Winter Sports – Page 18
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News briefsGore-Tex expands its U.S. rental program
Gore-Tex has expanded its rental program called “Outerwear on Demand” in the U.S. The snowsports apparel rental service was originally launched in December 2020 and is now offered at 15 ski resorts and retail stores across the country. Gore-Tex has even developed a dedicated Outerwear On Demand collection. The apparel ...
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News briefsK2-MDV renames itself Elevate Outdoor Collective
Seattle-based K2-MDV Holdings, the parent company of all K2 Sports and MDV brands, including K2 Skis, K2 Snowboarding, Marker, Dalbello, Völkl, Ride Snowboards, Line Skis, Backcountry Access, Atlas Snow Shoe Co, Tubbs Snowshoes, Madshus and K2 Skates, announced that it has rebranded itself Elevate Outdoor Collective, effective immediately. The company ...
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FESI launches a sustainability network for winter sports companies
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has launched a joint initiative, called the FESI Winter Sport Sustainability Network (FESI-WSN), to “increase the knowledge and cooperation on sustainability and circularity within the winter sports Industry.” The network will be holding four annual meetings, with roundtable discussions involving industry ...
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Hugo Boss returns to winter sports
Like Ellesse and Prada, Hugo Boss is returning to the skiwear segment under its new management and with its new and bolder logo for the Boss brand. It has started a new four-year partnership as the official partner of the Hahnenkamm Races, one of the most prestigious events in the ...
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ArticleNew threats for winter sports across the Alps
A lot of snow fell on the Alps during the first full week of December, driving many local ski fans to the slopes. However, the French ski resorts are worried about a big drop in reservations by foreign tourists, especially from the U.K., following a ban by the French government ...
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French pioneer in snowboard bindings has passed away
Robert Emery, a French pioneer in the development and manufacturing of snowboard bindings, has passed away at the age of 68. He inherited a factory that was making camping accessories and other products from his father Roger in 1948. The eponymous firm, Emery; then developed a series of ski bindings ...
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Karakoram to make snowboard bindings at a new U.S. factory
While continuing to get them made in the U.S., Karakoram, the American supplier of splitboard bindings founded by Bryce and Tyler Kloster in 2008, will move into a new factory in North Bend, Washington state, close to the mountain region around Snoqualmie Pass. The company has just come out with ...
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Burton releases an Ak snowboarding apparel line with Gore-Tex
Burton’s new snowboarding apparel incorporates Gore-Tex fabrics and is named after the postal abbreviation for Alaska. The Ak line has received Bluesign approval and purports to combine waterproofing and breathability with style. The first items are the Ak 457 Gore JP Jacket and JP Bib, made with a three-layer 70D ...
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New winter sports logistics center for Amer in Austria
Amer Sports has opened a new, more modern and sustainable logistic center for the winter sports products of Atomic, Salomon and Armada at Pongau, near the group’s Austrian ski production facility in Altenmarkt. The group has invested €23 million to modernize Atomic’s former distribution center and to expand it by ...
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ArticleEurope's winter sports industry calls for uniform anti-virus protocols
The European Sporting Goods Industry Association, FESI, is circulating a statement calling on national government authorities to avoid “another catastrophic season” for the winter sporting goods industry, particularly in view of recent increases in the number of Covid infections in certain countries, which are creating the risk of “localized waves.” ...
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Golf offsets winter sports at Alpen in Japan
Sales of winter sports products fell by 16 percent to 6,628 million yen (€51.5m-$60.3m) for the financial year ended June 30 at the Alpen Group, one of the major sporting goods retailers in Japan, mainly due to a lack of snow because of a warm winter season. Total revenues increased ...
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The Beijing 2022 Olympics want to engage 300 million Chinese in winter sports
The Beijing Organising Committee of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has integrated the goal of positioning China as a new winter sports destination for local and overseas visitors throughout the planning process for the Games. It has just released a 108-page “Legacy Report of Olympic and Paralympic Winter ...
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Short stops
June 25 Short Stops: Canada Goose - CSGA – HeiQ – Hestra - Jones Snowboards - Klarna – London Ski & Snowboard Festival - Parley For The Oceans - Shopify
Corporate: +++ HeiQ has acquired 100% of the equity and voting rights in a Hong Kong-based materials technology company, Life Material Technologies, which develops bio-based antimicrobial additives and treatments used by manufacturers of plastics, coatings, textiles, ceramics and paper, for $6.45 million, plus a potential earn-out ...
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Burton calls on snowboarders to clean up their mountains
Burton Snowboards is calling for the annual Burton Clean Up Days, which started years ago with a crew of company employees picking up trash on their local mountain. Over the years, the event has grown into a movement of like-minded snowboarders cleaning up their personal playgrounds around the world. This ...
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Soft anti-Covid restrictions boost sales of winter sports items in Russia
After a slump in sales at the beginning of the current autumn/winter season, sales of products for winter sports in Russia have proven to be strong in January and February thanks to abundant snow and weak quarantine restrictions, allowing all ski facilities to continue to operate in contrast with ...
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Burton wants to see more female snowboarders in Sweden
Snowboarding has been expanding in Sweden lately. Starting with the current winter season, Burton Snowboards and the Swedish Ski Association have entered a collaboration to promote snowboarding among women, giving them an opportunity to try out the sport. Burton is partnering with the organization on projects like ProgSession and its ...
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Blue Tomato to rent snowboards and related gear
Blue Tomato, the European action sports e-tailer and retailer based in Austria and owned by Zumiez, has begun renting snowboards, splitboards, boots and bindings at two points of sale in Austria: one store in Obertauern and its headquarters in Schladming. The service, called “Rent Your Ride,” will be expanded to ...
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News briefsGiro brings Rome Snowboards' co-founder on board as snow brand manager
Giro, the U.S. helmet specialist owned by Vista Outdoor, has hired Josh Reid as its new snow brand manager. Reid has a 25+ year career in the snowsports industry. He started as a prototype tester at Burton Snowboards, eventually having a hand in everything from leading Burton’s hardgoods testing department ...
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German winter sports retailers ask for special government aid
Rainer Angstl, the manager of Sport Schuster in Munich, and the managing directors of more than 170 other German sports retailers that depend heavily on the winter sports business have signed an open letter to the federal government, asking for subsidies based on the monthly gross profits that they are ...
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ArticleA cross-industry warning from the European winter sports sector
The Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has released a statement in which 10 leading ski companies, five sports retail groups and 12 sporting goods industry federations raised concerns about the consequences for the industry of the planned closure of many European winter sports resorts in relation to the ...
