Industry News
Industry News Archive for dates of Wednesday, February 12, 2020 thru Tuesday, February 25, 2020
- IOC member casts doubt on postponing or moving Tokyo Games 02/25/2020 apnews.com - Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there’s a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from China.
- Industry veteran Norb Garrett exits Adventure Sports Network 02/25/2020 shop-eat-surf.com - The news comes the same week that owner American Media laid off the entire editorial staff of Men’s Journal in New York and announced that magazine’s editorial operations will be merged with...
- Spartan offers relief for cancelled Tough Mudder events 02/24/2020 obstacleracingmedia.com - According to Spartan Race's CEO Joe Desena, Tough Mudder tickets for any event not held will be transferable to any other Tough Mudder event in 20/21. Additionally, registrants will also receive two...
- Garmin’s Q4 beats expectations on strong fitness growth 02/19/2020 sgbonline.com - Garmin Ltd. reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat expectations and provided an upbeat outlook for 2020. All of Garmin’s business segments beat expectations, led by Fitness, up 34 percent; Marine and Aviation, both...
- Yeti Announces Secondary Stock Offering 02/18/2020 shop-eat-surf.com - YETI Holdings, Inc. (“YETI”) (NYSE: YETI) announced today the commencement of an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 15,000,000 shares of YETI’s common stock by certain of its stockholders.
- The first all-backcountry ski resort opens in Colorado 02/17/2020 snewsnet.com - Bluebird Backcountry, a “human-powered” resort 20 miles north of Kremmling, Colorado, with 300 acres of avalanche-evaluated inbound territory, another 1,200 acres of true backcountry terrain, and exactly zero chairlifts has now...
- Arizona Is Getting an 11-Acre Surfing Wave Park That Generates 1,000 Waves Per Hour 02/17/2020 theinertia.com - When it comes to technology that’s winning (so much winning! you’ll be tired of winning!) in terms of feasible operations, look no further than Wavegarden. The Cove technology is popping up in...
- Female Adventurers Launch Magazine by and for Women 02/17/2020 gearjunkie.com - It’s 2020, and women are still underrepresented in coverage of sports and the outdoors. Two women are hoping to change that with HiHeyHello, a print magazine celebrating women’s outdoor culture.
- Cancellations, consolidations drag down Emerald’s 2019 02/13/2020 sgbonline.com - Emerald Expositions Events Inc. on Thursday announced revenue declines of 21.2 percent for the fourth quarter and 5.2 percent for the full year of 2019 driven by event cancellations, including Surf Expo,...
- The Great Fitness Scam 02/12/2020 outsideonline.com - The United States leads the world in spending for health and fitness but still ranks lowest in measurements of actual health. How do we break the cycle?
- Spartan officially acquires Tough Mudder UK 02/12/2020 obstacleracingmedia.com - As has been reported in recent weeks, Spartan has been acquiring the UK properties of Tough Mudder. Today it became official and all events scheduled for 2020 will occur as planned. This...
