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Store tour: Dick's deep spring discounts on some action sports brands

For the last stop in my store tour series, I drove to El Segundo to check out the…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
RVCA CEO Pat Tenore after winning a SIMA award last year

2009 SIMA Image Award nominees revealed

SURF INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR 2009 SIMA IMAGE AWARDS - Surf Industry Recognizes Its Most Influential…

News May 13, 2013
Travel deals are yielding

Travel deals are yielding mixed results in Hawaii, Australia

Travel deals for airfare and lodging are abundant, and that's showing up in some flattening in the decline…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Keith Malloy off County Clare in Ireland. Photo courtesy of Waveriders.

Action sports series starts tonight; action sports filmmakers panel Saturday

After watching "Lymelife" open the 10th Newport Beach Film Festival last night, we're excited for the debut of…

News May 13, 2013
CPSIA lead testing at an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer inside the lab at Applied Technical Services. Photo courtesy ATS.

The new consumer-protection law: View from inside a testing lab

In the second day of our series on the new consumer product safety rules and their impact on…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013

Action sports start-ups will pitch to investors next month

Four small action sports businesses are among the six companies that will pitch their stories to potential investors…

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Billy Stade

Talking shop with The Closet owner Billy Stade

I ate lunch the other day at Eat Chow with Billy Stade, the owner of The Closet. The…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
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Talking with Roxy's Randy Hild about 'Dear and Yonder'

Roxy launched the premiere of an all new girl's surf flick, "Dear and Yonder" Thursday night at La…

News May 13, 2013
Volcom CEO Richard Woolcott. Photo by Cari Church.

Volcom conference call upbeat; financial outlook disappointing; the company will limit its sales to PacSun value stores

Volcom once again struck a somewhat encouraging tone today during its second quarter earnings conference call. Most notably,…

News May 13, 2013

Globe International Limited's North American sales decline 20 percent, headcount reduced by 38 percent

Australia-based Globe International Limited reported financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30 this week. In addition…

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Quiksilver Women's Kelly and Steve Ellingson

Quiksilver Women one year after launch

Quiksilver Women has been in stores for one year now, so we checked in with Steve and Kelly…

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