Winter Sports – Page 25
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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.
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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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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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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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Head’S Winter Sports And Diving Businesses Bring Down Numbers
Hit by double-digit sales declines in its winter sports and diving units, Head reported total revenues down by 7.2 percent to €57.2 million for the first quarter ended March 31. In constant currencies, the drop was over 10 percent. The company ended with a net loss of €11.8 million compared ...
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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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Neonsun, a new Swedish distributor in the winter sports segment,...
Neonsun, a new Swedish distributor in the winter sports segment, has added Finland’s Halti brand and Boeri, an Italian brand of helmets, to a portfolio that already includes Elan and Bollé.
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Winter Sports Boost Head's Operating Profit
Despite a gain in sales and in operating profit, Head N.V. has reported a net loss for the fourth quarter that ended Dec. 31. The loss of €1.3 million compares with a profit of €700,000 for the same period in 2007. It comes even though sales grew by 5.4 percent ...
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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%.
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Winter Sports Industry Thrives In France
The French winter sports business expanded last year, judging from preliminary findings by NPD Group. The expected growth stems from the fact that more French people headed for the slopes with their families instead of booking far-away breaks, and they were rewarded with outstanding snow conditions. This more than made ...
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Burton Snowboards will continue the partnership with the U.S. Snowboarding...
Burton Snowboards will continue the partnership with the U.S. Snowboarding Team that it started at the 2006 Olympics in Turin by outfitting the team for the 2010 Games in Vancouver. The athletes themselves will have input into the design and the characteristics of the clothes. In addition, Burton is joining ...
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O’Neill is the official sponsor of the snowboard and freestyle...
O’Neill is the official sponsor of the snowboard and freestyle teams of the Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation.
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Snowboard Event Grows Globally
In its third year, World Snowboard Day just keeps getting bigger and bigger. On Dec. 21, 108 ski resorts from 26 countries participated, luring nearly 50,000 participants to the slopes for snowboard lessons, demos and product testing. The event started in 2006 with 34 resorts in 10 countries. ...
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POC has signed another snowboarder and surfer, Flo Orley, to...
POC has signed another snowboarder and surfer, Flo Orley, to its team.
