PRESS RELEASE: CARLSBAD, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/14/13 — SPY Inc. (OTCBB: XSPY) today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013. First quarter sales of SPY® brand products were $9.0 million in 2013, an increase of 14% or $1.1 million greater than the first quarter of 2012. Total Company net sales increased by 11% or $0.9 million, to $9.0 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared to $8.1 million in the first quarter of 2012. The difference between our SPY® brand sales and total Company sales in 2012 was due to our discontinued licensed brand products, which will have no sales in the future. Discontinued licensed ...
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Osiris Global Marketing Director Hans Molenkamp Shares Osiris’ Strategy For The International Skateboard Contest’s Sophomore Year This year, Osiris is kicking off it’s second annual Osiris Experience event in Prague, which will run concurrent to the brand’s International sales meeting. As on official media partner, TransWorld will be on the scene, helping capture and document the unique amateur skate contest which drew a huge crowd in Amsterdam last summer and is sure to expected to gain even more momentum in its sophomore year. Besides increasing the brand’s awareness internationally, the event also serves as a way to bring the Osiris European sales reps and distributors together to get on the same ...
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FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil -- Going into this week's inaugural X Games here, much of the buildup focused on Brazil's fast-rising skateboarding community and a trio of national icons who are leading its current surge -- Bob Burnquist, Pedro Barros and Leticia Bufoni. The 36-year-old elder statesman, Burnquist, whose popularity among Brazilians is astounding to see in person (picture a pregnant woman, a 6-year-old boy and a rifle-toting soldier all begging for autographs at the same time, while 50-60 of their countrymen claw from behind), went so far as to envision a Brazilian sweep of the five skateboarding events. That would have been a stunner, but Brazilian skaters did capture three ...
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ESPN Reveals Final Cities Considered to Host X Games in North America X Games will see a change of scenery for 2014, after more than 10 years of being hosted in Los Angeles, California. ESPN announced today that its considering four cities for the final decision for next year’s X Games location: Chicago, Detroit, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Austin, Texas. Here’s the details from ESPN: PRESS RELEASE: April 30, 2013—ESPN, the leading action sports content provider and creator of the X Games, has chosen four North American cities – Austin, Texas; Chicago; Detroit; and Charlotte, N.C. – as final candidates to host a summer version of the X Games for a period ...
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Transworld Business and Hookit recently released their exposure meter ranking for March and there has been some reshuffling since last month. Alana Blanchard continues to dominate Surf on the social front while legends like Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek and Kelly Slater carry major weight with their mainstream appeal and recognition. Check out the full list of ranking here by sport and category. About: The Hookit Athlete Index is the first ever tool that allows athletes, fans, brands and the industry to follow in real time, athletes' exposure and influence across the constantly changing and complex world of digital media. For more on what we track and how it works, click here.We encourage athletes, brands, agents ...
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The worldwide X Games tour makes its third stop in exotic Foz Do Iguaçu, Brazil, for the first summer event of the year. Athletes from around the world will compete in moto events, rallycross, skateboarding and BMX near the famous Iguaçu Falls. In fact, the vert ramp, which will host BMX and Skateboarding Vert competitions, will sit yards away from the internationally known natural wonder. Here's what you should watch for this week. Thursday: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET: SLS Select Series Street League SkateboardingWith the inclusion of Street League in this year's X Games, the bar in skateboarding has risen to an all-time high. The first stop is in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, ...
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The Association of Surfing Professionals wasn't exactly a mess before. But even the most venerable organizations have room for improvement. The first of these improvements was the hiring of CEO Paul Speaker, whose background in sports and entertainment made him an obvious leader to establish an infrastructure capable of building the ASP into a financially sound, global sports league. "We're removing stop signs and replacing them with welcome mats," says Speaker, whose executive management tenure includes serving as Director of Marketing and Ideas for the National Football League, President of Time Inc. Studios, and President of RKO Studios where he was responsible for the organizations' creative development, advertising and organization-wide integration of marketing ...
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NEWPORT BEACH, CA - (April 11, 2013) - The nominees in three of the most popular categories of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Pacifico have just been revealed, adding to the momentum as the gala awards show approaches for big wave surfing's greatest annual event on May 3. The top finalists for the Wipeout of the Year, the Surfline Best Overall Performance (male) and Billabong Girls Performance (female) awards can be viewed on the event website at www.BillabongXXL.com, and ballots are about to go out to the surfing world's top athletes, photographers and journalists this week to determine the winners. The nominees have already been unveiled ...
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The 2013 USASA Nationals just took place at Copper Mountain and man, did they go off! Amateur riders from all over the country gathered to compete against each other, and to try and win the coveted Nationals championship. Some standouts from the event include Brett Esser winning pipe and slope for the guys, Ty Walker placing fourth in pipe and second in slope, and Taylor Gold‘s pipe riding. Check out the gallery courtesy of our friends at Transworld Snowboarding!
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UPDATE: Quiksilver could not be reached for official comment at the moment, but Mooney did issue this internal memo outlining the details of the changes across brands: I thought it would be helpful to share a few details about recent decisions made, the rationale behind them and the process involved. I spent my first two weeks on the job with Bob, Charlie and Carol meeting Pierre and his team in Europe, Greg in Japan and Australia as well as Craig and the QAS team in Hong Kong. Those two weeks were an invaluable learning experience, listening to the challenges and opportunities in each region. After that I spent a a number of weeks with ...
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PRESS RELEASE: Carlsbad, CA— TransWorld Business is proud to announce its recent partnership with Hookit and the TransWorld Exposure-Meter. The all-new Hookit Athlete Indexis a social tracking engine that tallies the digital exposure and engagement of top athletes within motocross, surf, skate, snow, and BMX, helping to build on the consumer magazine data that is currently provided by the TransWorld Exposure-Meter. The Hookit Athlete Index will measure key metrics such as: followers, likes, comments, mentions, and re-tweets on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Hookit. Points are awarded for every interaction and broken down into two categories for each site—Exposure and Engagement. Hookit’s proprietary system quantifies these metrics and reports the results to the ...
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KERAMAS, Bali/Indonesia (Monday, February 4, 2013) – ASP International is pleased to announce the sanctioning of the Oakley Pro Bali at Keramas as an ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) license for 2013. The event will be the fifth of 10 events on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour and the first elite tour event in Indonesia since the Rip Curl Pro Search in 2008. “We are very excited about the addition of the Oakley Pro Bali to the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour schedule,” Renato Hickel, ASP WCT Manager, said. “This will be the first ASP World Title-deciding event at Keramas, an internationally-recognized venue of high-performance surfing, and we look forward to ...
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