Aqua-Leisure Recreation, LLC announced the acquisition of Longwood, FL-based INYO Pool Products, LLC, a direct-to-consumer brand of swimming pool supply, repair and maintenance products. With this acquisition, new appointments were made.

Golf clubs and gloves sales declined in the period from July 2021 through February 2022, down 12 percent and 6 percent, respectively, year-over-year, according to Retail Tracking data from The NPD Group. Golf balls remained flat, and accessories (i.e., tees) and training aids were higher.

Flexia, the at-home Pilates start-up, announced a $4 million seed round led by ADvantage, an early stage VC fund investing in tech companies involved in sports, fitness, health and gaming. Other strategic investors in the round include Phoenix Capital Ventures, Techstars, and Calm Ventures.

Xponential Fitness, Inc. announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 4.5 million shares of the company’s Class A common stock by certain of the c existing stockholders, affiliates of Snapdragon Capital Partners.

CardieX Limited announced the addition of Jack Seitz and Lara Rosenbaum to the executive team of CardieX’s subsidiary, CONNEQT, a new consumer health company focused on home vital signs monitors, wearables and consumer health apps.

Putterman Athletics announced it hired Randy Futty in the newly created position as executive vice president, business development. Futty is past chairman of the USTA National Technical Committee and has served on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the American Sports Builders Association in several past years.

EMPWR Nutrition Group, the Belgium-based manufacturer of protein bars, has acquired Noble Foods, a Quebec-based nutritional bar manufacturer with two production sites in Montreal and Oregon.