Study: Injuries Rising in Gym Class

Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150% from 1997-2007, according to a new study from the McKenzie of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio…

Orange 21 Announces Board Changes

Orange 21 Inc., the parent of Spy 21, announced that Theodore Roth has resigned from its Board of Directors. Stephen Roseman was appointed to fill the vacancy…

Polartec Creates Athlete Advisory Board

Polartec, LLC, the developer of Polartec performance fabrics, has created a new athlete advisory board. The diverse, international group of world-class climbers, skiers, alpinists, cyclists, adventure racers and multi-sport athletes will test product yea

Golfmith’s Earnings Slide 21% in Second Quarter

Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. reported second quarter revenues slid 11.7% to $114.8 million from $130.0 million a year earlier. The decline reflects 9.5% decrease in comparable store sales and a 28% tumble in revenues from its direct-to-consumer

Brunswick Q2 Sales Plummet on Sinking Engine, Boat Sales

Brunswick Corporation reported net sales for the second quarter of 2009 were $718.3 million, down from $1,485.4 million a year earlier. For the quarter, the company reported an operating loss of $145.4 million, which included $35.5 million of restructurin

West Marine Q2 Sales Slip 5%; Earnings Up

West Marine reported net revenues for the thirteen weeks ended July 4, 2009 were $215.4 million, a 5.0% decrease compared to net revenues of $226.7 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 28, 2008. Comparable store sales declined 1.0% versus the same pe

Duck Stamp Receives Conservation Boost from House

Waterfowl habitat conservation is moving closer to keeping pace with the skyrocketing land values of the past several years today, as the House Natural Resources Committee passed the Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act, sending the bill

Smith and Wesson Earns Shooting Industry Awards

Smith & Wesson Corp., said it has received top awards in two categories from the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence. Smith & Wesson was named the “Manufacturer of the Year” and also received the “Rifle of the Year” award for the company's M&P15

OIA Board Members Urge Paddlesports Industry to Cooperate

At the Outdoor Retailer summer market show last week, Canoe & Kayak Magazine announced the 2010 launch of a new paddlesports-specific tradeshow in Minneapolis. A group of current and past OIA board members recently sent an open letter to the paddlesports

Cybex Retains Buffalo Communications to Publicize

Cybex International, Inc., manufacturer of premium exercise equipment for the commercial and consumer markets, has retained Vienna, Virginia-based Buffalo Communications (Buffalo) to provide publicity and media-relations services…

SGMA: About Half of America Population Physically Active

While more than 170 million Americans are active in a fitness, team sports, recreational, or outdoor endeavor, nearly 45 million are only casually active and more than 60 million Americans are not active at all, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacture

Forzani’s Athlete’s World Launches BTS Campaign

Athlete's World, which is part of The Forzani Group Ltd., is launching a redesigned website that fuses the sports lifestyle with music. AW is also creating in-store, movie theater, and online buzz with back-to-school and online contesting promotions

aboutGolf Re-Launches aboutGolf.com

aboutGolf has re-launched the original aboutGolf.com, announced aboutGolf CEO Bill Bales. aboutGolf, which has dedicated its entire 20-year history to golf, created the new Web site to put more information in the hands of the consumer…