Boardriders

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Boardriders, Inc.
legal form Corporation
founding 1969
Seat Huntington Beach , United States
Number of employees 4,350 (2004)
sales $ 1,300 million (2004)
Branch Winter sports , water sports
Website www.boardriders.com

Quiksilver brand logo
Quiksilver surf clothing

Boardriders, Inc. (until 2017: Quiksilver, Inc. ) is an American corporation. The company is active in the outdoor sports sector and owns several fashion brands , such as Quiksilver , Roxy and DC Shoes . The headquarters are in Huntington Beach . The European headquarters are located in France on the Atlantic coast of Aquitaine in Saint-Jean-de-Luz . In addition to surfboards , it mainly produces clothing for surfing and related board sports ( skating and snowboarding ) and is the world market leader in this area. Quiksilver sponsors various well-known snowboarders, surfers and skaters such as E.g. the eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater , the professional snowboarders Travis Rice , Hampus Mosesson and Mathieu Crepel and the professional skater Tony Hawk . In Germany, Quiksilver operates its own retail shops and three outlet shops. In 2008 the first Roxy shop opened in Hameln . There have been further franchise shops in other German cities since October 2008.

history

Quiksilver was founded by Bob McKnight and Jeff Hakman in Australia in 1969.

In 2005 Quiksilver merged with the winter and alpine sports goods manufacturer Rossignol . In November 2008 Quiksilver completed the sale of the Rossignol Group.

On September 9, 2015, Quiksilver filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . At the same time, the stock plunged 78%. As a result of the bankruptcy proceedings, Quiksilver was sold to Oaktree Capital Management .

2017, the company has named Boardriders, Inc. has to offer. A year later, the Billabong company was taken over.

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  1. ↑ a b c Merger of Quiksilver and Rossignol creates global outdoor market leader: Quiksilver-Rossignol
  2. ↑ Quiksilver's Bob McKnight Makes Waves by Emiko Kaneoka, Surf City USA, August 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ Quiksilver's Net Loss Narrows. In: TheStreet.com. December 19, 2008, accessed August 29, 2010 .
  4. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34194480
  5. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-09/quiksilver-files-for-bankruptcy-to-hand-control-to-oaktree
  6. ↑ dpa / syg: Surflabel is insolvent - bankruptcy petition - Quiksilver share slips by almost 78 percent. In: www.finanzen100.de . September 9, 2015, accessed September 9, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Quiksilver Files for Bankruptcy, to Hand Control to Oaktree , at www.businessoffashion.com , accessed September 29, 2018
  8. ↑ Quiksilver, Inc. changes name to Boardriders, Inc. , at www.surfersmag.de , accessed on September 29, 2018
  9. ↑ Billabong agrees to $ 380 million takeover by US company that owns Quiksilver , at www.abc.net.au , accessed September 29, 2018