Season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company’s North American mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 7.4 percent compared to the prior-year season-to-date period.
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Patagonia Blasts Trump’s National Monuments Executive Order
Following President Trump’s signing of an executive order Wednesday calling into question the future of more than two dozen national monuments, Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario in an open letter declared the Trump administration “has an obligation to protect these most special wild places. Unfortunately, it seems clear they intend to do the opposite.”

Deckers Shares Pop On Acquisition Talk
Shares of Deckers Outdoor Corp. rose $1.81, or 3.1 percent, on Wednesday to $60.55 after it reported it was exploring a sale. The move comes as activist investors had pushed for a sale.

GoPro Adds Board Member
Susan Lyne is the founder and president of AOL-backed investment fund BBG Ventures and former president of ABC Entertainment.

Safilo Group Appoints New Chairman
Eugenio Razelli succeeds Robert Polet, who resigned as chairman for personal reasons and remains as director of the company.
OIA Reacts To Trump’s Review Of National Monument Designations
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) issued a statement saying it the outdoor industry business community are “very concerned about and closely watching” President Trump’s Executive Order calling for a review of national monument designations under the Antiquities Act.
Birkenstock Mourns The Loss Of Margot Fraser
Margot Fraser is responsible for bringing Birkenstock products to the U.S. and for building the brand over its first 40 years in the market.

Deckers Brands Announces Review Of Strategic Alternatives
Deckers Brands announced it’s exploring a broad range of strategic alternatives, including a sale.

Vibram To Launch Blue Carrarmato Sole At Struktur
Vibram’s new Footwear Customization Lab will be on hand providing all of the event’s attendees with a complimentary blue Carrarmato resole celebrating the 80th anniversary of the design.

Eagle Creek Sponsors Pacific Crest Trail P3 Program
As part of a joint effort between the Pacific Crest Trail Association and their partners, P3 will highlight 10 Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers to help promote and advocate for the trail.
KL Outdoor Merges With GSC Technologies
The manufacturers of Sun Dolphin kayaks and Future Beach kayaks will combine to form a single company.

Injinji Launches Redesigned Website
The company behind the Original Performance Toesock revealed its new site, a collaboration with San Diego marketing agency Digital Operative, along with two new product lines.

Academy Can’t Sidestep Industry Pressures
Unable to shrug off the many challenges facing the sporting goods channel, Academy Sports + Outdoors’ same-store sales slid in the low-single-digit range and management-adjusted EBITDA dropped 23 percent in 2016.

Outdoor Industry Association Releases The Outdoor Recreation Economy Report
The report shows the outdoor recreation economy generates $887 billion in consumer spending annually, sustains 7.6 million American jobs and generates $65.3 billion in federal tax revenue and $59.2 billion in state and local tax revenue each year.

Slackline Industries Partners With Trees For The Future
Each slackline will come with zero waste packaging – an eco-friendly, reusable mesh bag – and for each slackline sold, Trees for the Future will plant a tree to help build sustainable communities around the world.