All Winter Sports articles – Page 24
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Winter Sports Contributes To Head’S Progress
Head’s net revenues rose by 6.7 percent to €98.4 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, boosted by winter sports. Currency effects also contributed to the increase. The adjusted operating profit rose by 37.3 percent to €12.6 million, but ...
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Burton has released a new snowboard boot themed after Tron:...
Burton has released a new snowboard boot themed after Tron: Legacy, the 3D adventure movie. The boot is the result of collaboration between Disney Consumer Products and Burton Snowboards. It features holograms and a high-tech look and is part of the Raptor line, which the company called “a sick new ...
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Travis Parker, a professional snowboarder, has returned to the K2...
Travis Parker, a professional snowboarder, has returned to the K2 Snowboarding stable of athletes.
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Elan Snowboards is launching its Trick Tip Tour, offering kids...
Elan Snowboards is launching its Trick Tip Tour, offering kids of all ages a rare chance to pick up some tips from pro riders while taking new gear out for a test ride. A fully stocked Elan Snowboards test booth will serve as the designated meeting point for all Trick ...
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Burton Snowboards has launched a new online tool on www.burton.com...
Burton Snowboards has launched a new online tool on www.burton.com that allows riders to virtually create, view and remix their outerwear for the season. One of the features of the tool, called The Great Outfitter, is a “gallery” where riders can choose to show their original creations, eventually sharing them ...
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Slide 2001, the British winter sports show, is moving its...
Slide 2001, the British winter sports show, is moving its location to Telford after many years in Manchester. In addition, the 2011 edition of the show will be Feb. 21-23, after Ispo, instead of before the big exhibition as in previous years.
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Völkl has switched the Swiss distribution of its snowboards to...
Völkl has switched the Swiss distribution of its snowboards to Coniv Sports, a company run by Stefan Casanova that already distributes smaller snow sports brands like Flux, Never Summer and Icelantic. The former distributor, Harry Gunz, has moved into the bicycle business.
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Nikita outerwear has teamed with K2 Snowboarding on a new...
Nikita outerwear has teamed with K2 Snowboarding on a new Cassette binding and VaVaVoom snowboard for girls for this winter season.
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Artec has signed the Swedish freestyle snowboarder Kalle Ohlson to...
Artec has signed the Swedish freestyle snowboarder Kalle Ohlson to its pro team.
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After 25 years of snowboarding, the legendary Mike Basich has...
After 25 years of snowboarding, the legendary Mike Basich has agreed to endorse Flow Snowboarding’s entire line of products.
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Prowinter, the trade show for winter sports rentals and services...
Prowinter, the trade show for winter sports rentals and services held last April 13-15 in Bolzano, Italy, drew 9,300 registered visitors alongside Alpitec, the simultaneous exhibition for mountain and winter technologies. There were 370 exhibitors spread out over 25,000 square meters; 37.3 percent of visitors said they were interested in ...
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Rome Snowboards, the subsidiary of Burton in Vermont, is recalling...
Rome Snowboards, the subsidiary of Burton in Vermont, is recalling 3,120 boot bindings sold in the U.S. and Canada between September and December last year. They have a faulty base plate that can break in cold temperatures. The affected product is the United snowboard bindings, made in China.
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Adidas Originals and Burton, the snowboard company, are coming out...
Adidas Originals and Burton, the snowboard company, are coming out with a co-branded collection of men’s clothing and footwear designed to be worn after coming off the slopes. The 27 apparel styles and seven footwear models in the limited-edition collection should hit select Adidas Originals and Burton stores in November. ...
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Burton is going to send the remainder of its snowboard...
Burton is going to send the remainder of its snowboard production to Austria, where it has been making the equipment for more than 25 years. It will shut down its Burton Manufacturing Center in its home state of Vermont this summer. Forty-three employees will be affected. Product design and development ...
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Jarden Predicts Higher Winter Sports Sales After A Recent Decline
Marker Völkl claims that Völkl earned a solid 13 percent share of the global alpine ski market in 2009, ranking fourth in value among the major players in the sector, while Marker remained second-best in ski bindings, with a slightly improved market share of 29 percent. In the U.S., Völkl ...
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Elan Snowboards has made some changes to its management. Dragain...
Elan Snowboards has made some changes to its management. Dragain Gojkovic is the new sales and marketing manager for Elan and Artec snowboards, and Bojan Poljansek is program manager. They will take over the brands from Alexander Klinger, the former division manager for snowboards who has left the company. Nils ...
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The North Face has added Lucas DeBari, the snowboarder, to...
The North Face has added Lucas DeBari, the snowboarder, to its stable of more than 60 athletes around the world.
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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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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.
