All Action Sports articles – Page 11
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Quiksilver and the World Surf League have announced the return...
Quiksilver and the World Surf League have announced the return of the Quiksilver Pro G-Land as part of the program for the 2020 WSL Championship Tour next June. The event is returning after 25 years, taking competitive surfers to one of the sport's most remote competitive spots: Grajagan Bay in ...
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Tom Wilson-North, former owner of the freeride snowboard shop Zero...
Tom Wilson-North, former owner of the freeride snowboard shop Zero G in Chamonix, France, is joining the Nidecker Group in the new role of digital transformation manager. Wilson-North has been senior snowboard writer at Boardsport Source, key advisor to Protect Our Winters Europe and a member of the snow sports ...
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Burton Snowboards has become the first snowboarding company to obtain...
Burton Snowboards has become the first snowboarding company to obtain B Corporation certification from the B Lab, showing that the company is using its business “as a force for good” around the world. At last month's European Outdoor Summit in Interlaken, Donna Carpenter, co-founder of Burton, stated that the company ...
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Hexa Surfboard has received a check for €5,000, having beaten...
Hexa Surfboard has received a check for €5,000, having beaten out 22 other respondents to the 2019 Call for Innovation Projects put out by Eurosima, the European boardsports industry association, and Outdoor Sports Valley, the French industry association for outdoor sports. Founded in September 2018 by three surf-loving engineers – ...
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A former professional snowboarder, David Pitschi, has joined the Nidecker...
A former professional snowboarder, David Pitschi, has joined the Nidecker Group as brand manager for its Yes snowboards subsidiary. He will be working with one of the brand's ambassadors, Alex Warburton, and with its owners, David Carrier-Porcheron, Romain de Marchi and Jan Petter Solberg. Warburton will be retaining the post ...
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Burton Snowboards has reinforced its presence in Switzerland with the...
Burton Snowboards has reinforced its presence in Switzerland with the opening two new stores and the appointment of a new country manager: Daniela Meyer, previously key account manager at Adidas Sport, who has taken over the position of Dan Fitzgerald, effective Oct. 1. The company already has a Burton Hub ...
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The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7,...
The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7, and its pre-show outdoor festival Waterfest, scheduled for Sept. 4, were cancelled. Both were to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, which at the time was under threat from Dorian, the hurricane that ravaged the ...
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K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro...
K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro Team, otherwise comprised of Jake Kuzyk, Tim Eddy, Curtis Ciszek, Matt Belzile, Leanne Pelosi, Levi Luggen, Yo Amagai, Jody Wachniak and Mark Wilson. K2 Sports, which was founded in 1962, began making snowboards in 1987.
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The Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization advocating for clean water...
The Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization advocating for clean water and clean beaches, headquartered in California, has named Jennie Romer as a new legal associate for the organization's Plastic Pollution Initiative. She will lead Surfrider's policy efforts and legal action to reduce plastic pollution at the local, state and national ...
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Rip Curl and the World Surf League (WSL) have worked...
Rip Curl and the World Surf League (WSL) have worked out a three-year renewal for two events on the WSL Championship Tour (CT), the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach and the Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal
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Surf and mountain sports boost Lafuma’s results
Groupe Lafuma's turnover improved by 5.8 percent to €169.8 million in 2018, with each division contributing to the growth. The group's operating income jumped by 12.5 percent to €7.1 million.The management noted that the last year was marked by increased political and economic instability, including the Brexit discussions and the ...
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Nitro, one of the leading manufacturers of snowboards, has reported...
Nitro, one of the leading manufacturers of snowboards, has reported that in terms of value its sales for 2018 went up by 20 percent from the previous year. In terms of volume, sales increased by 15 percent to a total of 87,000 boards sold to the trade last year. The average ...
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The Rip Curl GromSearch, a competition for surfers under 16,...
The Rip Curl GromSearch, a competition for surfers under 16, is traditionally held simultaneously in Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, New Zealand, the U.S. and Europe, with the finalists, male and female, facing off “somewhere” in the spring. But this year, for its 20th anniversary, the GromSearch will be taking ...
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A new Spanish firm, Help Snowboards, hit the market in...
A new Spanish firm, Help Snowboards, hit the market in October with a two-pronged strategy. First, it is aiming to keep prices low and quality high by eliminating retail distribution and selling direct to customers, exclusively through its website. Second, to deal with the issue of showrooming, where consumers try ...
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Vans has signed up a South African pro surfer, Michael...
Vans has signed up a South African pro surfer, Michael February
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A draft report has surfaced about investigations being carried out...
A draft report has surfaced about investigations being carried out in Brussels into dumping practices and subsidies for e-bikes made in China, according to MLex, a press agency covering regulatory news in the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. The draft reportedly recommends anti-subsidy duties of up to 16.14 percent ...
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Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna...
Burton Snowboard's current president, John Lacy, will be joining Donna Carpenter, joint owner of the company along with her husband Jake Burton Carpenter, as its co-chief executive. The company has also appointed Sarah Crockett, formerly with Vans and REI, as its new marketing director. Sharing a two-decade history, John Lacy ...
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JD Sports Fashion is raising the surface of its store...
JD Sports Fashion is raising the surface of its store in the Bluewater shopping mall near London from 9,544 to 18,966 square feet. Digitalization is the big buzzword in retailing right now, but as Fashionmagazine.com has noted, Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the U.K.-based retail group, made an interesting statement ...
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Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling...
Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling it a “hub” because it also serves as an office and showroom, hosting the German country manager, Benjamin Schwarz, and his team. It is located near many other sports stores at Frauenstrasse, 10.
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Rome Snowboards, an iconic brand based in Vermont, has been...
Rome Snowboards, an iconic brand based in Vermont, has been acquired by in Low Pressure Studio (LPS), a Dutch-based company that owns three other brands of snowboards: Batalcon, Lobster, Switchback. The deal follows the recent acquisition by Nidecker of a majority stake in LPS. The Swiss group led by the ...
