by Board Retailers Association | Jan 16, 2023 | Awards, Competitions, News, Wake Skate, Wakeboard
The 2022 Wake Awards are coming! The best riders of 2022 will be honored and awarded for their accomplishments during a special two week-long presentation beginning in January 2023. Starting on January 16, we’ll release the finalists in several categories each day!...
by Board Retailers Association | Dec 28, 2022 | Awards, Skateboard
Wow, another year flew by, and we hope you have something to show for it. If you managed to hit a set bigger than a three or grind something taller than a curb, we commend you for your year full of efforts and successes. To properly highlight the good and the bad of...
by Board Retailers Association | Dec 24, 2022 | Awards, Competitions, Industry, Surf, Women's Market
Justine Dupont, Peahi, 2021. That this is the greatest surf photo ever taken could possibly be debated. That it’s one of the heaviest, most epic tubes ever ridden by a surfer of either sex, can not. Photo: Fred Pompermayer With the 2022 Vans Pipeline Masters’...
by Board Retailers Association | Dec 19, 2022 | Awards, Industry, Wake Skate, Wake Surf, Wakeboard
Melissa Marquardt: 2022 Inductee Wakesports Hall of Fame Courtesy Melissa Marquardt Ten inductees were included in this year’s class. Courtesy Wakesports Hall of Fame The 2022 Wakesports Hall of Fame class of inductees includes some of the sport’s most...
by Board Retailers Association | Dec 3, 2022 | Awards, E-Commerce, Retail History, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
How did I define the CEO of RH, Gary Friedman? As a true radical, and more. Perhaps even an iconoclast. Friedman is unique and complex. A conversation with him can be surreal; he’s a philosopher, an uber-character, energizer bunny, stream-of-conscious rambling...
by Board Retailers Association | Sep 16, 2022 | Awards, Competitions, Industry, News, Surf
She earned it. And we forgot about her. Photo: Thiago Diz//World Surf League “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them,” wrote bad boy Billy Shakespeare. Or in Stephanie Gilmore’s case, some quietly achieve GOAT...
