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Ryan Sheckler Wins Second Consecutive Skate Streetstyle Dew Cup

Kailee Bradstreet — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:46:45 -0400

Chad Kerley Takes BMX Streetstyle Win at the Dew Tour...

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ESPNW Women + Sports Summit Photos, Recap, And 5 Questions With VP & Founder Laura Gentile

Kailee Bradstreet — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 03:22:06 -0400

The three-day event...

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Louie Lopez Wins First Skate Street Dew Cup At Toyota City Championships

Kailee Bradstreet — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:40:42 -0400

Garrett Reynolds and Kyle Baldock Take BMX...

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Catching Up With: Dew Tour GM Kenny Mitchell On 2013 & Beyond

Kailee Bradstreet — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:34:01 -0400

We caught up with Mitchell on specific event details,...

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IVI Vision Supports World Sight Day

Brandon Beach — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:50:33 -0400

Premium Eyewear Company IVI Will Support Global Vision Care Initiative

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Sean Malto Signs With Mountain Dew

Kailee Bradstreet — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:47:51 -0400

The Kansas native will make his debut as the newest member of the skate team at Dew...

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Upstarts: STRGHT Skateboards

Kailee Bradstreet — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:46:59 -0400

STRGHT Founder Gabe Willis describes how the unique boards are made, what inspired him to...

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evo and ATS Launch Campaign To Build Seattle’s Only Indoor Skate Park

Kailee Bradstreet — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:30:23 -0400

The campaign proposes to rebuild the former...

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Hydroflex Technology Announces Expansion Into Skateboards

Kailee Bradstreet — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:28:53 -0400

The Oceanside surfboard technology company hopes to launch...

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Kryptonics Wheels Re-Emerge: Dwindle On Reviving Skateboarding’s History

Kailee Bradstreet — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:33:15 -0400

We caught up with the Dwindle crew and...

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Supra X Elyse Walker Pink Party Society To Benefit Breast Cancer Research

Kailee Bradstreet — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:01:59 -0400

Supra has joined Elyse Walker in the fight...

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Akomplice X Shorty’s ‘F-You’ Collaboration

Kailee Bradstreet — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:56:19 -0400

Shorty's Skateboards x Akomplice have released a creative...

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…Lost Releases Limited Edition Kampus Kruisers

Brandon Beach — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:36:55 -0400

...Lost designed multiple college themed boards to get students to...

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Supra Footwear Opens Development Facility in China

Kailee Bradstreet — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:42:32 -0400

Supra Footwear manufacturer ONE Distribution has opened a new...

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Curren Caples and Louie Lopez Turn Pro For FLIP

Kailee Bradstreet — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:20:18 -0400

FLIP Skateboards announced today that 11-year-old Louie Lopez and...

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Sheckler, P-Rod, Malto, & Reynolds Face Off At Dew Tour Toyota City

Brandon Beach — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:35:10 -0400

The Dew Tour returns to San Francisco October...

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Brixton Welcome’s Brad Cromer

Brandon Beach — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:22:08 -0400

Brad Cromer Joins the Brixton Union.

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IVI Launches Limited Dyrdek Executive Pack

Kailee Bradstreet — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:43:55 -0400

The eyewear brand has partnered with Dyrdek To build the essential...

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Ryan Sheckler Heads to East Coast in Third ‘Sheckler Sessions’

Haley Buchner — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:58:21 -0400

Check out the latest episode from Sheckler...

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SOL Republic Launches Headphone Collab With Erik Ellington

Kailee Bradstreet — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:01:27 -0400

Tracks HD Ellington headphones are part of SOL REPUBLIC’s...

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Nike's Roger Wyett to retire

Nike veteran Roger Wyett, who had a huge impact on Hurley, is retiring, Nike announced this afternoon. A replacement has been named.

West 49 sold to fast fashion retailer

Details about the deal, including the sale price, and other Billabong developments.

Mervin CEO on sale to Altamont

Ryan Hollis discusses new owners Altamont Capital Partners and what the deal means for Mervin's future.

Photos from Surfside's annual Snow Carnival

Lots and lots of industry folks turned out on Saturday for Surfside Sports annual Snow Carnival in Costa Mesa to kick off the snowboard season.

Zumiez reports October sales trends

Details about Zumiez's business in October, including category performance.

Greg Macias exits Quiksilver

The long-time Quiksilver marketing executive departs the company.

ActionWatch reports some positive, some worrisome category trends in Q3

ActionWatch reports interesting sales trends for women's apparel, footwear, skate hardgoods and wetsuits.

Mervin sale price disclosed

Quiksilver releases the sale price for Mervin Manufacturing in a regulatory filing.

Luxottica comments on Oakley performance

Executives discuss Oakley's expected performance for 2013 and 2014, and how changes in Washington impacted the brand in the third quarter.

Sport Chalet CEO shares vision for the future, quest for new strategic partner

An interview with Craig Levra about Sport Chalet's new store prototype, the evolution of the snow business, why it is on the hunt for a strategic partner, and more.

Skullcandy works to clean up distribution, outlines future plans

Skullcandy hosted an information-packed Q3 earnings call this afternoon. We have details about how CEO Hoby Darling plans to turn the company around.

Kevin Meehan to Volcom in newly created role

Volcom adds a high-level, new role to the organization.

New online gallery offers skateboard photos for sale

Changes afoot at WeSC

The Swedish streetwear company changes course in the U.S. and changes CEOs, among other developments.

Tilly's expecting "pretty brutal" environment at the mall

Tilly's provided details about what it is seeing in the challenged teen space during its earnings call today. Plus, how the company performed in Q3, changed 2013 outlook.

Quiksilver to sell more businesses

Quiksilver outlines developments in its profit improvement plan.

PacSun encouraged heading into holidays

How PacSun performed in Q3 in men's and women's, details about new strategies, and information about why CEO Gary Schoenfeld is bullish heading into the holidays.

Zumiez execs on solid Q3 results, early snow sales, Europe plans, footwear and men's blues

Information on the environment at the mall, snow performance, some struggles in men’s and footwear, strong junior’s results, Europe plans, Black Friday results.

Quiksilver licenses Quik and DC kids business

CEO Andy Mooney hinted at the SES Roundtable that a licensing deal was in the works, and today the company released details.

Ron Jon leaders on sales trends, brand trends, expansion plans, industry changes

A talk with President Debbie Harvey and Director of Buying Don Niemann about what is working, expansion plans, sales trends, shopping the LA market and more.

Many new details emerge about Quiksilver's evolving strategy at Mooney and McKnight Roundtable

Andy Mooney and Bob McKnight divulged many interesting news nuggets at our Roundtable, including differences with the ASP, major changes for DC, updated strategies for Roxy and Quiksilver, major marketing changes, teen retail and core retail plans.

Free Mooney and McKnight replays available to SES Executive Edition members

Details about accessing the video and audio replays of the Andy Mooney and Bob McKnight Executive Roundtable.

Ryan Rush reverse engineers brand business model with Valor

The industry design executive has started a new brand with a different business model that offers a fresh take on margins, the seasonal calendar, fashion and distribution.

Foot Locker comments on CCS, Vans, Nike SB, Converse, Timberland

We listened to Foot Locker's conference call this morning, and have details about the performance of CCS, Vans, Nike SB and other brands.

5 Questions: Band of Martians

Well-known industry design and sales executive Jenna Woodhull starts a new sales agency with Ally Lopez of Bikini Bird.