K2 Cuts Earnings Guidance on Paintball Weakness

K2 Inc., for fiscal year 2005, forecasts GAAP diluted earnings per share in the range of 66 cents to 68 cents, versus previous forecast of 77 cents to 81 cents, and Adjusted diluted earnings per share in the range of 75 cents to 77 cents, versus previous

Royal Precision Appoints New CEO

Royal Precision appointed Christopher Johnston as its new president and chief executive officer. Formally the director, president and CEO of Royal Associates Inc., parent company of Royal Precision, Johnston played a significant role in establishing and o

Cloudveil Hires Two New Rep Groups

Cloudveil hired two sales representative agencies Pemba Services Inc., of Madison, Wisconsin for the Central region and San Miguel Mountain and River Products Inc., of Steamboat Springs, Colorado for the Rocky Mountain region…

Big Agnes Partners with Big City Mountaineers

Big Agnes has been named the exclusive bag and pad supplier to Big City Mountaineers’ Summit for Someone benefit climb program. As exclusive bag and pad supplier, Big Agnes will provide Summit for Someone participants with Farwell sleeping bags and Two-Tr

Jake Jacobs Appointed President of Spyder

Spyder Active Sports named Jake Jacobs as president and chief operating officer. Mr. Jacobs, previously Spyder’s senior vice president, product, assumes the position of president from David Jacobs, the company’s founder, who will remain chief executive o

Oakley Launches Film Production Company

Oakley recently launched 1242 Productions, Inc., a film production company focused on promoting awareness of its core board sports market and world-class athletes. 1242 Productions' first release, “The Community Project”, is a snowboarding fil

CGPR Adds Four New Clients

CGPR signed four new clients including Booth Creek's Loon Mountain, a winter sports resort in New Hampshire; two brands within the Johnson Outdoors family – Eureka! and Silva; Snow Angel, a provider of performance fabrics and outdoor clothing for wom

EMS Appoints New Product Manager

Eastern Mountain appointed Dan Simon as Product Manager for Men’s Wearing Gear. His role will be critical to the future assortment of all men’s outerwear, apparel and accessories. As well as setting direction for the line of both Eastern Mountain Sports

Orange 21 Taps Roth for New Director

Orange 21 appointed Ted Roth to its Board of Directors effective October 11, 2005. Mr. Roth is Managing Director of Roth Capital Partners, LLC, an investment banking firm headquartered in Newport Beach, CA. He was an executive at Alliance Pharmaceutical C

Spyder Seizes Counterfeits

Continually battling against black market schemes, the Spyder scored a win against counterfeit operations when a shipment of over 1000 imitation jackets and pants was stopped at the Finnish border. In late August, the Finnish National Board of Customs not

Interbike Sees Most Productive Year Yet

Buyers and manufacturers rolled into Interbike a week ago in a very confident mood. Strong spring and summer sales had led to breakout years for many companies and retailers. Best of all, the growth was coming from several different categories as BMX, r

Julbo Taps Egan and Associates for Northwest Reps

Officials from Julbo Inc. announced Egan & Associates as the company’s sales representative agency for the Northwest. Composed of David Egan, Jackton Downard, Valerie Normand, Jonathan Hearn, Tracy Egan and Tom Lawrence, Egan & Associates covers the state