NRI USA, the third party Logisitics company formed by 686 parent Westlife Distribution and NRI Distribution, Inc. has officially opened this doors this week on their 65,000 square foot Los Angeles facility.
NRI provides Boutique, Turn-Key Fulfillment services which include such 3PL Services as Pick and Pack, Inventory Management, Vendor Compliance, Freight, Returns Management and EDI; E-Commerce Solutions such as Web Design, Studio Photography, Merchant Services, Shopping Cart Maintenance and Customer Service; and finally a variety of Brand Support Services. . . for a number of premium brands . . . including Herschel Supply Co., Sitka, Poler Stuff, Sombrio, TiMo, Loki Outerwear and Shred Ready helmets.
Blitz Distribution has signed a multi-year deal to distribute the snowboard brand Technine in the United States, according to President Per Welinder.
“Blitz has been looking into getting involved in the snowboard industry for years and to have the chance to partner up with E-Stone and his crew at Technine is a perfect match,” Welinder says. “Technine has a super strong focus on its athletes and their lifestyles much like the brands we have built in the skateboard industry over the years. We are poised and ready to work hard together for good times ahead with Technine.”
Stone is excited about the new deal.
“Teaming up with Blitz is a dream come true. It’s been a long road for Technine and we’ve had many ups and downs over the past 19 years,” Stone said. “This partnership with Blitz couldn’t have happened at a better time. We’re one year away from our 20-year anniversary and joining a group of like-minded people from the skate industry–which we’ve learned so much from–is a breath of fresh air.”
This is Blitz’s second announcement this week. Early they signed Nick Trapasso and Patrick Pasquale’sLife Extension Skateboard Group. Follow the jump for the official Technine distribution info. [click to continue…]
Burton Snowboards has reportedly sued the Oregon based snowboard company INCA after being reportedly accused of patent infringement, according to a story in the Rutland Herald.
In a Dec. 6 letter from attorney Michael Kane of Fish & Richardson, P.C. of Minneapolis, Minn., to Burton’s general counsel Scott Barrett, Kane writes that through press releases and other literature, his client, INCA Empire Corporation found out that Burton sold snowboards that infringed on INCA’s patented features. . . For example, the snowboards sold by your company that incorporate the ‘Burton Flying V’ and ‘Burton Camber Humps’ features appear to meet the limitations of several claims of the ‘562 patent. Similarly, the snowboards sold by your company that incorporate the ‘Negative Core Profile’ features appear to meet the limitations of several claims of the ‘483 patent. Consequently, INCA Empire would like to license the patented technology to your company on reasonable terms.”
Burton is asking the court for a “declaratory judgement that it did not infringes on any of INCA’s patents, according to the story and claims that they were already selling boards “a year or more before the patents were even effective.”
It appears that not only are INCA’s hopes to license the technology peacefully are gone, and now they’re defending in a lawsuit that if they lose will see them paying for Burton’s legal fees. How’s that for proactive.
The story behind one of the coolest ways to get from Portland, Oregon (or Seattle, Washington) to the snow–the Greasebus. Almost makes us want to go ride Mt. Hood Meadows, just for the ride to the hill.
Holden, the Portland, Oregon based creators of snowboarding outerwear are apparently getting their street on with a new collection of sportswear designed in collaboration with Stussy and hipster bag maker Herschel.
“Holden’s roots are in snowboarding, but the truth is, most of our snowboard-specific pieces are already great crossover items,” says Nikki Brush, Holden design and development manager. “We see folks everyday rocking Holden jackets on the mountain and then taking them to the street. That’s why our sportswear collection is a natural evolution. We’ve remained true to the Holden aesthetic, but we are also dedicated to giving our consumers a level of performance that you just won’t find on most day-to-day sportswear.”
The lines will premiere at the Agenda Show beginning tomorrow January 5, 2012) in Long Beach, California. Guess if you want to grow you need to start making more stuff. One question? Is that Russell Winfield on the catwalk?
Video footage from the continuing Salomon/Bonfire RV tour as it moves closer to New England’s dreaming. Up next January 7 at Waterville Valley and January 8 at Loon Mountain, New Hampshire. [click to continue…]
Snowboarder Mark Carter’s Old West swagger comes to him the hard way: by living it day by day in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. As his new video project The Carter Country shows he snowboards in the winter, ranches in the summer, and does some fishing and hunting on the side.
In a clip that not surprisingly kicks off with a dreamy, drippingly pornographic shot of a helicopter lifting off and features extended moist rolling landscapes shot from a glittering helicopter, Quiksilver drops into “the office” with helicopter fan Travis Rice. He has very little to say other than to mention this about style:
Style is a tough thing to describe. It would be an easy thing try to do or pursue. It’s a lot more than a trick or a turn or a poke. So much of my style has everything to do with what goes on prior to that moment.
This Thursday, January 5, 2012, the action sports and street wear industries will gather in Long Beach, California for the January Agenda Show. For longtime industry heads this is a return to the Long Beach Convention Center after a eight-year absence and from the look of the list of the over 400 companies who will be exhibiting it’s going to be just like old times only better.
As if Mountain Dew’s caffeinated, carbonated high fructose corn syrup weren’t enough of a strain on the health of snowboarders and skateboarders, scientists are now suggesting further study of another of the soft drink’s ingredients brominated vegetable oil, according to a story on Scientific American.
Patented by chemical companies as a flame retardant, and banned in food throughout Europe and Japan, BVO has been added to sodas for decades in North America. Now some scientists have a renewed interest in this little-known ingredient, found in 10 percent of sodas in the United States. . . After a few extreme soda binges—not too far from what many gamers regularly consume—a few patients have needed medical attention for skin lesions, memory loss and nerve disorders, all symptoms of overexposure to bromine.
Hell yeah! Drink more Mountain Dew, kids. You may have all kinds of problems, but at least you won’t spontaneously burst into flames.
Guess we’re going to have to rename that action sports tour the “flame retardant, caffeinated, carbonated high fructose corn syrup tour,” or the FRCCHFCS Tour for short.
NRI USA, the third party Logisitics company formed by 686 parent Westlife Distribution and NRI Distribution, Inc. has officially opened this doors this week on their 65,000 square foot Los Angeles facility.
