Westlife Distribution LLC, the parent company of 686 Technical Apparel has formed a strategic partnership with Canadian-based NRI Distribution Inc. to provide “boutique, turn-key fulfillment services . . ; E-Commerce solutions; and finally a variety of brand support services” in the US of A.
“The combination of being both a manufacturer who successfully runs a US warehouse and one that globally utilizes 3PL facilities, gives us a unique perspective for this industry on the needs of a growing company,” states Westlife CFO/COO, Douglas Sumi. Adds Michael Akira West, President and Founder of Westlife, “Our core competencies are creating quality products and services, while quickly implementing it into the marketplace. We’ve been providing backend services for boutique companies for years. Now we’re excited to team up with a proven leader and do it on a larger scale. ”
“These are four original series that continue to attract loyal audiences for us at FUEL TV,” says Shane Coburn, FUEL TV Director, Development and Current Programming. “The programs deliver compelling characters, intense situations, frenetic action, and irreverent humor, making them all time-tested fan favorites.”
We’re looking forward to watching at least three of them when we’re at our parents house, because they still have cable. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
Haggling over the Mavericks big wave contest is continuing even though there was no contest this year, according to a story in the San Jose Mercury News.
Sponsor Barracuda Networks decided to pull out of the event even though they had reportedly agreed to a three-year deal.
“Barracuda Networks has decided to redirect our efforts and attention to other projects. We wish everyone involved in the event in the future the very best,” company Executive Vice President Michael Perone said in a statement. Barracuda had agreed to a three-year sponsorship deal for the contest with the surfers, but no contracts were signed. Surfable winter waves never materialized this year, so the contest was called off.
Jay Moriarity’s family has also requested that his name be removed from the contest going forward.
Everybody seems to be making money off Jay’s name,” said Doug Moriarity, Jay’s father. “It sounds like it’s just becoming a big business again — Barracuda was saying the surfers can’t run it, they don’t have the experience.”
After 17 stops the Volcom Stone 2011 North American PBRJ Tour finished up at Mammoth Mountain on Sunday April 16, 2011 with sunny skies and $25,000 in prize money. Damn, these kids are getting good.
ASP women’s world tour number 9, Jacqueline Silva of Brazil was involved in a head-on collision at 7 AM this morning (April 19, 2011) on her way to the Rip Curl Pro Bell’s Beach event, according to a story on ASP World Tour site. The Geelong Advertiser reports the following:
It’s believed Silva was driving towards Torquay from Geelong when a car travelling in the other direction swerved into her path causing a head-on crash. . . Police believe the driver of the other vehicle, a 42-year-old Torquay man, suffered “some kind of medical condition and blacked out”.
Apparently the crash happened on the Surf Coast Highway in front of the Torquay Police department. Silva was taken to Geelong Hospital where she will reportedly be under observation for 12 hours. So far it appears that Silva is planning on making her round 1 heat against Carissa Moore. We wish her a speedy recovery.
This is probably more than anyone ever wants to know about a tight, kinked, and ugly backyard pool in Sydney, Australia. But aside from the annoying narration it’s an entertaining 26 minutes of skateboarding, art, and nudity. . . apparently.
[Editors’ Note: This repost of a March 2, 2011 story is a reminder of what’s coming up this weekend.) Surfer Magazine and Rob Machado have apparently rallied Rob’s numerous and substantial sponsors into presenting the Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior Presented by Hurley and Reef (with help from Dragon, Nixon, Dakine, Channel Islands, Sambazon, GoPro, Futures, and Surfline. How stacked is that line up?
The event, which will commence at Seaside Reef on April 22-23, 2011, will also include a Super Hero’s themed charity golf tournament at The Crossing at Carlsbad on Monday, April 18, 2011. . . “The Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior presented by Hurley and Reef is the only Pro Junior event in San Diego and represents the third of eight events on the men’s ASP North America Pro Junior Series,” said ASP Regional Media Officer, Bobby Shadley. “The surfers competing on the regional series are looking to finish within the top four on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series ratings in order to earn a berth on to the ASP World Junior Tour for 2011.”
The waiting period begins Tuesday, April 19, 2011 (this afternoon PST) and according to Coastalwatch there appears to be a new three to four foot swell arriving Wednesday (Tuesday afternoon PST). With waves building through Friday.
Ke11y Slater is apparently on the hunt for a little more than a record fifth Bells title. “If I wasn’t hungry to win an 11th ASP World Title, then I wouldn’t be here,” Slater said during a press conference.
Follow the jump for the rest of the info including round one heat line ups for both the men and the women. [click to continue…]
With the stability of their financial empire in question and their plans to move and/or sell the Sacramento Kings NBA team it would seem that the Maloofs would have bigger things than skateboarding on their minds. But when the whole novelty of their skateboarding event hinges on “money”, then the prize purse is pretty important.
“The skating population has grown tremendously in Washington D.C. and right now it lacks the number of skate parks needed to support this growth,” said Joe Maloof, founder of Maloof Money Cup and owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. “Our intent is to build a skate park for the community like we did in New York City. We’ve been in talks with a number of cities to host Maloof Money Cup and figured what better place to expand in 2011 than our nation’s capital.”
It didn’t take The Street League’s Rob Dyrdek long to respond to the Maloof ante up with a prize purse boost of his own pushing TSL’s purse up to $1.6 million, according to a story on MSNBC.com.
“You have to understand that despite what it looks like from the outside looking in, street skateboarding is 80 percent of action sports,” Dyrdek said. “There’s 15 million participants in action sports, and 10 million of them are street skaters. It has its own self-sustaining market where it never really needed mainstream contests. But now it’s sort of this dance, which really comes between Street League and Maloof Money Cup, where they came in as I was developing this, and then that just sort of drove it up, which I think is incredible for the sport.
Incredible for the sport? We’re not so sure. Seems what would be better for skateboarding would be for everyone to work together toward one unified street skateboarding title. But then, Dyrdek and the Maloofs would have to work together. And it doesn’t seem that either enjoy sitting back while someone else makes the decisions–especially with so much money on the line.
The administration fined the area $7,000 for the lack of specific training and protocols for avalanche-control work as well as a violation of state law that required Kay to work with another employee when using explosives to mitigate avalanches. Another citation levied a $5,000 fine because Kay was not wearing a helmet when he was swept away and buried while conducting lone in-bounds avalanche mitigation Nov. 22 before the area opened.
As the head of ski patrol, shouldn’t Kay have known? Hopefully, the death (and the fines) will serve as a reminder to patrollers everywhere.
Westlife Distribution LLC, the parent company of 686 Technical Apparel has formed a strategic partnership with Canadian-based NRI Distribution Inc. to provide “boutique, turn-key fulfillment services . . ; E-Commerce solutions; and finally a variety of brand support services” in the US of A.
