Industry
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Extreme Sea Kayak World Mourns Loss of Eric Soares
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The extreme sea kayaking world lost one of its most ardent pioneers with the recent passing of Eric Soares, a founding member of California’s Tsunami Rangers, a kayaking club specializing in big-wave feats along the rocky California coast. Soares died unexpectedly on Feb. 1 at age 58... Read more. |
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First Descents Expands Offerings, Locations
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First Descents, a non-profit founded by Brad Ludden that provides free outdoor adventure experiences for young adults battling cancer, is taking its programs international with new offerings from Peru to Costa Rica... Read more. |
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Confluence Watersports Boosts Marketing, Supply Chain and Accessories Teams
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Confluence Watersports is now operating in full from its new campus in Greenville, S.C., and recently announced four key new hires supporting Confluence’s sourcing and supply chain, marketing and accessories teams. All four new hire investments underscore Confluence’s commitment to offering innovation, leadership and a profitable partnership opportunity to its family of specialty outdoor and paddlesports retailers. Read more. |
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Tanya Faux, Aussie Gals Gear Up for a World’s First
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Sure, Freya Hoffmeister might have circum-navigated Australia. We’d like to see her keep up with the exploits of Australian Tanya Faux. This spring, Faux, a longtime creek and rodeo competitor and Australia’s2008 Adventurer of the Year, is leading a group of eight women into one of Australia’s most rugged and remote areas: a 30-day uncharted, unsupported, river exploration of the Kimberley region that aims to promote the Save the Kimberley campaign. Oh, and did we mention the Class V and crocs? Read more. |
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Get Yer River Permit Applications In!
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Okay, all you free-loading dirtbags. No more free lunch. It's permit season. So get off your duff and send in your applications for your favorite river trip instead of waiting to get asked along. Plus, that way you can invite who you want (which hopefully will include us). Here's all the info you need... Read more. |
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Meet the Fraker: C-boat Blogger Benn Fraker
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It’s blog time here at PL, with who else chiming in but PL friend and mono-blader Benn Fraker, at sixth the highest-placing U.S. finisher at the Beijing Olympics who just took off to the land of Aus for a two-month training stint in preparation for the Games in London this summer. Tune in for his semi-monthly reports from the field. But first, this primer so you can get to know him... Read more. |
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USA Canoe/Kayak Relocates HQ to Oklahoma City
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More paddlers will name be able to claim they’re Okies, if not from Muskogee, at least from Oklahoma City. USA Canoe/Kayak, the national governing body for sprint and slalom, just moved its headquarters from Charlotte, N.C., to Oklahoma City. PL reports on the move, with a special Q&A with CEO Joe Jacobi... Read more. |
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Book Review: Flooding Granite
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River guides rejoice: finally a book you can all relate to. Former river guide Tom Mahony’s Flooding Granite (Casperian Books) details the plight of river guide Zack Pruitt, a college drop-out who abandoned his girlfriend and young son when things got tough and headed back to the Sierra Nevada to guide. But he gets more than he bargained for. PL catches up with the author for a quick Q&A, and gives it a thumbs-up for those jonesing for whitewater action this winter... Read more. |
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Turk, Boomer Earn Nat'l Geo Adventurers of Year Award
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Finally, some accolades for all those walrus attacks, kayak-dragging, freezing temps and kidney failures. After completing the first successful circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island this summer, kayakers Jon Turk and Erik Boomer have been recognized as National Geographic Adventurers of the Year for 2012. And you, as paddlers, can vote to help them win the coveted People’s Choice award... Read more. |
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Isaac Levinson Wins Coveted Glass at Green Race
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Holy tie-fest. Marking an event with the most ties in its 16-year history, this year’s 16th annual Green Race on North Carolina’s Green River was once again as carnage- and competition-filled as ever, with Isaac Levinson winning the crown and coveted “Glass” trophy for the first time ever. And for the women, Adriene Levknecht three-peats with a new women’s course record of 4:57... Read more. |
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adidas Group to acquire Five Ten
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The adidas Group announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Five Ten, a leading performance brand in outdoor action sports, with the move possibly meaning increased attention directed toward the watersports division... Read more. |
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Cuba Shines at 2011 Pan-American Games
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The Cuban Team finished on top of the medals table with nine medals, including four Golds, while the Canadians grabbed seven medals at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Led by Carrie Johnson with two golds, Team USA claimed the third position on the medals table, earning two starting positions at the London 2012 Olympic Games... Read more. |
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$170,000 Donated to Save the Colorado River. Funding focuses on water conservation throughout the basin
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For the second year, the Save the Colorado River Campaign Fund has made donations to 15 environmental groups up and down the basin – from Denver to Las Vegas to San Diego – to help protect and restore the Colorado River. The river’s water supplies are being stretched thin, and the river itself has been stretched beyond the breaking point. This year the Colorado River’s 5 trillion gallons of water were once again drained completely out and never reached the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. Read more. |
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Basque, UK Shine at World Surf Kayak Champs
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The U.S. might be slaying it in the stand-up surf scene with the likes of Slater Trout, but when it comes to surf kayaking, Basque Country and the UK are barreling to the top of the line-up -- and podium. That’s how things played out, at least, at this year’s World Surf kayaking Championships, which recently wrapped up at North Carolina’s Outer Banks.... Read more. |
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NOC Opens New Store in Asheville
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In a sign that the paddlesports retail world is, if not riding a wave at least creating ripples, on October 22 the Nantahala Outdoor Center opened the doors of its groundbreaking experiential retail and outdoor activity concept shop, NOC Asheville, inside Asheville, N.C.'s The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa.... Read more. |
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White Salmon Runs Free! (by Megan Hooker/AW)
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After nearly a century, Washington's White Salmon River in south central Washington is flowing freely again. Earlier today, a hole was blasted in the base of Condit Dam, and its reservoir - Northwestern Lake - began to pour through it. The reservoir is expected to be fully drained by sundown... Read more. |
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2011 Whitewater Hall of Fames Inductees Honored
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The International Whitewater Hall of Fame (IWHOF) moved to the banks of the South Fork American River Oct. 14-16 to honor members of the Class of 2011, including this year’s inductees: Explorer - Richard Bangs (USA); Champion - JP Burny (Belgium); and Advocate - Oliver Cock (UK)... Read more. |
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Sam Sutton is Sick
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Who’s the paddler to beat in the extreme kayaking world? Twenty-three-year-old Sam Sutton from Rotorua, New Zealand, who once again demonstrated his dominance by winning the fifth annual adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Tirol, Italy, for the second year in a row (and getting to soak in a hot tub with Miss Tirol 2009)...
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Colbys Purchase MTI Adventurewear
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After managing MTI Adventurewear for the Takashina family for nearly a decade, paddlesport industry veterans Lili and Gordon Colby purchased the company from them in February... Read more. |
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Giving kids an Edge in Colorado
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Downstream Edge founded in By Nick Wigston is a program in Colorado developed to give kids and adults lessons on kayaking and river safety.Summer camps are important to help kids learn to kayak, but they are few and far between. Read more. |
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Giving kids an Edge in Colorado
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Downstream Edge founded in By Nick Wigston is a program in Colorado developed to give kids and adults lessons on kayaking and river safety.Summer camps are important to help kids learn to kayak, but they are few and far between. Read more. |
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Push To Protect Iconic Chesapeake Bay Launched
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The Chesapeake Bay, its rivers and streams - the cradle of American democracy, the nation's largest estuary, and one of the most popular fishing, camping and hunting destinations in the U.S. - is the focus of a major new online campaign, "Restoring our Waters," that aims to ensure Congressional support comparable to that already in place for other major American bodies of water. Read more. |
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IHoF Growth and New Inductees
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The Paddlesports Industry Foundation has announced this year’s call for nominations to the International Whitewater Hall of Fame with the unveiling of its new communications hub at www.iwhof.org. Read more. |
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Palm USA launches Shopatron online store
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Palm USA has launched a Shopatron-powered online store for Palm Equipment, Europe’s leading paddlesports apparel brand, to make it easier for customers to order product through regional paddlesport retailers. Read more. |
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AIRE Launches New Web Site
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You can surf their boats on a wave, and now you can surf better on line, as AIRE recently unveiled a new Web site that you can navigate easier than a river... Read more. |
Industry Archive
October 9th, 2011 • Czech Mate: Czechs Take Slalom Crown at World Rafting Champs
October 7th, 2011 • World Raft Championships Underway in Costa Rica
October 4th, 2011 • Fluid Sit-On-Top Whitewater Kayak Hits Markets in 2012
• EJ/Dane, Kokatat Collaborate on 2013 Gear Line
September 30th, 2011 • 2012 Whitewater Symposium Wraps up at Rock Island, TN, Oct 12-14
September 26th, 2011 • Pioneering the Black Canyon
September 13th, 2011 • Slalom Worlds Wraps Up, Hochshorners, Lefevre/Gargaud Make History
• Freya’s At It Again
September 9th, 2011 • Till Slalom Gates Do Us Part
September 8th, 2011 • Good—Make that Great—Gauley! Historic Releases This Fall
September 7th, 2011 • Irene Follow-up: Damage on the Deerfield
September 1st, 2011 • Turk, Boomer Complete Ellesmere Circumnavigation
August 31st, 2011 • Whitewater Pioneer John Berry Passes Away
August 26th, 2011 • Rock Creek Outfitters Rockin' Large with New Expansion
August 25th, 2011 • Wilderness Systems Earns a Hat-Trick With Third Consecutive “Boat Brand of the Year” Award
August 23rd, 2011 • Liquidlogic Investor Boyce Greer Dies on Idaho’s North Fork Payette
August 22nd, 2011 • Sprint Worlds Wrap-up in Hungary; U.S. Team Still Hopes for Olympic Spot
• Turn on the Tunnel! 2011 Bailey Fest Goes Off!
August 17th, 2011 • Paddle Council Receives $30K Grant from Nielsen
August 8th, 2011 • David vs. Goliath: Ludden’s First Descents Files Trademark Complaint Against Eddie Bauer’s First Descents
August 4th, 2011 • OR Gets Underway with On-water Demo
July 31st, 2011 • Paddlers Forced to Abort “Shetland Bus” Expedition
July 29th, 2011 • OR Paddlesports Preview
July 26th, 2011 • Oh Black Water, Keep on Moving
July 18th, 2011 • Boardworks to Manufacture Badfish River Boards; Plus, a PL Q&A with Founder Zack Hughes
July 13th, 2011 • This Man Will Crush You
July 12th, 2011 • Clean Sweep: Jackson Family Nabs Nationals
July 5th, 2011 • S2O Designs Reinvents Itself
July 1st, 2011 • Bebbington on Winning the Worlds...Special PL Q&A
June 28th, 2011 • Old Man River: Corra Takes FIBArk Crown
June 27th, 2011 • Dane’s World: US Teen Dane Jackson Wins Three Golds; Great Britain’s Bebbington Takes Men’s Crown
June 22nd, 2011 • EJ Out at Worlds
June 20th, 2011 • International Whitewater Hall of Fame Calls for 2011 Nominees Through Social Media
June 17th, 2011 • World Freestyle Kayak Champs Come to Plattling
June 6th, 2011 • Gavere Claims Teva Mtn Games SUP Sprint Crown
• The Paddling Enthusiasts Tri-fecta: Vail, Glenwood Springs, Salida.
June 2nd, 2011 • Czech Mate: Lasko Ties Dawson in Teva Mtn Games' Homestake Creek Race
May 31st, 2011 • Dane Jackson Nabs Top Honors in Pro Debut at Paddling Life Invitational
• Team Teva Dominates US Rafting Association National Championships in Oregon.
May 27th, 2011 • Nova Craft Builds Yesterday's Canoe With Tomorrow's Technology
May 25th, 2011 • The Perils of Big Plunges: Jesse Coombs Collapses Lung on Abiqua, Tyler Bradt Healing from Broken Back
May 24th, 2011 • Diamond Anniversary: 10th Annual Teva Mountain Games June 2-5
• Spotlight: Ocean Kayak Founder Tim Niemier
May 17th, 2011 • Olympic Whitewater Course for 2012 Games in London Open to the Public
• Whitewater Grand Prix Wraps Up with Dane Jackson on Top
May 14th, 2011 • The Rocky Mountain Surf Festival: New Name, Same Great Competition.
May 12th, 2011 • From Uganda to the Tetons: Catching Up with Steve Fisher
May 11th, 2011 • Record Water Year in Store for West
May 3rd, 2011 • Open Sesame! WRC Secures Acess to Wallowa and Grande Ronde Rivers.
• Hitchcock Creek: Birth of a Blue Trail by Jeffrey Cheatham
April 26th, 2011 • Paddling in London: Sprint National Team Trials Help USACK Team Take Shape for 2012 Games.
April 22nd, 2011 • 1st Annual Northwest Paddling Festival- June 25&26 Jack Block Park, West Seattle
April 18th, 2011 • Announcing the Inaugural Great Russian River Race, May 7 2011
April 12th, 2011 • 2009 Junior World Freestyle Kayak Champion Jason Craig Injures Spine Running Waterfall, Continues to Heal. Plus: How You Can Help
April 8th, 2011 • AIRE Announces Video Contest for 2011.
April 1st, 2011 • Two Women About to Make Paddling History
March 28th, 2011 • Paddling Community Mourns Loss of Canadian Canoe Museum Founder Kirk Wipper
March 23rd, 2011 • Putting Its Money Where Our River Mouths Are
March 22nd, 2011 • Damming More Than a River, A Lifestyle
• Rally HO!: The National River Rally set for Charleston SC June 3-6
March 16th, 2011 • Mark Kalch's
March 2nd, 2011 • Looking Back Upstream: Eight Clean Water Success Stories from 2010
February 26th, 2011 • 28th National Paddling Film Festival Wraps Up Feb. 25-26
February 20th, 2011 • Para-Canoeing added to roster for 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio
February 11th, 2011 • Fluid Kayaks Donates 25K In Memory of Coetzee
January 28th, 2011 • Zoar Outdoor Walks to Work, Drops 880 lbs!
January 21st, 2011 • One More Time Around: Circumnavigating Australia
January 14th, 2011 • Crossing the Pond: A. Doba attempts solo transatlantic kayak crossing
January 4th, 2011 • Jackson Gets All Techy
December 21st, 2010 • Confluence Buys Bomber Gear
December 15th, 2010 • PL Exclusive Q&A with USACK ED Joe Jacobi
December 6th, 2010 • AIRE Cougar On The Prowl Again
December 1st, 2010 • 200 Year Old Canoe Found In Trash Now On Display
November 22nd, 2010 • Online Auction Makes Holiday Shopping For Outdoor Gear Easy
• NOC 2010 Paddlesports Manufacturer Awards
November 15th, 2010 • Team Dagger and First Descents Team Up For a Good Cause.
November 8th, 2010 • Colorado Residents Signatures Needed for “Save Our Rivers” License Plate
November 6th, 2010 • Kayaker Ben Stookesberry Inducted Into Hall of Fame
November 1st, 2010 • Filmaker and Class V Kayaker, Brook Aitken on filming
October 18th, 2010 • $10 Million Devon Boathouse opens in Oklahoma City
October 15th, 2010 • Fluid Kayak Reveals
October 12th, 2010 • Czechs, Brazilians dominate Pre-Worlds in Costa Rica
October 8th, 2010 • This ain’t your daddy’s special edition Explorer.
• Necky and Ocean Kayaks Support the Breast Cancer Fund
October 4th, 2010 • A Couple of Beers Can Go A Long Way to Save the Colorado River
• Ka-CHING Redux: Danny Ching Makes it a Clean Sweep in California
September 24th, 2010 • Canoe & Kayak Magazine 2010 Reader's Choice Results
September 16th, 2010 • Babushkas, Borscht, and...BOATS!?!?!
September 11th, 2010 • The 2010 Whitewater Symposium prepares for
September 10th, 2010 • Shimoda to Head River Management Society
July 14th, 2010 • 2010 International Whitewater Hall Of Fame Class Span a Century of Dedication to River-sports
June 7th, 2010 • Teva Time: Urban, Jackson Win Freestyle; Dawson, Faux Downriver
June 4th, 2010 • Zoar Outdoor Gets Classy!
June 2nd, 2010 • Planet Canoe 2010 Edition Is All Wet....It's A Good Thing
May 26th, 2010 • The Bamba: Fluid Kayak's New Fishing Kayak
May 24th, 2010 • Teva Paddles All Forward with National Whitewater Raft Team
February 22nd, 2010 • Zoar Goes Paperless
February 1st, 2010 • Hasta Luego, West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium
October 22nd, 2009 • New Belgium's Skinny Dip for a Cause
September 30th, 2009 • OIA Endorses Summer OR Date Change to Facilitate Paddlesports
July 27th, 2009 • Industry Vets Buy Lincoln Canoe
• A Visit to the Outdoor Retailer Tradeshow
July 8th, 2009 • Hardy Releases Paddling Colorado
June 16th, 2009 • Pulliam Joins Jackson Kayak
May 18th, 2009 • Cross-Country Canoe Expedition
May 6th, 2009 • Johnson Drops Hammer
April 6th, 2009 • Confluence Announces New Hires
March 19th, 2009 • Zoar Outdoor Demo Fest
• Confluence Revamps Web Sites
March 12th, 2009 • Dry Top Gasket Repair 101
March 3rd, 2009 • Ammons Releases Whitewater Philosophy
February 13th, 2009 • A Very Convenient Truth
January 12th, 2009 • Teva Mtn Games Founder to Work For...Teva!
December 23rd, 2008 • Bending Branches Acquires Aqua-Bound
December 18th, 2008 • Get Yer Permits!!
October 20th, 2008 • President & CEO Matt Menashes leaves Paddlesports Industry Association
August 26th, 2008 • Hottest Gear at OR
August 22nd, 2008 • Award Winning College Tour!
August 11th, 2008 • New additions to the Whitewater Hall of Fame!
May 21st, 2008 • Patagonia Bids Adieu to Paddlesports
May 15th, 2008 • Will the Real Werner Please Stand Up?
March 11th, 2008 • Where's Waldo (er...Woolsey)?
February 21st, 2008 • Waikiki Support Polynesian Heritage
February 20th, 2008 • Industry Buzz: Bomber Gear is Back!
February 12th, 2008 • Mohawk Canoe Founder Passes at 78
February 8th, 2008 • U Saved My Ass Contest
January 24th, 2008 • TAPS presents the Northeast Canoe and Kayak Symposium
January 18th, 2008 • New Distribution Setup Brings Fluid Kayaks To More US Dealers
December 31st, 2007 • Pyranha to Distribute Feelfree Kayaks
• Kokatat Hires New Western Sales Rep
December 24th, 2007 • Andy Knapp Named Paddlesprots Person of the Year
December 14th, 2007 • Fluid Gets New US Distributor
December 10th, 2007 • Confluence Hires New CEO
October 31st, 2007 • Legacy Paddlesports CEO Andy Zimmerman
September 18th, 2007 • Kokatat In The Wilds of Patagonia
September 7th, 2007 • Kokatat Sponsors Papua New Guinea Expediton
August 29th, 2007 • Confluence Interim CEO Tom Nathanson
August 23rd, 2007 • US Freestyle Kayak and Adventure Sports Center to Host Nationals
• Epic Hires John Radel as General Mngr
August 17th, 2007 • Pyranha's Graham Mackereth
• Fluid to Continue US Distribution
August 3rd, 2007 • Thule to Recognize its Ultimate Dealers at OR
• Thule to Recognize its Ultimate Dealers at OR
August 1st, 2007 • Fluid, U.S. Distributor Part Ways
July 30th, 2007 • Confluence Restructures Sales Team
July 27th, 2007 • Esquif Reintroduces Spanish Fly and Prelude
• Industry Buzz: OR Demo Day Moved
July 24th, 2007 • Confluence Adds to Team
July 23rd, 2007 • Dan Gavere Leaves AT for Werner
July 17th, 2007 • Industry Buzz: Yakima Names 3 New Key Execs
July 11th, 2007 • Industry Buzz: Johnson Outdoors, Confluence Reach Settlement
July 10th, 2007 • Industry Buzz: Kelty Sylvan Sport Team Up
May 1st, 2007 • U.S. National Whitewater Center Earns Olympic Training Site Status
April 30th, 2007 • Thule Acquires Case Logic
March 26th, 2007 • Old Town Canoe Rerstores Warehousing to Old Town, ME
March 13th, 2007 • Legacy Announces New Sales Rep Program
• Yakima Announces New
March 9th, 2007 • Whitewater Courses & Parks Conference Slated for April 18-20
January 31st, 2007 • Woolsey Joins PIA Board
January 8th, 2007 • Holy Alphabet Soup...PPA Now PIA
December 19th, 2006 • Paddling Life IndustryNews!
December 18th, 2006 • Movin' On
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