Tag: skateboarding

Nikita and Bonfire Snowboarding Welcome Vicki Vasil as New Brand Manager

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News from Nikita Clothing and Bonfire Snowboarding: Nikita Clothing and Bonfire Snowboarding are pleased to announce the addition of Vicki Vasil as brand manager. Vicki will be based in Portland, Oregon, headquarters for both brands, and work closely with the design teams, including Nikita Founder Heida Birgisdottir, who is based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Vicki most […]

Street League Skateboarding Partners with Fox Sports 1 for Global Distribution

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Big news today, March 6, 2014 from Street League Skateboarding (SLS) regarding their upcoming season and partnership with Fox Sports 1. Check the video.   Here’s the news: FOX Sports and Street League Skateboarding (SLS) are proud to announce a new multi-year partnership that includes live broadcasts of the world’s premier skateboarding contest series on […]

Retail Round-up: Hawk Designs Sold for $19 Million; Macy’s Massive Lay-offs; Uniqlo On Among Youth Culture

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Fashion retail has been a roller coaster for the past few years, but over holiday season, we again see how some brands are able to capture a new marketplace and others continue to streamline in the wake of economic uncertainty. First, as Quiksilver announced several months ago, they continue to focus efforts on their core […]

X Games in Austin, TX To Be Hosted Later, June 5-8, 2014

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Today, November 7, 2013, ESPN announced that that the inaugural X Games Austin event dates will shift to June 5-8, 2014. Previously, the X Games was May 15-18. Here’s more: Following a highly competitive bid process during which Austin edged out Chicago, Detroit and Charlotte, N.C., ESPN announced in July that the Texas capital was […]

Beleaguered Billabong “Simplifies” and Sells Canadian Chain West 49 to YM Inc. for USD $8.6-$10.5 Million

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Billabong continues to struggle along, this time by selling 92 West 49 retail stores across Canada to YM Inc., owners of Sirens, Stitches, Urban Planet, and Bluenotes for approximately C$9 million-C$11 million or between USD $8.6-$10.5 million. In a statement Neil Fiske, CEO of Billabong, said, “The sale of West 49 is part of our […]

Transworld SKATEboarding Lands a New Editor in Chief

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Transworld SKATEboarding, the largest media property in the skateboarding industry, has announced Jaimie Owens as the new Editor in Chief. GrindMedia, which owns the brand, has been going through a series of changes in the past year and this marks yet another re-alignment to the media conglomerate. In a press release on October 22, 2013, […]

Women in Sports and the ESPNW Women + Sports Summit—Defining the Market Opportunity

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From October 9-11, 2013, some 275 top influencers and athletes in women’s sports gathered for the 4th annual ESPNW Women + Sports Summit in Dana Point, CA.  The topic of conversation centered around women in sports and also the missed opportunities that women could bring to sports marketing and industry decision-making. In an excellent review […]

ESPN Ends International X Games–Keeps Just USA Events

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It’s the end of the international versions of the ESPN X Games. Today, ESPN released a statement about why they are no longer hosting X Games outside of the United States: ESPN today announced it will not continue with X Games events in Barcelona, Munich, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Tignes, France.  We are proud […]

Olympic Round-Up: Tokyo Lands 2020 Games, Wrestling’s Back In, But “Roller Sports” Sidelined

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced some big news this past week, first with selecting the Summer Olympic Games of 2020 to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Secondly, was the news that wrestling would be added back in the same year, beating out baseball/softball and squash. For those of us who have been following the […]

Grind Media Shutters Skateboarder Mag Digital

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Grind Media, which purchased Transworld and all of its action sports titles in May, 2013, and whom shuttered Surf magazine within weeks of the purchase, has now shuttered the last remaining aspects of Skateboarder Mag, the digital version, as of October 16. In February of this year, Grind Media touted its new and improved online […]