Sunday, July 31, 2016, was a wrap for the capacity-crowd Vans US Open of Surfing with Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) and Filipe Toledo (BRA) claiming victory at the Huntington Beach Pier, CA. This was Weston-Webb’s first elite Championship Tour victory by taking out Malia Manuel (HAW) in a tough Final at Huntington Beach. The win sees […]
Big news coming from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) last week as the Board announced that the proposal to add the package of five new sports to the program of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was officially up for one more vote. If approved at the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro in August, […]
Just when we thought there would finally be a January without conflicting trade shows, changes are underway that has makes that wish just not a reality. As we last reported, conflicting choices between attending Outdoor Retailer or SnowSports Industries of America (SIA) trade show continued to be a question mark for retailers and exhibitors trying […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they have a 60% increase in women members in less than three years. Women now make up over one-third of IOC Commission Members, which is another step in the implementation of the Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms. IOC President Thomas Bach announced additional changes to the IOC Commissions for 2016 […]
The Vans Warped Tour kick-off party took place at Full Sail University in Florida, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, with big announcements about their band line-up, dates, and “Gods and Monsters” theme for summer 2016. First, the line-up! It’s pretty clear that with bands like Less Than Jake, Falling in Reverse, Good Charlotte, even New Found […]
While there are two other cities in the bidding war for the Olympics in 2024 other than Los Angeles and Paris, they both are leading candidates in the race of 4 cities for the bid, including Rome and Budapest. On February 17, 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) received the four Candidature Files from Los […]
Two decades ago, a small group of young women, leaders in the snowboarding industry, including Label Networks’ Senior Vice President, Kathleen Gasperini, turned the tragic loss of a friend to breast cancer into a positive new movement called Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC). Launching with huge snowboarding and music festivals, the events attracted girls and guys […]
Appearing on a panel discussion at the NeuLion Sports Media & Technology Conference held yesterday, October 27, 2015, World Surf League CEO Paul Speaker discussed the many ways that “Over-The-Top” entertainment is changing the sports media distribution model and how surfing is perfectly positioned to benefit from these developments. The World Surf League (WSL) – […]
The World Snowboard Tour has released their season’s calendar today, October 21, 2015, with a range of events, ending up with the World Snowboard Championships in Yabuli, China, March 16, 2016. Included this year in the WST Elite Calendar will be Big Air at the GRAND PRIX DE RUSSIE and Slopestyle at the GRADVALIRA TOTAL […]
Big wave surf season is just starting and as we move into the fall and winter months, the waves tend to just get bigger and the competitions more insane. Here’s the round-up: On Sunday, August 15, 2015, in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, at the Billabong Pro Tahiti, Stop No. 7 on the Samsung Galaxy World Surf League […]