KOBY ABBERTON CHARGES DROPPED 08.04.05
The Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn charges against Maroubra’s Koby Abberton, in relation to allegations of him being an accessory after the fact to murder.
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QUIKSILVER ACQUIRES SURFECTION 08.04.05
Quiksilver Inc has acquired one of Australia's leading retail groups, Surfection. These stores will join Quiksilver's more than 240 Boardriders Club stores throughout the world. The deal comprises the purchase of five key Surfection stores and the five Quiksilver/Roxy concept stores. The acquisition is integral to Quiksilver's current retail growth and its long term Asia Pacific strategy in opening Boardriders Club stores in Japan, China and South East Asia. The sale price is rumoured to be around $50million, although this is very much unconfirmed.
NEV GOES CYBER 08.04.05
Forget the flying cars and robot maids of the Jetsons, if you wanna see what the future will look like go no further than Nev’s flagship store on the Gold Coast. “It’s the next level of surf retail and board manufacturing,” shaper Nev Hyman proclaimed at the launch of the recently renovated store in March. Apart from boasting a new minimalist modern feel, the store also houses a mad contraption called a ‘Design Pod’ – an advanced computer shaping machine, which will allow the world’s best shapers to customise boards via email from anywhere in the world and have them made onsite and ready to ride in two to three days.
HYPE SURF CO. 08.04.05
From the 11 April the doors will open on Hype Surf Co. (formerly Beachlife Surf Centre), which has been trading in the Lennox – Ballina region for around 10 years. New owners Dean and Sally Stephen had been looking into buying the surf shop for a couple of years and formed a partnership with another person to enable the deal to go through. Dean has grown up in the local area and has been surfing since the age of nine and saw the former Beachlife stores as a good business opportunity. Initially the stores will be re-badged Hype Surf Co with a full fit out of the three stores to follow.
LEGENDS DROP IN 08.04.05
Over 200 people went through Manly’s Dripping Wet surf shop on Friday 11 March to meet longboard surfing legends Robert August, Wingnut and short boarder Wayne Lynch. “It was a really awesome event,” says Dripping Wet co- owner, John Radcliffe.
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