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  Rip Curl Watches
Rip Curl watches are assembled and tested to exacting Swiss Quality Standards in a new state of the art manufacturing facility.
Rip Curl watches are waterproof tested and durable, designed to cop pounding after hideous pounding in anything from massive surf to seething mosh pits and not miss a freakin' beat.
Rip Curl began making watches way back in 1989 and we've built a reputation as the undisputed leaders in surf watch technology.
www.pacwave.net /watches/ripcurl-watch-details.php   (681 words)

  
  Rip Curl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rip Curl is a major Australian manufacturer and retailer of surfwear and surfgear (see surfing).
The company started from the humble beginings of two surfers in Torquay producing wetsuits from their garden shed.
Rip Curl is the sponsor of one of the largest surf competitions called the Rip Curl Pro, where the top 40 surfers in the world circuit compete for the title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rip_Curl   (107 words)

  
 WahineSurfing - Rip Curl's Roots;- Born at Bells Beach
Rip Curl took over an old house in Torquay and the partners made a small investment in a pre-World War II sewing machine.
Rip Curl was born and grew up as a surfing company and will always remain a surfing company.
So today, Rip Curl is a bigger group of dedicated people around the world who share the fun and adventurous spirit and the commitment to creating innovative, functional, stylish and durable products for all those people who share the spirit of The Search...
www.wahinesurfing.com /article.asp?id_article=77   (490 words)

  
 Transworld Snowboarding.com | Snowbiz | Rip Curl Promotes Marketing Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The announcements are part of Rip Curl's continued strong push to further develop the brand and grow the business in the United States.
He is one of the key players on the Rip Curl team and will be a driving force in the success of the brand here in the USA".
Rip Curl USA will unveil it's latest fashion offering for Fall at the ASR Huntington Beach tradeshow next week, March 9-10.
www.transworldsnowboarding.com /snow/snowbiz/article/0,13009,597731,00.html   (243 words)

  
 Step By Step: Rip Curl continues its push to make bigger inroads to the U.S. market. - Transworld Business Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I questioned the Rip Curl board about the global strategy of the brand, their goals for the brand in the U.S., and why they hadnt been successful here.
In fact, Rip Curl will be offering a lifetime guarantee on the seams, and the Code: STL will be backed by more than a million-dollar promotional budget.
Rip Curls market share is far more developed in Australia, Europe, and Brazil than it is here, and closing that gap is key to maximizing the global reach of the brand.
www.twsbiz.com /twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,707922,00.html   (2427 words)

  
 Rip Curl Presents
This year Rip Curl is proud to be continuing our presentation sponsorship of China Uemera's 7th Annual Wahine Surfing Classic.
Rip Curl has teamed up again with Hawaiian legend China Uemera to host the tournament in support of the local Hawaiian community recognizing sexually abused women and children.
"Rip Curl is again stoked to be involved with such a great event, showcasing our support for women's surfing.
www.sgmag.com /surf/ripchina   (406 words)

  
 brandchannel.com | Rip Curl | Australian Sports| brands | brand | branding news
Rip Curl faces many of these challenges as it grows from a small locally grown brand into one of the top three global surf brands.
Rip Curl is the oldest but the others are close behind by only a couple of years.
Rip Curl itself went through many incarnations including the original lotus flower to an eighties-inspired rainbow logo to today’s smart, clean design of surf cutting through a diamond outline.
www.brandchannel.com /features_effect.asp?pf_id=58   (2635 words)

  
 Rip Curl USA HQ opens, team win Surfer awards, WCT
The Rip Curl Malibu Pro is the only women's stand alone WCT event to take place on mainland USA soil, and promises to showcase an awesome spectacle of women's professional surfing at one of the world’s most quality point breaks.
Rip Curl WCT rider Jacqueline Silva (6th in the world) will be competing in the event, and fellow team riders Stephanie Gilmore, Julia Christian, Bethany Hamilton, Jessi Miley-Dyer and Alana Blanchard are trial contenders who will all be pursuing the opportunity to capture the crown of the second annual Rip Curl Malibu Pro.
The Rip Curl Footwear Trials will also be staged as a one-day prelude to the main event on Friday September 30, with 16 invitees competing in a round robin format to select one lucky wildcard who will gain automatic entry into the main event.
www.globalsurfnews.com /news.asp?Id_news=18323   (1592 words)

  
 Rip Curl GromSearch 2005
Rip Curl will continue to present this award in loving memory of the surfing world’s late friend.
Rip Curl, based in Costa Mesa, CA is an authentic surf brand that is also active in snowboarding, and wakeboarding.
Rip Curl is a Built for Riding brand and is a leader in the multi-billion dollar surf/action sports industry that is so popular with today’s youth.
surfingthemag.com /news/surfing-amateur/ripcurl_gromsearch2005   (965 words)

  
 RIP CURL USA GROMSEARCH READY TO LAUNCH IN SAN CLEMENTE
Rip Curl is getting ready to kick off the first competition in this year's 2003 USA Gromsearch program next week.
Rip Curl anticipates tons of fun, sun and explosive surfing from the hottest groms in the region.
"Rip Curl is stoked to announce our 2003 Gromsearch series and we're ready to rock both coasts over the next few months.
www.sgmag.com /surf/ripcurl/index.html   (409 words)

  
 Surfline Forums - Rip Curl USA opens its doors to the surfing world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rip Curl CEO, David Lawn, along with Founders Brian Singer, Doug 'Claw' Warbrick and Francois Payot welcomed the crowd with stories of Rip Curl's past history and future plans.
Rip Curl's top athletes including Mick Fanning, Jamie O'Brien, Tom Curren, Nathan Hedge, Darren O'Rafferty and more were on hand to celebrate the new beginnings.
Good times were had, hangovers were inevitable and Rip Curl has officially positioned itself in the heart of the surf industry.
forums.surfline.com /showthread.php?t=24115   (273 words)

  
 Wakeboarding Articles - Rip Curl Aids Tsunami Victims
Rip Curl has created Rip Curl Indian Ocean Aid to provide practical support to the surfing areas of Sumatra and the Maldives.
In association with the IDEP (Indonesian Development of Education and Permaculture) Foundation, Rip Curl's Indonesian licensee Robert Wilson is working from Padang, co-ordinating the shipment of essential food, health, sanitation, emergency shelter, and personal care items, targeted to meet the immediate needs of the people along the west coast of Sumatra.
Rip Curl's Maldives distributor Ahmed Kaleem is coordinating emergency accommodation on the low-lying island chain, which was flattened by the tsunami, making many of the Maldives hundreds of islands virtually uninhabitable.
www.wakeboardingmag.com /article.jsp?ID=35656&destinationID=   (338 words)

  
 Transworld Snowboarding.com | Snowbiz | Rip Curl Partners With Santa Cruz Surfshop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rip Curl is pleased to today announce the finalisation of a strategic retail partnership with Santa Cruz Surfshop in northern California.
Santa Cruz Surf Shop CEO Danny Keith added, "We are stoked to be partnering with Rip Curl and have the opportunity to expose the full lines from clothing, watches, accessories, and wetsuits in a way Santa Cruz and northern California has never seen.
Rip Curl remains a core surf company with deep roots in this town and to be able to have all of what we need to offer our customers on a daily basis is exciting.
www.transworldsnowboarding.com /snow/snowbiz/article/0,13009,570155,00.html   (241 words)

  
 Rip Curl Sponsors Heritage Memorial Pro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rip Curl gave a boost to East Coast surfing by signing on as sponsor of the Heritage Rip Curl Memorial Pro, a two-star World Qualifying Series (WQS) men's event.
"Rip Curl is super stoked to be involved in an East Coast qualifying series event that is so highly regarded and supported by the East Coast surf community," said James Sampson, chief operations officer at Rip Curl.
The Heritage Rip Curl Memorial Pro is open to any surfer who is a member of the ASP, and offers a prize purse of 20,000 dollars.
www.bmxonline.com /bmx/article/0,15737,342836,00.html   (639 words)

  
 RIP CURL
Since the early 90’s Rip Curl have lead the way when it comes to surf exploration.
With much of surf exploration taking place in the warmer waters of the southern hemisphere, Rip Curl decided it was time to turn the tables and start a search for new un -ridden frontiers in the Northern hemisphere — throughout the cold waters of the Atlantic.
Rip Curl team rider Robin Kent said today: “From a small idea this whole concept has turned into a major project for us.
www.britsurf.co.uk /news/ripcurlissolation.htm   (356 words)

  
 Rip Curl Watches, RipCurl tide watch
Rip Curl began making watches way back in 1989 and they've built a reputation as the undisputed leaders in surf watch technology.
Breakthroughs like the revolutionary Automatic Tide System (ATS), which enables surfers to check the tide at their local beach by simply looking at their watch, have kept Rip Curl ahead of the pack.
Also find quality products such as Rip Curl Watches and Freestyle surf watches, Arnette sunglasses, Spy and Von Zipper sunglasses, and more.
www.kiteworld.net /watches/rip-curl-watches.php   (218 words)

  
 Accounting Software 411 - Rip Curl Rides Geac RunTime Wave
The global implementation will represent a dramatic expansion of Rip Curl's use of RunTime, which previously was limited to Rip Curl's operations in France.
Rip Curl is a global manufacturer and distributor of sports and activewear.
The Geac PLM system is set to instil greater control over Rip Curl's entire design processes, providing its partners with access to one source of design data, a capability known as "product data management" (PDM).
www.accountingsoftware411.com /AcctSoftware.nsf/00/pr26CCFDF4F779C89C86256F48005D92F1   (759 words)

  
 EXPN.com - Factory Profile: Rip Curl
Hodgson ran Rip Curl's largest factory, located in Thailand, for four years before being transferred to Baja in early 1999.
Rip Curl sales rep Stephen Koehne has been named new wetsuit product manager), agrees that the while the system looks archaic, it's improved the entire manufacturing process: "Things are more accurate, and there's no error drawing up patterns.
The average Rip Curl wetsuit includes five or six silk-screened logos, and each logo is made up of an average of three to four different colors, and each color is applied and flash cured separately.
expn.go.com /srf/tw/s/factory_profile_rip_curl.html   (1589 words)

  
 Rip Curl - The Surfing Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rip Curl is a company for, and about, the Crew on The Search.
Our aim in making surfboards, especially handcrafted custom boards, is to fit the board to the surfer to where he wants to go on a wave.
Rip Curl will continue to stick by the grass roots that helped make us the market leader in surfing, but we'll also charge on in to the future and push riding to a new level.
www.ripcurl.com /company   (250 words)

  
 Rip Curl Rides Geac RunTime Wave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The global implementation will represent a dramatic expansion of Rip Curl's use of RunTime, which previously was limited to Rip Curl's operations in France.
Rip Curl is a global manufacturer and distributor of sports and activewear.
The Geac PLM system is set to instil greater control over Rip Curl's entire design processes, providing its partners with access to one source of design data, a capability known as "product data management" (PDM).
www.runtime.geac.com /object/Ripcurl_RT.html   (471 words)

  
 Game Power Australia | Limited Edition Rip Curl Game Boy Advance SP
The unit, which will be available for a short time through all major retailers and at selected Rip Curl outlets, is designed to compliment Nintendo’s sponsorship of the 2004 Rip Curl Pro tournament.
“Rip Curl is stoked to have Nintendo on board as major sponsors of the 2004 Rip Curl Pro.
As a proud major sponsor of the 2004 Rip Curl Pro we look forward to seeing Australian surfers playing Game Boy when the surf is flat, and Game Boy players Australia wide aspiring to take to the waves”.
www.gamepower.com.au /?aid=1888   (359 words)

  
 Surfline Forums - Rip Curl announces Cody Felter as Global Girls Brand Manager
Cody comes to Rip Curl International from Ezekiel, where she held the command of Jrs.
Rip Curl is focused on continuing the growth and development of the brands already successful girls division, and sees Cody Felter as the perfect ingredient to take the business to the next level.
With Rip Curl’s recent headquarter relocation and plans for major movements in the near future, Cody’s addition only adds more fuel to the brand fire.
forums.surfline.com /showthread.php?forumid=7&threadid=21443   (290 words)

  
 Rip Curl announces second annual Rip Curl Malibu Pro
Rip Curl team rider, Jaqueline Silva will need to post a big result in order to keep her title dreams alive.
The Rip Curl Footwear Trials will also be staged as a one-day prelude to the main event on Friday September 30, with 12 invitees competing in a round robin format to select one lucky wildcard who will gain automatic entry into the main event.
Rip Curl Malibu Pro Celebrity Surf Bout, October 1, 2005; The stage is set for celebrity actors and musicians to battle it out in atag team surf event that will proclaim Hollywood’s hottest celebrity surfers.Rip Curl Celebrity Surf Bout will be open to the public and all proceedswill benefit Heal the Bay.
www.globalsurfnews.com /news.asp?Id_news=18379   (638 words)

  
 Rip Girl Abersoch - Rip Curl Ladies and Girls Surfwear
Some of these Rip Curl products are now available to buy online....
We stock a selection of the Rip Curl girls range of footwear including a large selection of flip flops, trainers and boots.
Rip Curl ladies wetsuits can be found next door in West Coast Surf Shop with the main wetsuits being the Classic, the Core Fireskins and Elasto E Bombs.
www.ripgirl.co.uk   (283 words)

  
 Dogpile - Web Search: curl rip
Curl is a major Australian manufacturer and retailer of surfwear and...
Curl is proud to partner with qtags and showcase our brand in Times Square...
Curl is an easy-drinking beer with a gorgeous copper color, a smooth, malty flavor and a quick, clean finish.
www.dogpile.co.uk /uk.dogpl/search/web/curl+rip   (231 words)

  
 Rip Curl team news, Curren, Fanning, Miley Dyer, Dunn etc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Australian junior Jessi Miley-Dyer defeated fellow Rip Curl team rider Jacqueline Silva to win her maiden WQS event, the Copa Movistar Pro in Peru, and lead the women's WQS ratings.
Jessi then upset former world number two and fellow Rip Curl team rider, Brazil's Jacqueline Silva, in a tightly contested final to claim her first WQS victory, US$4,000 and 2,000 valuable ratings points.
RIP CURL interrupted Mick’s early morning yoga session to get the low down before he jetted off.
www.surfersvillage.com /news.asp?Id_news=15666   (1260 words)

  
 Rip Curl Viton Sandal - Men's from Backcountry.com
Slip on the Rip Curl Men's Vitons Sandals and grab your surfboard.
Rip Curl gave the Vitons Sandals a sleek look, a cushy EVA midsole for comfort, and a contoured footbed for support.
Bottom Line: From the Pipeline to Louisville, the Rip Curl Vitons Sandals were made for the waves.
www.backcountry.com /store/RIP0022/Rip-Curl-Viton-Sandal-Mens.html?CP=Affiliate   (137 words)

  
 WahineSurfing - Kuaiians crowned kings at Rip Curl USA Gromsearch #2
Rip Curl Pipeline Master, Jamie O’Brien made a guest appearance at today’s event to present the “Freak Show Award” — an award Jamie “Freak Show” O’Brien would present to the grom who performed the best maneuver of the day.
Rip Curl’s own NSSA standout and inspirational surfer, Bethany Hamilton, put on an outstanding performance at today’s event.
Rip Curl would also like to thank South Coast Surf Shops, Groms + -, and all the Pacific Beach locals for their support.
www.wahinesurfing.com /news.asp?Id_news=2664   (541 words)

  
 Mick Fanning Wins 2005 Rip Curl Search WCT Reunion Island
After finishing the action packed final — held in 1.5 metre (4 foot) waves — with an 8.0 and a 9.10 out of 10 for a total of 17.10, Fanning’s form indicates that he is in a fantastic position to give the Foster’s ASP Men’s World Tour title one hefty shake.
The Rip Curl Search WCT event holds a first-of-its kind “ASP Floating License”, allowing Rip Curl to run the event in a different location every year if it sees fit.
Rip Curl’s International Marketing Director, Neil Ridgway was extremely happy with the proceedings of the day and the event as a whole.
surfingthemag.com /news/surfing-world-championship-tour/reunion-070105   (1228 words)

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