Today is the last chance to register for SIMA’s Sales & Marketing Boot Camp slated for July 9 in Dana Point, California. Aside from a stacked line up of seminars, SIMA will also be releasing the much anticipated results of it’s bi-annual Retail Distribution Study. Check out a few of the charts from two years ago, and make your predictions about how the size and scope of the industry have changed in the past two years.

Will a legit wave pool ever be built, or is it all just a pipe dream? Weigh in on the topic right here.

ZJ Boarding House will be hosting its annual Summer Kick Off Sale this Saturday, June 27 as well as celebrating the opening of Billabong and Hurley partner stores in the two additional spaces ZJ’s formerly occupied. Here’s what Co-Owner Todd Roberts had to say about the new partnerships.

Last night at Hobie’s Laguna Beach store on Forrest Avenue more than a hundred friends, family, and industry executives came out in support of the Action Sports Environmental Coalition’s first Green Room—a section of the store dedicated solely to natural, environmentally friendly products

According to reports from The Press Enterprise, A Florida-based limited liability company called Active Sports Lifestyles entered a winning bid of $5.2 million to purchase Active Ride Shop in an auction ordered by the US Bankruptcy Court in Riverside, California today. Zumiez, which recently showed interest in acquiring the chain of stores was not among the final bidders.

If you’ve ever seen a surfboard run over by a truck before, you know what the typical result is—total destruction. Well, there’s a new composite material being released by Inegrity called “INNEGRA S” that might change that.

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (PSUN) announced today that Gary Schoenfeld will be taking over Sally Frame Kasaks duties as CEO effective June 29. Schoenfeld formerly held the position of President and CEO at Vans. Kasaks will remain on the company’s board of directors.

According to reports from The West.com.au, Billabong raised $230 million from institutions and an additional $61 million from an oversubscribed 11-for-two share retail rights issue. The article says that Billabong plans to use the money to reduce debt.

On a recent Red Bull/ TransWorld SURF boa trip in Indonesia, Jordy Smith pulled what are many are calling the most radical maneuver ever pulled on a surfboard. Check out the evidence below and weigh in with your opinion.

Silver screen stars have The Academy Awards, Musicians have the Grammy’s, but the highest honor in the world of skateboarding comes in the form of The TransWorld Skateboarding Awards. On Friday, June 12 the world’s best skateboarders converged at The Avalon in Hollywood, California to honor their peers, party, and see the world premiere of TransWorld’s new film Right Foot Forward.