#051. FEBRUARY 2011. €5 EUROPEAN SURF/SKATE/SNOW BUSINESS TROUBLE IN THE EAST... EASTERN EUROPEAN SKATE SCENE OVERVIEW SNOWBOARD PRICES – THE INEVTIBALE INCREASE? WETSUIT BIG WIG MARKET INTERVIEW MERVIN’S PETE SAARI OVERVIEW NEOPRENE SALES HOTTNG UP WOMEN’S ISSUES FEMALE LIFESTYLE CLOTHING MARKET ANALYSIS AW11/12 OUTERWEAR & SNOWBOARD PREVIEWS WE BRING YOU X PAGES OF SMOKIN’ HOT NEWSTUFF PLUS: TRADE SHOW PREVIEWS, BRAND PROFILES GIRO, FORcEFIELD, RHYTHM, FINANcIAL INDEX 051 Managing and English Editor Jojo Cook
[email protected] CONTENTS Surf and French Editor Iker Aguirre
[email protected] News 13 Snowboard Editor Rémi Forsans FINANCIAL INDEX 14
[email protected] TraDE Show Preview 17 Skateboard Editor Holger Von Krosigk
[email protected] Retailer Profile 21 German Editor fine lines marketing gmbh SnowboarD TRENDS 23
[email protected] SnowboarD ProDUCT PICtorial 29 Art Director Owen Tozer at MadeUp
[email protected] SnowboarD PRICES 45 www.thisismadeup.co.uk WOMEN’S MARKET ANALYSIS 47 French Editorial Assistant Denis Houillé
[email protected] BIG WIG Interview 50 Web & News Editor James Dalzial EASTERN Skate 53
[email protected] GOGGLE PICtorial 59 Proofreaders Jo Fairweather, Lydia Heckl, Marie-laure Ducos WETSUIT TRENDS 63 Contributors MEN’S AW11 Outerwear TRENDS 69 Uwe Ballon, Chus Castéjo, Dave ‘DC’ Colwill, Fabien Grisel, Franz Hoeller, Muck Müller, Digby Reed, João Rei, WOMEN’S AW11 Outerwear TRENDS 85 Luke Van Unen, Dirk Vogel, Denis Houillé, Matt Barr, Chris Moran.