, EuroSIMA, the surf industry group, gave out its industry awards. Among the winners were the brands FCS, whose Green Flex project won for ecological innovation, and DC, which was named performance brand of the year. Miguel Azpiroz, the general manager of the surfboard ...
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EuroSIMA, the European surf industry federation, has designated Quiksilver Watch,...
EuroSIMA, the European surf industry federation, has designated Quiksilver Watch, the Surfrider Foundation, Nixon and Insight as potential recipients of the Surf Ad Campaign of the Year Award for 2009.
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K2 Snowboarding has signed up a 20-year-old French rider, Benoît...
K2 Snowboarding has signed up a 20-year-old French rider, Benoît Thomas-Javid.
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Pukas, the Spanish supplier and retailer of surfboards and other...
Pukas, the Spanish supplier and retailer of surfboards and other boardsports products, has hired an American shaper, Timmy Patterson, who worked at the famous Hobie factory in Dana Point, California.
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Elan Snowboards is launching its new Prodigy-R LTD jib-specific snowboard...
Elan Snowboards is launching its new Prodigy-R LTD jib-specific snowboard in 154 and 156 cm. length this autumn.
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World Snowboard Day will have its fourth edition on Dec....
World Snowboard Day will have its fourth edition on Dec. 20 in more countries and at more resorts; information at www.world-snowboard-day.com.
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Régis Rolland, who is credited with introducing snowboarding to France,...
Régis Rolland, who is credited with introducing snowboarding to France, is looking for new financial partners for his company, Apo Snowboards, which has been placed in receivership.
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Burton Houses Its Surf And Skate Operations In France
Burton Snowboards Europe is setting up a new office for its Analog and Gravis brands at Hossegor, the European surf mecca on the Basque Coast. It’s located close to the workshop of Channel Islands, a surf shaper acquired by Burton in 2006. The move is intended to boost the market ...
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Indian Tarifa, a small Spanish brand of surfwear, has reportedly...
Indian Tarifa, a small Spanish brand of surfwear, has reportedly gone into bankruptcy proceedings. It has closed its two mono-brand shops in Tarifa and Malaga and has failed to deliver its spring/summer 2009 collection to 12 other franchised and partner stores.
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The surfer Sarah Beardmore is a new representative of the...
The surfer Sarah Beardmore is a new representative of the women’s surf brand Nikita.
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International Surfing Day will be held on Sunday, June 21,...
International Surfing Day will be held on Sunday, June 21, in 32 countries and territories, organized by EuroSIMA and supported by the European Surfing Federation and the Surfrider Foundation.
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Pryde UK has taken on the distribution of Arbor’s snowboard,...
Pryde UK has taken on the distribution of Arbor’s snowboard, skate and apparel lines for the U.K. and Ireland, adding that company to a portfolio that includes Nitro and Flow.
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The Body Glove surf brand will enter the Swedish market...
The Body Glove surf brand will enter the Swedish market via Brandpoint, a distributor based in Gothenburg.
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Globe International, the Australian surf and action sports company, cited...
Globe International, the Australian surf and action sports company, cited lower global consumer demand in forecasting a first-half EBITDA loss of A$5.0-6.0 million (€2.55m to €3.06m-$3.25m to $3.90m) when it reports results for the six months ended Dec. 31 on Feb. 26. Globe, in a statement, said it remains in ...
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The number of snowboarders on Swedish slopes is falling while...
The number of snowboarders on Swedish slopes is falling while the number of skiers is going up, says the Swedish skilift federation (SLAO): Over the past four years snowboarders dropped by 4% to 9.7% of the total, while skiers increased by 8% to 87.7%.
