All Water Sports articles – Page 12
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Cabrinha Kiteboarding and Surf has promoted Mike Raper, formerly a...
Cabrinha Kiteboarding and Surf has promoted Mike Raper, formerly a commercial manager there, to divison manager. John Fontyn has left Eiger Equipment to open a Camp & Climb outdoor retail store in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Quiksilver is offering an exclusive line of surfboards, organic cotton...
Quiksilver is offering an exclusive line of surfboards, organic cotton T-shirts and trucker-style hats signed by Mark Richards through 40 selected stores throughout Europe that belong to its so-called Quiksilver Union.
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Surf fans can check out several musicians and download a...
Surf fans can check out several musicians and download a new monthly magazine in English, called drop in, from the quiksilver-europe.com and roxy-europe.com websites.
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Clay Marzo, ranked second in Surfer magazine’s list of best...
Clay Marzo, ranked second in Surfer magazine’s list of best young surfers worldwide, joins DC Shoes’ team of endorsed athletes.
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The professional surfer Austin Ware is joining the team of...
The professional surfer Austin Ware is joining the team of the Kaenon Polarized sunglass company.
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The surfer Keala Kennelly is the latest athlete to join...
The surfer Keala Kennelly is the latest athlete to join the squad of Dragon Eyewear.
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The surfer Keala Kennelly is the latest athlete to join...
The surfer Keala Kennelly is the latest athlete to join the squad of Dragon Eyewear.
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A limited edition of 499 surfboards carrying the Ferrari brand...
A limited edition of 499 surfboards carrying the Ferrari brand name and logo have been on sale from the speedlux.com website.
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Surfersvillage, the international online news service for surfers, has launched...
Surfersvillage, the international online news service for surfers, has launched an application for Apple’s iPhone, coinciding with its release of the iPad in the U.S. Called First in Surfing News, the application can be downloaded for free on the Apple App Store.
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Chris Bertish, the South African surfer, has signed a deal...
Chris Bertish, the South African surfer, has signed a deal with O’Neill.
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The surf brand Gotcha has launched a new website, Gotchaeurope.com,...
The surf brand Gotcha has launched a new website, Gotchaeurope.com, where customers will be able to buy online.
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Blue Tomato, the leading Austrian-based online retailer for surf and...
Blue Tomato, the leading Austrian-based online retailer for surf and snowboard products, expects to record a 35 percent increase in sales for the fiscal year ending on April 30. Its website, www.blue-tomato.com, is available in 12 languages and offers about 100,000 products. The best-selling segments were free ski and snow ...
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Blacks Leisure has sold its Mambo surf stores as it...
Blacks Leisure has sold its Mambo surf stores as it continues to exit from its boardwear business. Andrew Gerrie, the chief executive of Lush, bought the action sports chain for £800,000 (€919,280-$1.3m) through his investment vehicle based in Hong Kong. The sale is another step in Blacks’ reorganization. It has ...
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The surfing brand Gotcha has signed two new athletes: Eric...
The surfing brand Gotcha has signed two new athletes: Eric Rebiere, a Frenchman, and Adrien Toyon of Reunion Island.
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Bob Mignogna is joining the International Surfing Association as its...
Bob Mignogna is joining the International Surfing Association as its first director general. He used to be vice president of operations for the boardsports publications of ASG, and is a founding adviser of the Surf Industry Manufacturers’ Association. He now runs his own consultancy, focusing on the surfing and skate ...
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Lafuma Is Happy About Its Surf And Mountaineering Divisions
For the first quarter of its 2009-10 fiscal year, ended last Dec. 1, the Lafuma Group reports a sales decline of 3.9 percent to €51.4 million. Sales in France were up by 3.4 percent to €32.2 million, while the international business lost 13.9 percent and went down to €19.3 million. ...
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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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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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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.
