Star Wars in 3 Minutes
Posted: May 6, 2010 Filed under: News, Random Thoughts | Tags: Legos, Star Wars Leave a comment »too fun not to watch…
Bike Culture Summit
Posted: May 5, 2010 Filed under: Access, Cycling, News, Transportation | Tags: Bike Culture Summit, Critical Mass, Cycling, NYC, Outdoor Recreation, Transportation Leave a comment »
On Thursday May 6, the Bike Culture Summit will commence in New York City. The event is a benefit for Transportation Alternatives – an organization whose mission is to “reclaim New York City’s streets from the automobile and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives.” So, all proceeds from the event will support the group’s bicycle advocacy work.
The Bike Culture Summit will be held May 6 at NYU’s Wasserman Center Auditorium from 7-8:30 p.m. Cycling pundits, the ‘Bike Snob’, bicycling historian David Herlihy and Caroline Samponaro (Director of Bicycle Advocacy for Transportation), will offer their expert insight regarding controversies such as ‘How should cyclists relate to pedestrians, motorists and to delivery cyclist’ and ‘To what extent should cyclists sacrifice style and convenience for safety.’
Thanks to the folks at Kona Bikes for the heads up on this - they will be there in full support.
More First Quarter Good News
Posted: May 4, 2010 Filed under: News, Outdoor Recreation | Tags: First Quarter Financials, News, outdoor industry, Recreation Economy 1 Comment »As the first quarter results roll in, it looks like there is even more good news for the outdoor industry on both the vendor/manufacturer and the retail side of the business.
Amer Sports net sales reached €372.6 million ($516.4mm) in the first quarter ended March 31, 2010, up 5% from the same quarter a year ago… Sales rose 11% in the Winter and Outdoor segment which includes Salomon, Suunto, Mavic, and Arc’Teryx…
Adidas AG reported its first-quarter net profit rose to €168 million ($234 million) from €5 million in the year-ago period.
Johnson Outdoors Inc.’s sales rose nearly 6% in the second fiscal quarter; net income soarted 148% to $6.2 million…
VF Corp first-quarter revenues increased 1.4% to $1.75 billion from $1.73 billion a year ago. Earnings soared 62% to a record $163.5 million…
Jarden Corp’s Outdoor Solutions segment, which includes Coleman, K2, Marmot and several other brands, generated sales of $614.2 million in the first quarter, up 3.9% from $591.3 million. Operating earnings for the segment reached $39.9 million, up 50% from $26.6 million…
The Timberland company first-quarter 2010 net income climbed 61,6% to $25.7 million…
Volcom, Inc. sales for the first quarter were $77.4 million compared with $68.3 million in the first quarter of 2009…
GSI Commerce Inc., the e-commerce provider for Dick’s Sporting Goods, TSA, Eastern Mountian Sports and dozens of other retailers, reported that net revenues rose 38.7% to $272.6 million…
Shimano Inc.’s sales rose 11.4% to ¥50.2 billion ($553.7mm)…
Under Armour direct-to-consumer sales outpaced total sales nearly fivefold, pushing up margins and profits…
Derby Days and Wedding Days
Posted: May 3, 2010 Filed under: News Leave a comment »I went to my wife’s aunt’s derby-themed wedding this weekend and a few folks asked for pictures. I only have a few, but I’ll add more as I get them from others. We had a great time – Mayne had too many cupcakes for a two-year-old and ran 1,000 miles. anyway, here are the pics:
Mayne and her great-grandmother
Here's Nina - the bride this weekend. The wedding was held on an old, renovated river boat right next to river-front park - Great location with gracious hosts.
After the cupcakes we had to run down the the river-front park in and climb on all of the statues - here's Mayne on top of a five-foot tall turtle
