Winter Sports – Page 24
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Amer Sports' Winter Sports Operations have received the Austrian Phoenix...
Amer Sports' Winter Sports Operations have received the Austrian Phoenix 2014 waste management award for their production site in Altenmarkt, Austria. The Austrian Water and Waste Management Association (ÖWAV) presented the annual award for the 13th time to companies that are particularly innovative in the area of environmental protection and ...
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Burton Snowboards has promoted Mike Rees to the role of...
Burton Snowboards has promoted Mike Rees to the role of chief executive. Rees joined the Vermont-based company in 2009 and was most recently the company's chief operating officer. With Rees now running day-to-day operations, Jake Burton will once again become the company's chairman. As chief executive, Rees will head up ...
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A group of snowboard industry agents who have organized snowboard...
A group of snowboard industry agents who have organized snowboard contests and the Action Sports Summit at Ispo Munich has set up a new recruitment agency for the action sports sector in Munich. Called actionsportsjobs.com, it collects postings for all kinds of jobs, including internships and freelance design, from all ...
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Nikita Clothing and Bonfire Snowboarding have announced the addition of...
Nikita Clothing and Bonfire Snowboarding have announced the addition of Vicki Vasil as brand manager for both brands. Vasil will be based in Portland, Oregon, where the two brands are headquartered, and work closely with the design teams, including Heida Birgisdottir, Nikita's founder, who is based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Vasil's ...
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Dynamite Distribution is the new distributor of Jones Snowboards in...
Dynamite Distribution is the new distributor of Jones Snowboards in Sweden
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Deeluxe has launched a completely waterproof snowboard boot with a...
Deeluxe has launched a completely waterproof snowboard boot with a breathable lining in partnership with Sympatex. Other new partners of Sympatex, which is launching a new logo, are Elkline, Kangaroos, Rockfall, Sherpa Outdoor, Stadium and Zajo
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APO, the French snowboard company run by Régis Rolland, is...
APO, the French snowboard company run by Régis Rolland, is coming up with a special dual binding for splitboards, developed together with Plum, a French manufacturer of touring skis
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Jones Snowboards, the company founded by Jeremy Jones and run...
Jones Snowboards, the company founded by Jeremy Jones and run by Xavier Nidecker, has announced an increase in its warranty on its splitboards from three to five years, starting with the autumn/winter 2014/15 model year. The company has been producing solid snowboards for back-country terrain for four years. They are ...
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APO, the French supplier of snowboards, has signed up as...
APO, the French supplier of snowboards, has signed up as exclusive partner of a snowpark at La Clusaz, in the French Alps, for two winter seasons
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After completing the previously reported sale of its snowboard subsidiary,...
After completing the previously reported sale of its snowboard subsidiary, Mervin Manufacturing, for $58 million, Quiksilver has used a portion of the proceeds to acquire the minority interests in its high-growth operations in Brazil and Mexico. It has also arranged a three-year, €60 million European credit facility with Eurofactor. ...
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All the national winter sports federations have joined the International...
All the national winter sports federations have joined the International Ski Federation (FIS) in opposing plans to stage the 2022 Fifa World Cup in January or February because it could draw viewers away from the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The venue of the 2022 Olympics has yet to be selected. ...
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Quiksilver reports the sale of its snowboard manufacturing operations to...
Quiksilver reports the sale of its snowboard manufacturing operations to Extreme Holdings for an undisclosed amount of cash, as part of a profit improvement plan announced last May. The operations consist of Mervin Manufacturing and its Gnu and Lib Tech brands. Extreme Holdings is described as a company “advised” by ...
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Icelantic, the American producer of original skis, snowboards and accessories,...
Icelantic, the American producer of original skis, snowboards and accessories, is setting up a European office in the Swiss town of Malans. The company's new Icelantic Europe subsidiary is run by Rico Dürst, a Swiss marketing consultant who has worked for Trisport, Storm Sports and Outline Sports. He will be ...
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APO, the French snowboard company of Régis Rolland, is launching...
APO, the French snowboard company of Régis Rolland, is launching a new generation of rear-entry snowboard bindings for the winter 2013/14 season
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Xavier Nidecker, from the family that founded the Swiss snowboard...
Xavier Nidecker, from the family that founded the Swiss snowboard brand by the same name, has become global brand manager of Jones Snowboards. Based in Switzerland, he will work closely with Jeremy Jones on product development, creative and global marketing initiatives. Jones Snowboards has also promoted Seth Lightcap to global ...
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Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director...
Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director
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The Snowsports Industries America (SIA) federation reports that winter sports...
The Snowsports Industries America (SIA) federation reports that winter sports sales in the U.S. were up by 2 percent from August through February compared with the same period the previous year. Retail sales of winter sports products reached $3.1 billion, of which $1.7 billion was generated by specialty shops. This ...
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Adidas Action Sports launched its new snowboard collection during Ispo...
Adidas Action Sports launched its new snowboard collection during Ispo through a side event in a former garage of the German postal service in Munich. The collection includes three snowboard boots and about 60 other items including snow goggles and a variety of garments. The Adidas snowboard team was presented ...
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Vans signs up Pat Moore, a snowboarder who placed third...
Vans signs up Pat Moore, a snowboarder who placed third in the Real Snow video contest at the X Games last year
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Wed'ze, the skiing and snowboarding brand of Oxylane, will be...
Wed'ze, the skiing and snowboarding brand of Oxylane, will be the new official partner of the X Games in Tignes, France, on March 14-16. The brand participated in the 2012 edition and following that experience, it will now upgrade to official partner of the event. Based on the American Winter ...
