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Quiksilver partners with Royal Sporting House

14 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Quiksilver, in partnership with Royal Sporting House, have opened their latest Quiksilver store on the 28th March 2013 at Tampines Mall. This is Quiksilver’s first store to be opened in the east of Singapore. Located on the 2nd floor of Singapore’s leading suburban mall, the new…
Surfing in the Olympics gains support in Brazil

13 May, 2013 : - IOC: In a meeting at the Ministry of Sports with movement leaders of SURF 2016 along with deputy Walter Feldman, the Minister Aldo Rebelo (Minister of Sport in Brazil) has pledged to sign a formal application to the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to include surfing as a sport presentation at t…
Raw & Rare: Surfing Heritage Vintage Auction

13 May, 2013 : - HISTORY: The first Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction 'California Gold' went off at the OC Fair Events Center in Costa Mesa yesterday with total sales of $680,000. This event was put on to raise funds for the Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center, which will continue headlong in its charter…
Bob McKnight drops in on action sports class

10 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Quiksilver’s Executive Chairman, Bob McKnight spent about two hours on May 7th with graphic arts students at Laguna College of Art and Design. Students were finishing up a semester in the World’s first ever, for-college-credit, Action Sports Production and Action Sports His…
Surf industry opportunities from ASPOM

10 May, 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 within th…
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…
Battle tight for Aussies at ISA WSG

9 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The event on the right-hand, reef break at Santa Catalina has attracted more than 150 leading surfers from 24 countries. TravelSIM Team Australia is the defending champion after winning the title in 2011. Molony, along with Wade Carmichael and Tim Macdonald were facing elimination in the repecha…
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 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…
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…
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…
Cool Shoe signs on for South Africa champs

8 May, 2013 : - CONTESTS: Surfing South Africa is proud to announce that Cool Shoe Corporation will sponsor the annual South African Surfing Championships which is scheduled to get under way with an opening function on June 26 in Durban. The surfing will commence at New Pier on Thursday June 27 and end with the final…
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…