Articles in the Press Releases Category
GOLD COAST, 22 August 2008: Billabong International Limited today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of DaKine Hawaii, Inc., a leader in the premium accessories category within the surf, skate, snow and windsurf markets.
DaKine was founded in 1979 in Hawaii by Rob Kaplan and is currently based in Hood River, [...]
Fall 2008 brings a DC Double Label(TM) Retailer Project with In4mation, a shoe inspired by the fragmented volcanic remnants of the windward shield of the Hawaiian Island of O`ahu. The ancient Ko`olau volcano created massive fragments that rise nearly 100 miles out of the ocean floor; the range encompasses three distinct climate zones with winding [...]
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (July 21, 2008) – The SIMA Humanitarian Fund is proud to announce that tickets for Liquid Nation Ball 5, set for Friday, September 5, 2008, are officially on sale now. The always sold-out event will feature two special additions this year: honoring Dr. Dave Jenkins, CEO of SurfAid International, as the first-ever [...]
Kelly Slater has claimed his fourth ASP event victory this year at Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa. In lumpy surf Kelly rode his FCS signature K-3 fins to beat current world champ Mick Fanning.
“I didn’t realize I was going to be overwhelmed by it, but I haven’t been in this position before, at this point of [...]
Irvine, CA (July 23, 2008) – O’Neill Clothing is opening their highly anticipated surf movie, “O’Neill Presents The Life”, this week during the Honda US Open of Surfing Presented by O’Neill. “The Life” is directed by Jamie Brisick and takes a behind the scenes look at the lives of seven extraordinary surfers with the likes [...]
Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew, influential tube rider, Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) president, former world champion and star of Bustin’ Down the Door receives a long overdue honor when he joins the 2008 Surfers’ Hall of Fame at 10 a.m. Friday, July 25 in front of Huntington Surf & Sport (corner of PCH and Main). Rabbit [...]
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Monday, July 21, 2008) – The GO211 LIVE featuring the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill saw the completion of the Round of 192 today starting out in improved three-to-five foot (1metre) conditions at south Huntington Beach Pier before deteriorating this afternoon. The opening round of competition marks the beginning [...]
La Jolla Group announced today that the company is opening the doors to its first O’Neill Clothing flagship store, located in Anaheim, CA in the popular Anaheim GardenWalk shopping district. The 3,350 square foot store is a premier retail location that displays the O’Neill brand message and features the latest O’Neill clothing, footwear, accessory and [...]
LINCOLN CITY, Oregon , July 18th, 2008 - Behemoth, LLC is proud to announce the 2008 Nelscott Reef Tow In Classic lineup and a new paddle in contest, a first for the Classic. Coming off three years of perfect contest conditions, Behemoth has raised the bar for the 2008 contest. Once again, the world’s best [...]
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Dale Lovelock is one of the top up-and-coming surfers out of the Gold Coast, Australia. The DVLP Family recently connected with this young surfer and found that we had very similar values and goals. With DVLP’s new push to expand into Australia, it only made sense to bring a young ambitious surfer into [...]
Southern Chile’s newest big wave surf site, Santos del Mar, and its surrounding coastline would be polluted if plans go ahead to construct a proposed US$1.3 billion dollar coal-fired power plant on the coastline of Chile’s 7th Region.
Ramon Navarro, Chilean big wave hunter and the pioneer surfer at Santos del Mar, is particularly inspired to [...]
Spy Optic is pleased announce its partnership with surf athlete and team rider Mike Losness in support of the Save Trestles campaign and the Surfrider Foundation. Five-dollar raffle tickets will be sold for an original painting of Trestles by Losness, who will draw the grand prize winner at the ASR tradeshow in September. The tickets [...]
The West LA/Malibu Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has unveiled its remaining schedule of fundraising events for this summer and west Los Angeles county surfers, beach goers and environmentally conscious residents can all rejoice in a fun-filled final two months of their favorite time of the year.
Highlighting the events is the Sixth Annual Doo Dah [...]
First of its Kind National Initiative for Coastal Protection Continues to Grow in 2008
San Clemente, CA, July 9, 2008 – Project BLUE, the national initiative established to raise funds in support of ocean and beach protection, continues to gain momentum as the campaign’s second summer officially gets underway. An unprecedented harmonization of six leading and [...]
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Wednesday, July 2, 2008) – The Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship (WWLC), the deciding event in the race for the 2008 ASP Women’s World Longboard Title, will be held at La Cote des Basques in Biarritz, France from July 11-16, 2008.
Forty-eight of the world’s best female longboarders, each eager to seize the [...]
GOLD COAST, 2 July 2008: Billabong International Limited today announced the acquisition of Sector 9, a premium Southern California-based skateboard brand. Sector 9 was founded in 1994 and has emerged as a market leader in the design and manufacture of skate longboards, a fast-growing niche segment within the skateboard market.
Billabong International Limited Chief Executive Officer [...]
Art As Therapy: A sensual blend of painting and photography that draws its energy from the ocean, designed to soothe the psyche with color and form. The art is created by two artists who have been deeply touched by a life near and in the sea.
On the photography side of the equation is Jon Steele- [...]
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today announced the launch of its PIPELINE TO A CURE campaign with an inaugural gala to be held at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, California on July 19, 2008.
PACSUN, the title sponsor of the event, is being joined by Honorary Co-Chairs Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama, the Kelly Slater Foundation, BJ’s [...]
COOLANGATTA, Australia (Thursday, June 26, 2008) – Reigning ASP World Junior Champion Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 17-years old, has made ASP history by securing enough ratings points on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) to qualify for the 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour well before the halfway point this season – a feat that has never [...]
Nike 6.0 Pier Pressure presented by Jack’s Surfboards – ASP Grade-4 Pro Junior Event No. 5 on the 2008 ASP North America Pro Junior Series (Men) Huntington Beach, California, United States of America June 29 – 30, 2008
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Friday, June 27, 2008) – In just two days, the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) [...]
Recruiting since December 4, 2007, nvohk (pronounced ‘invoke’) now boasts over 3,000 future members from over 20 countries ready to activate their memberships and take the world by storm!!! Starting June 22, 2008, the company officially began inviting members to activate their 1-year membership for $50 (USD) and submit their own logo designs at www.nvohk.com.
As [...]
TAVARUA, Fiji (Tuesday, June 3, 2008) – Eight-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) has won his third event on the 2008 ASP World Tour after eliminating C.J. Hobgood in the final of the Globe Pro Fiji held in six foot (two metre) waves at Cloudbreak. Slater remains the only member of the ASP Top [...]
WiLDCOAST applauds the decision by the International Boundary and Water
Commission to cancel the Bajagua Project and to upgrade the existing sewage
treatment plant in San Ysidro. The commission argued that this would improve
the San Ysidro sewage plant’s treatment levels, which currently fail to meet
federal Clean Water Act standards.
“This action, is a an affirmation of good government [...]
The phenomenon continues as ‘the greatest surfer of all time’ claims his second event of the year and his third Rip Curl Pro title at Bells Beach riding FCS. The eight time world champion was in devastating form throughout the final day producing an incredible display of progressive power surfing in shifting onshore 3 to [...]
Saturday, March 1st Pro surfer Cody Graham and Hot Tuna’s Greg Kaplan took the 27-year-old Australian celebrity Jaime Wright surfing at Blackies located in Newport Beach. Jaime Wright been seen popping in and out with Hot Tuna this month in Vegas and Hollywood parties with Cody Graham. After doing a photo shoot in New York, [...]
