All Action Sports articles – Page 12
-
News briefs
A new national B2B and B2C trade show, Surf Out...
A new national B2B and B2C trade show, Surf Out Portugal, will make its debut in Portugal on Sept. 15 and 16. It will be held at Estoril near Cascais, the surf spot north of Lisbon. Rusty and Lightning Bolt are mentioned among the 45 exhibitors along with local surf ...
-
News briefs
Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the...
Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the European Outdoor Group (EOG), widening the remit of the organization. Burton and Nitro have both become full members, and Salomon is adding its snowboard business to its existing membership. The EOG said that this highlights the alignment and synergy between ...
-
Short stops
Leon Glatzer, a 21-yar-old German surfer born in the island...
Leon Glatzer, a 21-yar-old German surfer born in the island of Maui, is the latest member of Dakine's team of sponsored athletes
-
News briefs
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced a new president...
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced a new president and board. Satu Järvelä has been elected as WSF's new president on a four-year mandate. Järvelä previously sat on the board of the Ticket to Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour. She is a former ISF World Champion snowboarder, a US ...
-
News briefs
Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf...
Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf industry and consumers, will be launched on June 15-17 in Soorts-Hossegor, in France's southwest. The location, only 20km north of Biarritz, is at the heart of the European surf industry. Industry leaders, manufacturers, pro surfers and retailers will be given ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
A professional German snowboarder, Aline Bock, has signed up as...
A professional German snowboarder, Aline Bock, has signed up as an official ambassador for the #itsgreatoutthere campaign steered by the European Outdoor Group to stimulate outdoor participation. She will promote and support the campaign during her activities and public appearances, online and on the social media. Bock has just started ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
Article
World Snowboarding will replace the World Snowboard Tour
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced the completion of the merger with TTR Pro Snowboarding (TTR). Starting with the 2017/18 season, the merged entity will offer direct membership for the sport's stakeholders. Following the merger, the World Snowboard Tour brand name will cease to exist. All existing and future ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
Short stops
Dakine has signed up three female surfers, Carissa Moore, Courtney...
Dakine has signed up three female surfers, Carissa Moore, Courtney Conlogue and Johanne Defay
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
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 ...
-
News briefs
Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards...
Greg Dacsyshyn, who has spent many years at Burton Snowboards as its chief creative officer, is leaving the company after more than 20 years to set up his own creative agency, called Camp High. The agency will continue to set the creative direction for Burton in terms of products and ...
-
News briefs
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, ...
-
Short stops
Gus Kensworthy, the Olympic medalist freestyle skier, will endorse Safilo's...
Gus Kensworthy, the Olympic medalist freestyle skier, will endorse Safilo's Smith brand of sunglasses and goggles
-
Short stops
Burton Snowboards, which recently won the right to trade in...
Burton Snowboards, which recently won the right to trade in France with all the products under its own name, opened its first French store in the ski resort of Avoriaz, measuring 110 square meters, on Dec. 10
-
News briefs
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 ...
