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    Pomoca is the first manufacturer of touring skins to eliminate all PFCs

    2020-12-20T17:31:00Z

    Starting this season, Pomoca, the Swiss touring skin manufacturer that is part of the South Tyrolean Oberalp Group, reduces its ecological footprint and offers full transparency of its production chain. The brand has completely eliminated environmentally harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals, known as PFCs, from its entire range of skins. ...

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    Fourth U.S. search and rescue organization acquires RECCO helicopter detector

    2020-12-18T07:43:00Z

    Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR), located in Jackson, Wyoming, is the fourth search and rescue organization to be operational in the U.S. with the RECCO SAR helicopter detector. The detector will be used to search for missing people in the outdoors year-round, the non-profit organization said. The ski patrols ...

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    Burton pilots sales incentive program in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

    2020-12-18T06:35:00Z

    According to Boardsport Source, Burton has initiated in certain European countries a pilot version of the “Sales Incentive Program” it has set up in the U.S. Employees at its wholesale partners in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are receiving a commission, or “cash bonus,” on the sale of Burton x BOA ...

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    Picture opens three new stores in France

    2020-12-17T17:23:00Z

    Picture Organic Clothing, the French brand of sustainable outdoor clothing, opened three new franchised stores in France earlier this month. The stores are located in Saint-Etienne (east-central France), Montpellier (southern France) and La Rochelle (southwestern France). In an interview with Sport-Guide.com, Florian Delobre, Picture’s retail manager, explained that the brand ...

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    Line and Full Tilt hire new brand director

    2020-12-17T16:40:00Z

    Line Skis and Full Tilt Boots, both subdivisions of K2 Sports under its parent business, Kohlberg & Company, have hired Steven Hartl as global brand director. Hartl has worked in the outdoor industry for nearly 14 years with companies including Summit at Snoqualmie, Sturtevant’s, POW Inc. and Outdoor Research, most ...

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    New Corona restrictions in Germany; Denmark extends partial lockdown to entire country

    2020-12-16T06:59:00Z

    In concert with the governments of the individual states of its country, the federal government of Germany has ordered the lockdown of all the brick-and-mortar stores that sell non-essential products, starting on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The new restrictions came after a spike in new contaminations from Covid-19. They will last ...

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    Åre Skidfabrik invests for the future

    2020-12-15T21:18:00Z

    As previously reported, the Swedish ski manufacturer Åre Skidfabrik recently expanded its facilities near the ski resort of Åre. It has now been revealed that the expansion was part of the company’s largest single investment in its 40-year history. In addition to the 50 percent larger production area, this also ...

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    Moncler opens its biggest store in Paris and gets robbed in another one

    2020-12-15T09:33:00Z

    A band of a dozen individuals entered the Moncler boutique on boulevard Saint-Germain, in the elegant and trendy 6th district of Paris, on Friday, Dec. 11, and stole as many jackets of the brand as they could grab in a matter of seconds. The hooded individuals required the security guard ...

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    Amplid goes CO2-neutral

    2020-12-15T08:33:00Z

    German snowboard brand Amplid, currently best known for its lightweight splitboards for backcountry access, has signed an agreement with the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation to calculate its current CO2 emissions. Through this cooperation, the snowboard brand supports the foundation in planting trees on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, which bind CO2. The ...

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    Arc’teryx aims for Fair Trade certification

    2020-12-14T08:50:00Z

    With a goal of having 80 percent of its products certified by Fair Trade USA by 2025, Arc’teryx has announced plans to convert three production facilities in Vietnam to Fair Trade CertifiedTM in the coming year. The move comes as part of the company’s response to the global garment workers’ ...

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    The North Face “NSE Expedition” capsule celebrates climbing and sustainability

    2020-12-13T20:02:00Z

    The North Face has released the NSE Expedition capsule collection, which commemorates Sally McCoy’s attempt to become the first American woman to climb Mount Everest in 1987. During that attempt, extreme weather conditions unfortunately halted the effort. The NSE Expedition capsule comprises a short assortment of warm outerwear that are ...

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    Outdoor Master launches sustainable ski goggles with bamboo-made straps

    2020-12-13T20:02:00Z

    Outdoor Master has launched a limited-edition series of ski goggles, in partnership with Stevie Gee and Simon Beck, which the California-based company claims are the world’s first sustainable ski goggles. The lenses in the new eco-friendly, artist collaboration goggles are made of sustainable materials extracted from cotton, which makes the ...

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    Are we going to ski this winter?
    Brands and federations express cross-industry concerns in case of European resort lockdowns

    2020-12-11T06:07:00Z

    The Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has released a statement in which 10 leading ski companies, five sports retail groups and 12 sporting goods industry federations raised concerns about the consequences for the industry of the planned closure of many European winter sports resorts in relation to the ...

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    Ispo Brandnew winners announced

    2020-12-10T15:07:00Z

    Source: Messe München ISPO Brandnew 2021 Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the world’s largest start-up competition for the sporting goods industry started by Messe München 20 years ago, will as usual form part of the next – entirely virtual – Ispo Munich trade show, scheduled for Feb. 1-5. Some ...

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    Arc’Teryx partners with luxury fashion label for Jil Sander+ winter sportswear capsule

    2020-12-10T10:38:00Z

    Lucie and Luke Meier, the creative directors of Milan-based luxury fashion brand Jil Sander, have teamed up with Arc’teryx on a fall 2021 capsule collection for Jil Sander+, the company’s line dedicated to active life outdoors. Making its debut in stores in October 2021, the capsule will include men’s and ...

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    Dynafit opens six ski touring parks in Germany and Austria

    2020-12-09T16:03:00Z

    The ski resorts in the Alps have recorded a large increase in ski touring enthusiasts who have been skiing on slopes for years. For this winter season, experts are expecting further growth because of possible restrictions in winter sports due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ski touring specialist Dynafit, a brand ...

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    Scott Italia delivers snow alerts

    2020-12-08T07:14:00Z

    Scott Italia has partnered with 3B Meteo on a new service that will enable mountain enthusiasts not to be surprised by the weather. The service consists of a one-minute video forecast that will be broadcast on Scott communication channels, with a focus on snowfalls and snow accumulation. The new service, ...

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    ​New Salewa store in Graz

    2020-12-07T11:49:00Z

    A new Salewa brand store will open in the Austrian city of Graz on Dec. 11. The South Tyrolean mountaineering sports brand, part of the Oberalp Group, is opening its latest flagship store on 85 square meters in the center of the Styrian capital in a historic country house at ...

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    Are we going to ski this winter? An Update

    2020-12-04T09:45:00Z

    As previously reported, despite the German, Italian and French governments’ efforts to reach a uniform regulatory framework, there is still no joint European roadmap for the opening of ski resorts during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to Switzerland, Sweden, and Bulgaria, which refuse to restrict ski lift operations, the Austrian ...

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    Peak Performance collaborates with The Fabricant to digitize its collection

    2020-12-03T17:09:00Z

    The textile industry – creative but slow to seize on new technologies – is undoubtedly not the most environmentally friendly industry on the market. To move towards sustainability, brands and consumers need to keep up with innovations, among them digital clothing. To ensure the long-term sustainability of fashion production, The ...