In the skateboarding world former DC team riders (owned by Quiksilver) Nyjah Huston (now riding for Nike) was owed $96,666.67 and Rob Dyrdek $10,016,068.65 in the Quik bankruptcy case.
Creditor Data for Nyjah Huston
Creditor Data for Rob Dyrdek
March 6th, 2016
Nyjah Huston Owed $97 Thousand and Rob Dyrdek $10 Million
March 6th, 2016
Quiksilver Owed Dane Reynolds Close to $4 Million
“Back in 2011, having been with Quik for eight years, Dane re-signed for another six years up until 2017, on a $3m+ a year deal.” – Stab Mag
Now fast forward the time (file claimed in 2015) Dane Reynolds was owed $3,599,381.75
…and Craig Anderson was owed $1,825,000.00
March 3rd, 2016
Sports Authority Goes Bankrupt
“The Englewood, Colo.-based chain — owned by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners — filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, citing $1.1 billion in debt and saying that its sales had slumped after it failed to keep up with consumer trends. Nearly one-third of the retailer’s locations will begin liquidation sales within days. The list includes 25 stores in Texas, 19 in California, 18 in Florida and 11 in Illinois.” – USA Today
“In the action sports space, Burton is owed $3.9 million, K2 $2.5 million and Rip Curl $2.5 million, according to court documents. Large athletic brands are owed the most money, however. According to the court documents, Sports Authority owes Nike $47.9 million, Asics $23.3 million, and Under Armour $23.2 million.” – Tiffany Montgomery
March 2nd, 2016
Dane Reynolds And Rob Dyrdek Owed over $100k from Quiksilver
Major/critical vendors of the debtors (over $100k) from Quiksilver – we’re guessing what Dane Reynolds and Rob Dyrdek we’re owed is a lot more then $100K
March 1st, 2016
Brad Gerlach Leaves BANKS Brand?
Update – Wednesday March 2:
“yes I am a part owner. but I am no longer an ambassador.”- Brad Gerlach
We have noticed Brad Gerlach has been removed from the Banks Brand comrades page (team). Left standing are Jared Mell, Jason Salisbury and Chris Del Moro (who is now living in Santa Barbara and will be a father soon).
Brad Gerlach
March 1st, 2016
Billabong Back Into The Red – Will They Go Private
“Billabong International has slumped back into the red, losing $1.6 million in the December half, after posting losses in North America and weaker than expected profits in the Asia-Pacific region.” – Sydney Morning Herald
“Now that Billabong has a stable leadership team and a strong bench in the Americas group, he knows the business is in good hands, he told SES in an interview today.” – SES
“After getting into the business to surf more, I’m now stepping back from the business to surf more.” – Ed Leasure / SMH (Billabong CEO – leaving the sinking ship)
February 19th, 2016
Brock Little Dies – The Vandalism Begins
Big wave surfing legend Brock Little has passed away from battling cancer. Brock who was notorious for paddling into large waves in the late 80’s and early 90’s when he rode for surf brands Gotcha, HIC and Rip Curl.
Now the blood sucking media (Stab, Magicseaweed, Surf Europe, among all pro surfers and their instagram) is having a go with the most famous wave ever ridden by Brock Little taken by former assistant photo editor at Surfing magazine Scott Winer. Scott took the photo from the rocks down below using a 300mm lens – manual focus. Jeff Hall from Aframe media (now owned by Surfline?) is probably wishing he had a attorney right now, but then again how are you really going to “win” against these overseas publications?
Brock Little – RIP 1967-2016
Though Shall Not Steal
February 18th, 2016
Can Shaun White Save Macy’s
Shaun White has signed on with Macy’s for a men’s line called WHT SPACE (Shaun has had a boy’s clothing line with Target in which is now ending after 8 years)
“Macy’s is such an iconic brand and my first choice for a home for this line.” – Shaun White
In other Shaun White news he was not invited to this years X-Games. “Yeah, I had some constructive criticism, I guess. It wasn’t really criticism. It was more public information.” – NY TIMES
February 10th, 2016
The Eddie Get’s Called Off
The current Waimea Bay buoys are reading 8.2ft at 18seconds (up from this morning 6.9 at 12) – This morning ‘The Eddie’ got called off due to the lack of swell to hit the bay! Their are currently 4 guy’s in the water right now surfing.
February 7th, 2016
The Eddie Is On A Yellow Alert
The Eddie Aikau surf contest held at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu is now on a yellow alert. Many locals in Hawaii we’re telling us that they thought the Eddie would not run this year due to money issues with Quiksilver (going bankrupt).
“…and yet another system to form off Japan tracking east with seas to 52 ft on Wed (2/10)” – StormSurf.com
We’ll as they say “The Bay Will Call”
