Two new industry meetings are to take place in France this summer for companies in the board sports business. To be held in Biarritz at the start of July, B.A.S.E. Workshop consists of four buying days for boardsports apparel and footwear, with about 200 brands represented. Organized by Brotherhood Communication, this will be the second edition of B.A.S.E., which drew about 500 buyers for its first session in the winter. Meanwhile, the inaugural Salon des Glisseurs, scheduled for October in Seignosse, will focus on equipment. The event was launched by Alain Sevellec, founder of the defunct Glissexpo, and Rémi Bertoche, a surfer and founder of freesurfingmag.com. Eurosima, the European association of companies in the boardsports business, said the organization of the two get-togethers was to be welcomed, as a complement to the Ispo fair.

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