Oakley took care of the details. The only thing shop and media teams had to do was show up at Dana Point Harbor and catch fish. Transworld didn’t come back with any cash prizes, but we were able to snag a few photos.
According to a story posted on MSN Money: Volcom, Inc. VLCM announced April 17 it expects to announce its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Volcom plans to issue a news release that day at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET, immediately following the closing of regular stock market trading hours. Volcom management also will host a conference call at approximately 4:30 p.m. ET to review the results.
The conference call will be available to interested parties through a live audio Internet broadcast at www.volcom.com. Volcom intends to utilize this webcast event to discuss financially oriented goals and objectives and to disclose material company and industry-based topics in an open manner. The company does not plan to report or comment on its progress during the current fiscal quarter.
For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived for one year on the Volcom Web site.
CHICAGO (APRIL 28, 2008) — Paul Mitchell announces the broadcast schedule for the Big Bear Open, the second stop of the 2008 Paul Mitchell Opens Freeski tour. The Big Bear Open, from March 8-9, 2008, featured some of the best amateurs and professionals competing in halfpipe and slopestyle competition at Big Bear Mountain in Big Bear Lake California. The schedule of airings for the third and final Opens event, (Mount Snow Open, VT) will be coming soon.
Big Bear Open highlights include: Video of the groundbreaking “jam session” format where amateur skiers got to ski in a relaxed environment with top freeskiers in the world, including 16-year old rising star Bobby Brown, a fourth place finisher at the North American Open, and X Game athlete Taylor Felton. Also, behind the scenes with Willis Brown, Michael Olenick, Megan Olenick, and other Opens athletes. Footage from the winners runs and the closing awards ceremony.
Big Bear Open schedule of air dates and times:
EVENT EVENT DATE SHOW AIR DATES TIME (ET)
Big Bear Open March 8-9 Original Airing Tuesday, April 29 8:00 PM
Bear Mountain Ski Resort Repeat Tuesday, April 29 11:00 PM
Big Bear Lake, CA Repeat Saturday, May 3 9:00 AM
Repeat Monday, May 5 12:00 PM
Repeat Saturday, May 10 12:00 PM
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - San Juan Capistrano, CA (April 28, 2008) – An impressive list of leading action sports and youth culture brands are lining up to do holiday season business at ASR Holiday 2008 when the event returns to the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center in Costa Mesa, CA on May 28 and 29.
“We’ve had an excellent response from retailers and in turn brands on ASR holiday events,” says Andy Tompkins, ASR Show Director. “ASR Holiday has become a critical two-days in the buying season for a wide variety of key dealers.”
Last year’s event was widely applauded for its convenient location, vibe and convenience. “We were busy both days and over those two days we saw some strong, major accounts,” says James Onstott, National Sales Manager for Fox Racing of the brand’s experience at ASR Holiday in 2007. “There were A-list retailers represented at the show and the retailers were there to work and not just walking around and see what was going on. We opened a lot of new accounts and are overall pleased with the show.”
The success of past ASR Holiday events and growth of holiday specific collections is bringing back the industries leading brands for next month’s ASR Holiday including Quiksilver, Roxy, Billabong, Element, Rip Curl, Fox, Alpinestars, IPath, Lucy Love, Hot Tuna and more. Up-and-coming brands such as O’Quinn, Atwater, Tavik and Ambission also prosper in the focused event format of ASR Holiday. Check out ASRbiz.com for a full line up of brands showing at ASR Holiday.
ASR Holiday features complimentary coffee service and lunch both days to make the event as productive as possible. New to the holiday event this year is a skatepark featuring rails and ramps set up by Freshpark open for all attendees to enjoy.
Wednesday, May 28th 2008
Registration Hours 8:00am – 6:00pm
Exhibit Hours 9:00am – 6:00pm
Coffee Service 9:00 am – 10:30am
Complimentary Lunch 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Hosted Happy Hour 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Thursday, May 29th 2008
Registration Hours 8:00am – 12:00pm
Exhibit Hours 9:00am – 4:00pm
Coffee Service 9:00am – 10:30am
Complimentary Lunch 12:00pm – 1:30p
Surf, skate, swim and youth culture brands are enthusiastically signing on for ASR Holiday. Brands can get on board for ASR Holiday by contacting their ASR sales rep. Retailers can pre-register to attend ASR Holiday by visiting ASRbiz.com.
ASR, produced by Nielsen Business Media, is a full service trade show whose goal is to create, market and produce high quality trade shows and educational conferences. ASR is the leading action sports industry trade event, bringing together top manufacturers, retailers, industry advocates and media to conduct the business of surf, skate, snow, swim, style, moto and youth culture. Now in its 26th successful year, ASR gathers over 500 action sports brands and approximately 7,000 retail buyers and decision makers three times a year, with spring and summer season shows in San Diego and ASR Holiday at Orange County Fair & Exposition Center. For additional information regarding ASR, check out ASRbiz.com
Windells is gearing up for one of the best summers to date with a 380% above normal snow pack and over 36 feet of total snow accumulation this winter. Our private park on Mt. Hood received so much snow that it shattered a 50 year record which you will not want to miss.
Snowboarding
Jason Legge, a pro snowboarder for Rossignol, Smith, Vans, Dakine, Atmosphere and Copper, has been promoted to Windells Head Digger. Jason plans to build some of the largest jumps Mt. Hood has seen to date. With Mack Dawg Productions(MPD) and others coming to film Sessions 1 and 2, you will without a doubt, see some amazing riding. Jason is bringing in his experienced Canyons park crew and an all-star line of pro snowboarders including: Jake Welch, JJ Thomas, Josh Sherman, Travis Kennedy, Eddie Wall, Chad Otterstrom, Luke Mitrani, Jack Mitrani, Jonas Carlson, Kyle Clancy, Scotty Arnold, Mason Aguirre, Scotty Lago, Molly Aguirre, Drew Fuller, Charlie Morace, Nick Dirks, Mark Frank Montoya, Jake Blauvelt, Kevin Pierce, Alex Sherman, Danny Davis, The Dingo, Danny Kass, Todd Richards,
Lane Knaack, JP Tomich, Madison Ellsworth, Kelly Clark, Hannah Teeter, Seth Westcott, Shaun Palmer, Nate Holland, Lyndsey Jacobelis, Louie Vito, and many more.
Skiing
Austin Stevens is the owner of Saga Outerwear, a grass roots freeski clothing company. He will be head of the freeski program at Windells this summer. We are stoked Austin joined the Windells family this year. Austin brings an enormous amount of knowledge to Windells Ski Program and has been bringing many new improved changes to the already progressive program. Austin has been hard at work putting together one of the best coaching rosters to date: Tanner Hall, Pep Fujas, Chris Benchentler, Mike Hornbeck, Tom Wallisch, Tim Durtschi, Liam Downey, Willey Miller, Sean Field, Sammy Carlson, Phil Balanger and many more.
Skateboarding
Windells is excited to have Jamie Weller back as the Director of Skateboarding. This winter, Jamie has been building urban style features throughout the campus, adding to the already amazing indoor skate park and 6,000 square feet of concrete to the campus. Silas Baxter-Neal was skating 4/20/08 and calls BOB, “The best indoor skateparkark” in the Northwest! Windells is looking forward to skating with: Mikey Burton, Daewon Song, Jeron Wilson, Mike Taylor, Torey Pudwill, Lamare Hemmings, Chet Childress, Micah Hollinger, and the Krux team.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - VIRGINIA BEACH, VA., (April 28, 2008) - FEW New Zealand, a lifestyle apparel brand for men and women, proudly announces the addition of Brand Director Lucy Wildman. Wildman fills a newly created position with great motivation and excitement to move FEW to its next stage of brand development.
As brand director for FEW, Wildman will be responsible for translating the company’s vision into concrete marketing initiatives. “Lucy has a passion for boardsports, seven years working experience within the action sports industry and an innate understanding of New Zealand’s culture,” said FEW Founder Kena Lucy. “She is a great addition to our team and we’re looking forward to what she will bring to the company.”
After Wildman’s successful two year tenure at FGX International as a brand manager in the action sports division, she will return to New Zealand to work for FEW. “My move back to New Zealand will ensure that the true roots of the brand remain strongly entrenched in all graphics and image based collateral,” said Wildman. “I’m excited about the opportunity to share a little slice of New Zealand with the U.S. market. Kiwis possess a real passion for art, sports, music and culture. I look forward to exposing the facets of New Zealand to the world.”
Located in Auckland, New Zealand, with a U.S. division located on the East Coast, FEW has created a line of clothing that is story telling, riveting and hip. FEW offers a range of clothes for men and women with active lifestyles. FEW prides itself on quality and comfort while each piece of clothing tells a story. So, check out FEW and more importantly the story we have to tell. Visit www.few.co.nz for more details.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - Crested Butte, CO - Colorado Ski Country USA has announced speakers for its 45th annual meeting.
Attendees will have the chance to glean knowledge from experts in a variety of fields. Author Richard Louv will talk about nature deficit disorder and its impact on today’s children. Featured Speaker Chris Davenport will recount some of his notable adventures including climbing and skiing Colorado’s 54 fourteeners. Roger Dow, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Association will address the power of travel and the state of the U.S. travel industry. Please read on for information on each speaker. Visit www.ColoradoSki.com.
Richard Louv- Author Richard Louv is an author and futurist focused on nature, family and community. His most recent book, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder” (Algonquin), has stimulated an international conversation about the future relationship between children and nature, and has helped spawn a movement that is now moving into the international sphere.
Chris Davenport- Big Mountain Skier Chris Davenport is considered one of the world’s most accomplished big mountain skiers. A former alpine downhill racer, he is also an extreme skiing champion and featured in over twenty ski films. Recently, Davenport became the first person to ski all 54 of Colorado’s 14ers in one year.
Roger Dow- Roger Dow is president and chief executive officer of the Travel Industry Association (TIA), the national umbrella organization representing all segments of the $740 billion U.S. travel and tourism industry.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - April 28, 2008 - IPATH’s Bob Burnquist won the Skate Vert event of the 2008 X Games Brazil. Skating in his new Burnquist Grasshopper shoe, Bob continued his stellar competitive performance with yet- another 1st place finish.
Coming back after an intense slam, Bob brought out a near flawless run that that combined huge airs and technical lip work with signature Bob style.
“Congratulations to Bob on another win” commented Dave Smith, IPATH’s Team Manager. “We just had an Earth Day jam at Bob’s skate compound and from the Youtube video, you can see he is skating so well right now.”
Watch for the new Burnquist Grasshopper to drop at skateshops very soon. Video footage from the Earth Day throw down at Bob Burnquist’s
house can be seen online HERE.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - SURFLINE.COM - Online retail trainer 3point5.com and the Board Retailers Association (BRA) today announced a partnership to build and promote Web-based training for the board sport industry.
3point5.com is a leading provider of Web-based retail training. The company tests brand, technology and product knowledge using interactive “Edu-Games,” which retail salespeople must pass to earn access to deep discounts on the products they sell.
“BRA, which represents independent snowboard, skateboard, surfboard and wakeboard retailers, had been looking for a partner to help deliver on its longstanding training initiative,” said Melissa Clary, BRA Executive Director.
“The collaboration with 3point5.com will ensure that all board sport retailers - including BRA members - get free access to training developed under the new initiative,” she said.
“The future of retail sales training is online, and this agreement points us in that crucial direction,” Clary added. “We’re excited to be working with a proven leader in Web-based retail training.”
Under the agreement, 3point5.com will:
· Offer free sponsorship benefits on all BRA-created courses on 3point5.com, including logo placements and BRA contact information.
· Deliver marketing capabilities to BRA, including the ability to conduct polls, surveys, offers and events and administrative functions that will include reporting and editing capabilities.
· Offer BRA retail members a free three-month trial upgrade to 3point5.com subscription-based services and free hosting on one BRA-created course for a month.
In exchange, BRA agrees to endorse 3point5.com within the board sport industry as the online resource for its members’ retail employees. In addition, BRA will provide content and other expert resources to jointly build training courses with 3point5.com.
The partnership is good news for retailers, said ZJ Boarding House co-owner and BRA Chairman Todd Roberts.
“Access to standardized yet engaging employee training covering sales floor basics, product fundamentals and vendor specific training - as well as real-time tracking of employee progress by management - is long overdue,” Roberts said. “It’s going to be very well received by board sport retailers.”
“The agreement will introduce board sport retailers to a proven concept that can significantly improve sales staff proficiency in a challenging retail environment,” said 3point5.com Director of Action Sports John Telfer. “It will open up a wide segment of the Action Sports market to the leader in online retail training and draw more manufacturers to 3point5.com.”
Vans President Steve Murray discusses VF’s 2004 acquisition of Vans for $396 million. VF is ranked 335 on this year’s Fortune 500 list. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO
On Friday, July 11th, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda and DC celebrated the opening of “Born” at the Japanese American National Museum in Downtown Los Angeles. “Born” corresponds with the release of Shinoda’s second DC Remix Series™ shoes, the MSDC Xander and MSDC Pride.
More than 100 of the world’s most stylish and talented women in the action sports world will return to California this summer to compete in the highly anticipated Second Annual S3 Supergirl Jam. The unique three-day event featuring surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding competitions will run in conjunction with the 2008 Honda U.S. Open of Surfing.
Australian surfers Sally Fitzgibbons and Owen Wright make guest appearances this week, and musical guests Pepper and Against Me! drop by the studio. Tune in and check it out.
You “MUST” wear your mustache to get in! Free sombreros for the first 200 people through the door!
Founder and designer of Pleasure Ground, Tom Kabbash, spent over 10 years creating eyewear for some of the industry’s most respected brands. In developing his own line, Kabbash has sought to combine his love for an active lifestyle with his experience designing for high-end fashion.
The one-hour special will include three action packed events: the US Pro Street Championship, the Carl’s Jr US Pro Vert Championship, and the US Women’s Pro Street Championship. Look out for skater profiles, and skate legend Christian Hosoi as a guest announcer.
Competitors from all over South Africa converge on the slopes of Tiffindell Ski Resort to compete in Boardercross, Big Air and Slopestyle.
Blacks Leisure Group Plc said a sales drop sped up on weaker demand for surfing and snowboarding clothes. Sales slid 5.4 percent at outlets open at least a year in the current fiscal year’s first 19 weeks.
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