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“How to Run an Efficient, Impactful and Successful Sales Contest” by staff via Shop Eat Surf (reposted with permission)

by admin | Mar 9, 2024 | Brick & Mortar, Community, Competitions, News, Resources, Retail Technologies, Sales Training

Photo Courtesy of ENDVR Sales contests are powerful tools for brands. They incentivize and motivate sales associates to talk about their products and sell them to customers. And this extra push goes a long way for brands.  In this article, we will explain how to...

“‘Pipeline’s for the F**king Girls’ – Caity Simmers and the Best Surf Quote Ever” by Joe Carberry via The Inertia

by admin | Feb 15, 2024 | Competitions, News, Surf

All that’s left is a world title. Photo: Bielmann//World Surf League Something crazy happened Saturday afternoon in Hawaii, on that little stretch of sand at Ehukai Beach Park. Out in the water, a new generation was blowing minds. A new generation of women, that...

“Street League Skateboarding Unveils Expanded Eight-Stop 2024 Schedule” by Michelle Bruton via Forbes

by admin | Jan 25, 2024 | Competitions, Event Planning, News, Olympics, Skateboard

Brazil’s Rayssa Leal and Portugal’s Gustavo Ribeiro took the championship in the 2022 SLS Triple Crown season It’s an Olympic year, which means that skateboarding, which was added to the program for the Tokyo 2020 Games and which will return in Paris this...

“Carissa Moore Announces She’s Stepping Away From the Championship Tour” by Joe Carberry via The Inertia

by admin | Jan 21, 2024 | Community, Competitions, News, Olympics, Surf

In news that we’ve heard rumblings about for weeks, Carissa Moore, a five-time world champion and defending Olympic gold medalist is officially stepping away from the World Surf League’s Championship Tour (she doesn’t want to use the word “retire”). She will surf...

“ISA Releases Statement Regarding Teahupo’o Olympic Judging Tower Debacle” by Alexander Haro via The Inertia

by admin | Dec 6, 2023 | Community, Competitions, News, Olympics, Surf, Sustainability

The old judging tower on the reef at Teahupo’o is slated for destruction and replacement in time for the upcoming Olympics. Photo: WSL The proposed new judging tower on the reef at Teahupo’o for the upcoming Olympics has not been well received locally, and a recent...

“20 Million Dollars: Prize money in skateboarding over the last 8 years” by Blair Alley via Transworld Skateboarding

by admin | Oct 25, 2023 | Competitions, Event Planning, Industry, News, Olympics, Skateboard

“$20 million dollars: Rob dove into the data stack to analyze a decade of prize money earnings in skateboarding and how it evolved from women earning just 8% and Japan earning 0% way back in 2015. Following, that, we’ve got highlights from The Boardr Global...