What Surf Summit is to Cabo, SIMA
Business Boot Camp is to Orange County. On Thursday, February 28, 2008,
SIMA is debuting its new recruit in educational programming

Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) a leading specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories, today announced the company’s comparable store sales increased 1.7% for the four-week period ended February 2, 2008, versus a comparable store sales increase of 12.4% for the four-week period ended February 3, 2007. Total net sales for the [...]

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DNA Distribution, which includes skateboarding brands Alien Workshop, Habitat and Reflex, today announced that the company has been acquired by Burton.

The two companies began discussions over a year ago and found that they share a common approach in the way that they contribute to boardsports culture, including a commitment to creating long-lasting relationships with their [...]

Quiksilver, has appointed investment bank, JPMorgan, to initiate a sale process for its ski and snowboard brand, Rossignol. Quiksilver acquired Rossignol, in 2005, but the business has consistently underperformed ever since. The company wrote down the carrying value of Rossignol by US$166 million ($192 million) in the financial year ended October 31, 2007. Rossignol, along [...]

As reported on www.signonsandiego.com

SAN DIEGO: An autopsy on the body of a Huntington Beach man found dead in City Heights on Tuesday was inconclusive, authorities said yesterday.

San Diego police detectives hope toxicology tests will determine how Dane Chandler Williams died. Results could take up to six weeks.

Williams, 23, was attending the Action Sports Retailer trade [...]

Orange County-based Ocean & Earth Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Australia-based Ocean & Earth Group, today announced the appointment of Dave Nielsen as Vice President.
In this new role, Nielsen will preside over sales, marketing and operations of the brand

To all Reps interested:

My name is Josh Buckhalter, I am working with Catalyst Watches to build and get a sales force together across the states and internationally. Catalyst Watches is a new company out of Utah. Recently Catalyst has teamed up with Notion Clothing and will be adding a 2nd distribution point out of California..

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A buzz was in the air all weekend surrounding the TAVIK booth at ASR, as retailers and industry insiders arrived on location to discover the announcement of Shane Beschen as the new surf ambassador for TAVIK.

The addition of Beschen serves as a strong declaration to the rest of the action-sports industry that TAVIK will be [...]