All Water Sports articles – Page 6
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Surfstitch Australia, the online retailer specializing in action sports products,...
Surfstitch Australia, the online retailer specializing in action sports products, has been taken over by an entity of the Alceon Group, a private equity firm. The offer was approved by creditors of the Surfstich Group at a meeting early last month. Alceon already owns Ezibuy, an online retailer of clothing ...
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Hurley and the World Surf League (WSL) have announced a...
Hurley and the World Surf League (WSL) have announced a new partnership for the WSL Championship Tour for the remainder of the year. The brand, owned by Nike, will be collaborating with WSL on five of the 11 scheduled events to help young surfers around the world make a positive ...
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The surfing division of the Lafuma group, which is essentially...
The surfing division of the Lafuma group, which is essentially represented by Oxbow, raised its turnover by 6.0 percent to €26.8 million last year, while its operating profit moved up by 14.2 percent to €5.8 million. The French company described this as a significantly positive performance, with a return to ...
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The 16th edition of the Eurosima Surf Summit, which took...
The 16th edition of the Eurosima Surf Summit, which took place in Seignosse, France on Oct. 5-6, welcomed more than 300 professionals from the industry. Eurosima is the association of European action sports manufacturers. Among the speakers at the annual action sports conference was Alexandre Mulliez, the 30-year-old innovation and ...
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Dakine has signed up three female surfers, Carissa Moore, Courtney...
Dakine has signed up three female surfers, Carissa Moore, Courtney Conlogue and Johanne Defay
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
