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The ActionWatch Panel's Best-Selling Shorts Of Q1 2008 Welcome to ActionWatch Mondays, your weekly snapshot of top sellers from ActionsWatch's Retail Panel of more than 100 specialty stores. This week we unveil the best-selling shorts through the months of January, February, and March of 2008. 05/12/2008 Top Ten Tips for Successful Exhibiting Wondering how to plan your exhibit program to maximize your show results? Candy Adams, aka the "Booth Mom", lays it out in ten simple tips everyone can follow. 05/08/2008 Nike Lands On Top Of Climate Counts Company Scorecard The Beaverton sports giant not only has the world's best-selling skate shoe, it's leading the pack on the Climate Counts Scorecard: "Nike is at the forefront of the sector due to long-term leadership on climate, including its public support for meaningful climate change legislation." 05/08/2008 Dive Industry Association Teams Up With Surf Expo Representing more than 1,500 retailers, this trade association is working hard to increase the reach and business of its retail members through its Undersea Showcase newsletter, educational programs, and through its partnership with trade shows such as Surf Expo. 05/07/2008 BRA Summit 5 Helps Unify Specialty Retail Marketplace Retail attendees were worried about business when they gathered that first night in Puerto Rico. Could the BRA Summit reveal a new path to follow—or at least allay some of these fears, that feeling that each shop was fighting a battle alone? 05/06/2008 Photo Highlights From The BRA Retail Summit 5 The Board Retailers Association Summit was a huge success--both for the quality and quantity of the conversations that occurred and information presented, but also for the activities Melissa Clary organized for the group. Check out all the photo highlights here. 05/02/2008 Barnacle Bill's Surf Shop Rides Again Two feet of snow and a frozen Lake Erie as far as the eye can see! Surfing anyone? If you’re Dan Roth, owner of Barnacle Bill’s Surf Shop in Vermillion, Ohio, the answer is an enthusiastic “Yes!” 04/29/2008 SIMA Hosts Green Boot Camp On Earth Day About 50 surf industry executives gathered at the Ocean Institute on Earth Day, April 22, to hear from experts on how they incorporate sustainability and green practices into their business—and why it makes business sense. 04/24/2008 A Steady And Tranquil Dedication On this Earth Day 2008, we take a short look at how concern for the environment is beginning to transform our industry. 04/22/2008 Countdown To Image Awards 6 There’s less than a month until the 2008 SIMA Image Awards, and this year’s event promises to uphold the tradition of sober, dignified, and well-reasoned acceptance speeches. Just take a look at last year's event. 04/18/2008
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etnies Announces the 2008 'Girls Get on Board' Action Sports Clinic Series
etnies is excited to announce the 3rd Annual etnies Girls Get on Board (GGOB) clinic, a nation-wide series of female-only action sports instructional programs committed to inspiring girls to participate in action sports and encouraging them to remain active to lead a healthy lifestyle.
For this year’s program, etnies has again partnered with the Girls Riders Organization (GRO), a nonprofit group with a mission to inspire, educate and support girls in action sports, to present a tour of GGOB clinics and special events. Other partners in the event series include skateboarding label Cool Girls Decks, the Boarding For Breast Cancer foundation (B4BC) and the HB Wahine All Girl Surf School.
Beginning this month etnies’ professional team riders, serving as ambassadors for the GGOB program, will travel to some of the 40 cities across the nation to mentor and coach females of all ages in the action sports categories of Skate, BMX, Surf and Motocross.
The clinics consist of on-site demonstrations and hands-on training in a fun and safe environment including one-on-one interaction with top professional female athletes. Girls come away from the program with the basic skills of each sport and build their confidence in action sports.
“The team riders are excited to once again participate in the etnies Girls Get on Board clinic and show our support for the program. It’s important to show that action sports are fun and safe for girls and empower more young women to participate,” says Lauren Perkins, etnies skate team rider. “Whether it be for recreation, exercise or to pursue professional careers, it is great for us to see how many more girls are learning these sports each year.”
“We are really glad to partner with the etnies GGOB program again this year,” says Courtney Payne, founder of GRO. “This partnership combines the team riders and momentum of etnies GGOB program with GRO’s experienced instructors and the close interaction with local communities across the country.”
The etnies Girls Get on Board program, along with GRO, will host 40 free clinics for girls as it embarks on its way around the country, including a stop at the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, Calif., before culminating in November in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The next all-girls skate clinic is on May 10 at Journey’s Backyard BBQ in Dallas, Texas. For a complete list of clinics across the country, a detailed schedule of events and to sign up, please visit etniesgirl.com/extra/onboard.
**Any persons under the age of 18 years, must complete a waiver which can be found online at etniesgirl.com/extra/onboard/waiver/
etnies launched its Girls Get on Board (GGOB) initiative in Spring 2006 to encourage and empower females to learn about and participate in action sports. The program shows etnies on-going commitment to encouraging girls in action sports and fostering relationships with the best athletes in the world, such as etnies team riders Lauren Perkins and Evelien Bouilliart.
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