SnowSports Industries America (SIA) released its 2015 Snow Sports Market Intelligence Report, a wide-ranging report on sales, participation, product and other trends in the snow sports market during the 2014/2015 season…
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ROC Gear Launches Bag Manufacturing Operation
ROC Gear has created a manufacturing operation at their headquarters in Commerce, GA to make a new line of waterproof duffle bags for its Mad Water brand…
Outdoor Voices Raises Another $7 Million in Equity Capital
Outdoor Voices has raised $7.0 million in a second institutional funding round led by General Catalyst Partners, reports Fashionista.com…
Vietnamese and US Businesses See Biggest Gains from TPP
Nearly 70 percent of businesses expect the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact will benefit their economies, with those in Vietnam, the United States, Chile and Singapore being most enthusiastic, according to a snap poll conducted by Edelman…
White Sierra Adopts CenterStone’s B2B Platform
White Sierra, the family-owned, fashion, performance and adventure clothing brand, and CenterStone Technologies, the leader in B2B e-commerce sales tools for the active, outdoor markets, announce their collaboration making White Sierra available on the Ce
Icebug Hires Stocking Mountain Trading Sales Agency
Icebug USA has hired Stocking Mountain Trading Company to manage sales in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota…
Osprey Packs Renews Support of Medicines Global Youth Programs
Osprey Packs has renewed its support of Medicines Global Outdoor Youth Ambassador (MGOYA) programs that will enhance kids' participation in the Friends of Joshua Tree's Climb Smart 2015 event…
Surf Expo Reports Hefty Rise in Retailer Attendance
Surf Expo reported a 9 percent increase in store attendance at it September show in Orlando, FL, which drew more than 2,300 exhibitors, 300 new brands and buyers from 47 states and 68 countries…
Mountain Hardwear Adds Product Line Managers
Mountain Hardwear announced the addition this summer of Steve Adams and Eric Betz as Outerwear and Equipment Product Line Managers, respectively…
Dedication Sports Group to Rep Bridgedale
Bridgedale Outdoor Ltd of Northern Ireland has appointed Dedication Sports Group to handle sales in the Mid Atlantic region of the U.S…
Ski and Snowboard Schools Shoot for World Record
More than 120 U.S. ski/snowboard venues have registered to host a Guinness Book of World Records event in pursuit of four separate records…
MEC Begins Selling Alpine Gear at Four Stores
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) will begin selling alpine skiing and snowboarding gear today at four of its 18 stores across Canada for the first time in its 44-year history, according to a report by CTVNEWS.ca. Like its U.S. counterpart REI, Vancouver, B.
National Parks Visitation Poised for Another Record Year
Cheap gas prices could help the National Park Service set visitation records for the second consecutive year on the eve of its 100 year anniversary. Total visitation to the 370 national parks, monuments, recreation sites and other destinations managed by
Metolious Hold Shaper Wins in Kentucky
Metolius hold shaper and athlete Joey Jannsen was debuting the company's new Splines urethane hold shape series when he won the Setter Showdown climbing competition in…
House Passes Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act
The House Natural Resources Committee passed a bill Oct. 8 that benefits recreational fishing and hunting and natural resource conservation by improving public access to federal lands and guarding against new regulations that threaten…
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