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Plant a Tree plan adds website, nabs Wilko

7 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Apparently Wilko didn’t read his etnies contract very carefully. According to the video posted today, Wilko is required to personally plant a tree for every pair of his etnies Wilko Dapper and Wilko Dory shoes sold, since the styles are part of the brand’s Buy a Shoe, Plan…
Firewire signs on to eco-credentialing project

7 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Firewire has joined The Ecoboard Project, an important environmental initiative focused on the verification of our surfboards’ eco-credentials by the non-profit SustainableSurf.org (SS). SS is dedicated to helping the surfboard industry transition to more eco-friendly materials …
Quiksilver reports Quarter One dip

7 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Quiksilver, Inc. today announced operating results for the fiscal 2013 first quarter ended January 31, 2013. 'During the first quarter, we took a number of steps supporting our three core strategies of strengthening our brands, increasing sales and driving operating efficiencies,' sai…
Opper Sports brings surf to the turf

6 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Opper Sports Productions is feeding Islands Restaurants with the next wave of content and technology. The popular burger concept is utilizing OSP’s newly developed Remote Display Network technology in all of their 54 restaurants throughout California, Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii…
$400 million Rip Curl sale gets shelved

6 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: The owners of established surf brand Rip Curl have walked away from plans to sell the company for $400 million, citing the volatile state of the investment and board-sports markets, according to The Australian. While predicting that he and fellow Rip Curl founder Doug Warbrick would e…
Jérémy : Le nouveau signature boardshort

6 March, 2013 : - VIDEO: Jérémy Florès est réputé pour être aussi expressif dans l’eau comme en dehors… On le retrouve au Panama, à la Réunion, à Tahiti et à Hawaii dans son nouveau signature boardshort. Sois toi-même…
Protest follows tradeshow circuit to Beijing

6 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: This week Protest was present at the ISPO in Beijing from the 26th of February till the 2nd of March. The fast growing market in China is an important target for Protest to focus on, and we can say that our presence at the ISPO Fair this year was, again for the second time, very succe…
Surfing Heritage Foundation reshapes brand

6 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Following a strategy to become more accessible and to build new ties as well as to strengthen current ones, Surfing Heritage Foundation announces a rebranding, which it characterizes as an evolution of its current identity. Since its inception ten years ago, Surfing Heritage Foundatio…
Hobie launches shop ambassador program

6 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Hobie launches program with creation of special team to spread the Hobie vibe throughout local communities. Hobie Surf Shop Ambassador director, Andy Cowell says 'The Hobie Surf Shops Ambassador Program’s (HAP) mission is to support watermen and women; young and old who embody t…
Nike drops surf clothing, backs First Lady

5 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Over the next five years, Nike, Inc. will invest $50 million in the U.S. to increase the physical activity of kids in schools and communities as well as target advocacy efforts to inspire kids and draw additional resources to the effort. As part of this strategy and first step in the …
ASPOM offers up latest industry openings

5 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: European Action Sports hub ASPOM provides the latest job offerings in the Sport & Lifestyle Industry. Check out this week's positions avaialable in Sales, Product Managemnt, Marketing, Customer Service, Technical Consultancy, Logisitics Management, communications and much more wit…
Quiksilver centralizing key company functions

4 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Quiksilver today announced the appointments of Tom Hartge as Global Head of Footwear and Kasey Mazzone as Global Head of Supply Chain. The additions to the team are part of a larger senior management reorganization, which includes Pierre Agnes, President of Quiksilver Europe, assuming…
What's up? - Rundown from Quiksilver's CEO

1 March, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: SMElive shed some light.... and apparently some clothes.. on the latest and greatest in the Quiksilver saga. Check out the company email from President and CEO, Andy Mooney, that was found posted up on Shop-eat-surf.com. That is....... after......…