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Billabong adds Micah Byrne to their USA staff

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Billabong announces the addition of Micah Byrne to their USA staff as its new Surf Team Manager. Byrne comes to the position with extensive experience as a professional surfer and as the current Assistant Coach to the USA Surfing America Team. As a professional surfer, Micah developed a repu…
Tricky tubes for Round 1 of Billabong Rio Pro

9 May, 2013 : - WCT: Round 1 of the Billabong Rio Pro was completed today in three-to-five foot waves at the primary site of Barra da Tijuca with the world’s best surfers navigating the at-times challenging barrels on offer and thrilling the crowd on the beach. The perennial threats were in form …
ISA World Surfing Games get heated Day 5

9 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 5 of the Reef ISA World Surfing Games showed positive signs of the coming swell. As the event approaches the final days of competition, the National Teams face critical rounds that will determine the final positions in the chase for the Gold Medals. Once again, competition had a delayed start…
No Niño & No Niña: What do we call it then?

9 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: During April 2013, ENSO-neutral continued, with near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) observed across most of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and below average SSTs confined to the far eastern equatorial Pacific. The Niño indices were near zero throughout the month, except for…
Alex Gray & Dave Wassel back Int'l Surfing Day

9 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The Surfrider Foundation announced this week that professional surfers Alex Gray and Dave Wassel have signed on to be this year’s International Surfing Day Ambassadors. Observed globally on June 20th, International Surfing Day celebrates the sport of surfing and helps raise awareness …
As Vans grows Doug Palladini takes new spot

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Vans President Kevin Bailey is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Palladini as the Vice President General Manager of the Americas for Vans, effective immediately. As the Vans brand continues to expand across the globe, the newly created position will support and accelerate Van…
Billabong halts trading as talks continue

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Action sports retailer Billabong International Ltd. may yet strike a deal with one of two U.S. private equity-backed consortia. Both Sycamore Partners and Billabong’s former Americas head Paul Naude; and VF Corpo ration and Altamont Capital Partners, are still engaged in tal…
Changes at Electric lead to new campaign

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: 2013 brings a revitalized Electric identity, re-engineered logo, expanded product lines and a newly launched website. With the evolution of the brand comes the launch of the ‘Atramental’ campaign. Derived from the process ‘to atrament’, turning an object to black, &ls…
Action heats up Day 4 of Reef ISA World Games

8 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 4 of the Reef ISA World Surfing Games brought a slight increase in the surf and impressive performances from the world’s best surfers. Due to an extreme low tide, the event began just before noon. The competition picked up once the tide covered the volcanic rock reef and the waves …
TransWorld Business partners with Surf Expo

8 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Participation in the Swim Showroom offers swim brands full-page inclusion in the TransWorld Business summer issue - mailed out to 12,000 retailers and industry leaders - as well as the Surf Expo Pre-show magazine. The Swim Showroom will also be brought to life in Orlando Florida at a sp…
Rip Curl adds two key hires to men's design

8 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Rip Curl is continuing to invest in strengthening its Men's Design team with the appointment of two key hires: Shawn Peterson as VP of Men's Design and Tom Jackson as Senior Boardshort Designer. Peterson comes to Rip Curl with an impressive trackrecord, including 14 years at O'neill, where h…
Lay Day: Billabong & Colgate Rio Pros wait

8 May, 2013 : - WCT: Event organizers have called lay days for both the Billabong Rio Pro and the Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro, citing poor winds and opting for improved conditions projected in the coming days. Event Nos. 3 and 5 respectively on the 2013 ASP World Championship and Women’s World Championship Tours…
Flippy's beastly North Shore gun hits auction

8 May, 2013 : - HISTORY: Flippy's always been on the leading edge and still is. He wanted to ride all the outside breaks on the North Shore. They were already exploring Kaena Point by boat. They had ridden there, not 50-footers, but they were paddling into some pretty big ones. Flippy wanted a 'big' board …