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Scott Olivet. Photo courtesy of the Oakley website.

Report: Industry vet involved in Altamont bid for BBG

According to WSJ in Australia, a former industry executive with a deep resume inside and outside the industry…

News May 13, 2013
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2013 Rip Curl Pro Puerto Rico website goes live

Press release:   Costa Mesa, CA (Feb 1, 2013): With the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Puerto Rico presented…

News May 13, 2013
Dragon CEO Will Howard and Andy Skitmore

Dragon CEO on integrating with Marchon, new plans

Will Howard on what’s changed since Dragon joined the Marchon team, what is new for next year, how…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Captain Fin Co. Founder Mitch Abshere. Photo courtesy of Captain Fin.

Captain Fin Co. building buzz with eye-catching designs

A talk with founder Mitch Abshere about the company's size and strategy, its relationship with Future Fins and…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
Cary Allington of ActionWatch. Shop-eat-surf file photo.

ActionWatch: Major changes in hanging shoes sales trends

Cary Allington of ActionWatch details sales trends in hanging shoes and what that can mean for the shoe…

Executive Edition May 13, 2013
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Rusty signs USA surf team member Kevin Shulz to a multi-year sponsorship contract

Press release:   April 11, 2013 (Irvine, CA)- the Rusty surf brand is proud to announce the signing…

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Quiksilver hires new senior sales leader

I spoke with Quiksilver Americas President Rob Colby yesterday and he told me he has hired a new…

News May 13, 2013
Toby Bost

La Jolla moving to larger headquarters

The La Jolla Group has signed a lease for a new corporate headquarters in Irvine to accommodate its…

News May 13, 2013
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Sullen outgrows warehouse, orders way up

I received an interesting e-mail from Sullen Clothing in Irvine about the great show they had at ASR…

News May 13, 2013
Inside the Quiksilver booth at ASR in September.

Quik hires Greg Perlot as SVP Marketing

Greg co-founded the advertising agency 72andSunny. He also worked at Microsoft and Publicis. Greg will report to Steve…

News May 13, 2013
Reef co-founder Fernando Aguerre in his offices in La Jolla.

Fernando: The industry’s biggest challenges

As ASR gets underway today I thought it would be good to step back and talk about the…

News May 13, 2013
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