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Professional Services Directory
3PL and Supply Chain Management
A52 Warehouse Inc. provides exceptional warehousing and 3rd party logistic services to customers from around the world to support their needs for the Canadian marketplace. Our goal is to integrate with your practices and create a seamless, stress free warehousing experience.
NRI Distribution Inc. is North America's premier 3PL, offering a wide range of progressive supply chain solutions to its customers. We partner our expertise and passion for logistics with great ideas and innovative companies. We understand that our success is directly dependent upon our clients' success, and that understanding drives our unrelenting mission to create unmatched value for our clients.
Accounting
Moss Adams is proud to be a leading provider of audit, tax, and consulting services to over 150 companies in the action sports and apparel industries. Our clients include surf, skate, snowboarding and motosports companies like yours. We also represent both the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) and the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC).
Apparel Software
Innovative Systems, LLC, founded in 1994, is a developer and proven provider of enterprise-wide software solutions for the sewn products industry, including manufacturers, importers, and distributors.
Our industry specific solutions are used as a supply chain management tool in the manufacturing of apparel, accessories, and footwear.
Blanks
EI-LO offers designers, manufacturers, and apparel brands the perfect T-shirt at the perfect price point. We combine quality blank knit apparel with easy ordering, no minimums and immediate delivery. As a completely vertical manufacturer, we control every aspect of the process to ensure the highest quality products. Using 100% USA Cotton & Ring-spun Yarn our fabrics are softer, more stable and are USDA and NAFTA Certified. For more info please visit ei-lo.com or call, (949) 274-8353.
Brand-Retailer Collaboration
FrontWindow is a toolset by
Clarinova that helps consumers find your brand locally and make it super easy for your retailers to distribute great content about your brand to their consumers. Our FrontWindow Facebook application is a super easy way for retailers to use content from the brands they carry to engage consumers and grow sales in a whole new way. It’s fast, easy, and best of all, the more they use it, the better retailers will rank
Design
Joni Casimiro is a freelance graphic designer based in Monarch Beach, CA. After more than a decade as Art Director of Surfer Magazine, Joni has continued working with clients in the surf and outdoor industry, such as the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association, Clark Little Photography, Rob Machado Foundation and Shop-Eat-Surf.
Taylor Digital is a full service web development company located in San Clemente, California. We design, develop, and manage sophisticated web based solutions and applications, email marketing pieces, social media campaigns, and search engine marketing solutions. These include content management systems, rich internet applications, e-commerce solutions, and streaming video products.
Education
Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton leverages the diversity and entrepreneurial spirit of Southern California to produce globally aware business leaders through innovative teaching and applied collaborative research. Mihaylo is the 5th largest business school in the US and is ranked in US News & World Report and Princeton Review.
Event Venues
Shorebreak Hotel is an upscale lifestyle boutique hotel, located steps from Main Street and the iconic Huntington Beach Pier. Enjoy ocean views, an energetic downtown beach setting in the new Strand complex, traditional American favorites at Zimzala restaurant, along with bright hotel meeting and event spaces, to ensure a California experience like no other. Call 877.744.1117 or
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Stunningly situated on Oahu’s North Shore, Turtle Bay immerses you into a waterman’s hub just a stone’s throw from surfing’s most esteemed lineups. Endless teambuilding activities - golf, hiking, biking & more prove ideal for exchanges of ideas & inspirations. An oceanfront gathering place is perfect for your next industry meeting.
Executive Search & Evaluation
We have provided superior professional counsel in executive staffing since 1977 to many of the very best, from start-ups to non-profits to high profile global enterprises. Our consultative approach reaches beyond a typical search with rigorous candidate assessment. We explore values, challenge accomplishments and understand the cultures and events that shape them. We analyze interpersonal style and calibrate management capabilities, business acumen, growth potential and ability to lead change.
Factoring
CIT is the nation’s leading provider of financing, factoring and credit protection services to the apparel industry. Our Los Angeles office works closely with action sports companies of all sizes, from privately held companies to global corporations. Protect your accounts receivable today. Call 800-248-3240,
Companies in the action sports industry rely on the experience and know-how of the Trade Capital division of Wells Fargo Capital Finance for factoring and trade finance products and services that fit their current and future needs. Put our flexible financing to work for you today. Learn more by clicking on our logo or title.
Investment Banking
D.A. Davidson’s Investment Banking Group provides full-service underwriting and advisory services for corporations and institutions globally, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, and private placements. Founded in 1935, D.A. Davidson & Co. has approximately $29 billion in client assets under management and employs over 1,100 people in 66 offices. We have worked with companies including Volcom, American Sporting Goods, Nautilus,Teva/Ugg, and numerous financial buyout groups.
The Sage Group is a Los Angeles based investment bank with a national and international presence that provides advisory services to middle market clients on mergers, acquisitions and other corporate finance transactions. We have considerable experience and expertise working with clients in the branded consumer and specialty retail arena, as well as a number of other sectors.
Law
Call & Jensen is a premier boutique law firm in Newport Beach, California that is well-recognized for its work in the fashion, action sports, and retail industries. Its lawyers are experienced in transactional and litigation matters, including intellectual property, real estate, and employment matters. With approximately 20 lawyers, the firm provides a unique combination of excellent credentials, expertise, reasonable billing rates, and unmatched skill.
Ezra Brutzkus Gubner LLP is a boutique business law firm based in Woodland Hills, California. We are "Where Legal Strength Meets Business Sense." For over the past 30 years, we have earned a reputation for being among the leading lawyers for apparel and textile manufacturers, designers, piece good suppliers and retailers. The firm’s apparel industry practice group attorneys guide, protect and partner with businesses to increase their value.
Goodman Mooney is a full service law firm with a specialization in intellectual property and business law, including transactions and litigation related to: Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, False Advertising, Corporate Formation, Internet, New Media, and Entertainment Law. The Orange County, California-based firm has a national and international clientele ranging from individuals to corporations. For more information, please visit our website or call 714.754.0200.
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) is an international law firm with more than 575 attorneys and public policy advisors in 13 offices and 11 markets. The firm is uniquely positioned at the intersection of law, business and government, representing clients in the areas of complex litigation, corporate, energy, environment, family wealth, finance, government contracts, health care, infrastructure, insurance, intellectual property, public policy, real estate, and technology.
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is one of the largest full-service business law firms in Southern California. Procopio’s Action Sports and Apparel team is a collaboration of attorneys with diverse practices and experience who possess an in depth understanding of the day-to-day challenges faced by companies in the action sports and apparel industries. This affords us the knowledge to assist emerging and well-known surf, skate, snow, motocross and apparel businesses.
Market Research
Board-Trac is the leading marketing company for the action sports industry providing marketing services, retail and consumer insights, industry and trend research and business consultation. For more than a decade, Board-Trac has been a valued resource for market data, trends, analysis and planning for companies targeting the youth market and the consumer who participates in or is influenced by the action sports lifestyle.
Marketing Resources
We are an experienced, reliable and proven resource that helps launch, support and sustain your marketing plans and projects. Our services include packaging, promotions, printing, fulfillment, distributions, silk screen, dye sublimation, bowheads, banners, POP displays, signs, mall and vehicle graphics, installations, sign permitting, production and installation, direct marketing. Whatever you need, when you need it, wherever you need it, we do it!
Retail Fixtures & Display
Displayit INC designs and manufactures custom structural branding solutions focused on the total customer experience through quality, response and accountability. Offering domestic and overseas manufacturing, along with expert LEAD certified designers and project management teams, Displayit will guide you through each step of your project’s completion. For more information please visit our
website or call 800.511.5200.
Sourcing
GLC Apparel is an international apparel company mainly focused on action sports and lifestyle markets. We specialize in both knitwear and woven wear garments. In addition to action sports and lifestyle markets, we also supply good products with competitive pricing for customers in outdoor sports, music bands, active fashion, California style, school events, and so on. Meanwhile, we also supply sales channel services to those who have interest in selling their brand items or quality goods to<
Trade Shows
Established in 2006, the KNOWSHOW is a privately held bi-annual tradeshow catering to Canada’s top lifestyle, fashion and action sports retailers and brands. Each January and August wholesalers of selected brands and their reps premier new products to the nations best retailers and media during a three day show held at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Video & Film Production
ChopShop’s film and video production expertise speaks to the action sports and youth markets. They take projects from concept to completion with their team of professionals who understand the market and have expertise in creative development, copywriting, production, finishing, design and animation for multi-platform applications.
For more information on ChopShop's services call 949.838.0355.
Industry Associations
The Board Retailers Association (BRA) is a non-profit representing over 550 action sport retailers in the surf, skate, snow and wake industry with over 3,000 storefronts across the country. The association serves as the preeminent voice for independent retailers with manufacturers and trade shows. BRA also provides educational resources, discounts from vendors, industry research and private label sourcing solutions.
The International Assoc. of Skateboard Companies (IASC) is a non-profit trade association formed to promote skateboarding, increase participation, save members money and educate by focusing on the business, sustainability and health of our industry. We represent our global community as a united force by listening, understanding and addressing the needs of skateboarders and the industry. IASC members are passionate about skateboarding, protecting its integrity and pushing it forward globally.
San Diego Sport Innovators (SDSI) is a business accelerator that connects and drives growth in San Diego's vibrant sports economy by offering innovative programs and services for start ups, mature companies and service providers. We offer mentoring, education and capital funding opportunities for start-ups; best practice collaboration, access to new technology and public policy advocacy for mature companies; as well as deal flow to our service providers and the San Diego investment community.
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) is the national not-for-profit, North American member-owned, trade association representing suppliers of consumer snow sports products with constituents in the retailer, rep and resort communities. Established in 1954, SIA annually produces the SIA Snow Show, the largest snow sports industry trade show and networking environment globally, while delivering invaluable data/research, support, marketing products, services and programs.
Founded in 1989, the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) is a non-profit trade association that promotes the surf industry and participation in the sport of surfing through a variety of services, educational programs and research. SIMA also supports oceanic environmental efforts through its 501(c)(3) foundation, the SIMA Environmental Fund. The SIMA Humanitarian Fund, also a 501(c)(3), awards grants to surf-related humanitarian organizations. Follow SIMA at Twitter.com/SIMA_SURF.
Industry Non-Profits
Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) is a non-profit foundation that advocates early detection + a healthy, active lifestyle as the best means of breast cancer prevention. Founded over 15 years ago, B4BC’s education + awareness programs and events seek to serve young people and the action sports community at large. Learn more about B4BC’s grassroots events, signature “Check One, Two” health initiative, and how you too can stomp out breast cancer by clicking
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Stoked is a non profit that creates action sports programs for youth in underserved communities. Stoked’s mission is to empower youth from underserved communities to achieve a more successful future by providing programs based in action sports culture that result in personal development, academic achievement, positive relationships and a healthy lifestyle.
The Surfing Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, presenting and promoting surfing’s heritage for the appreciation and education of current and future generations; and to achieving our goal of surfing being more accurately understood, represented and enjoyed.
The Surfrider Foundation is a non profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 100 chapters worldwide.