It was a newsy year in the industry, with Billabong making several acquisitions, ASR closing and Quiksilver continuing to make moves to get its financial house in order and celebrating Kelly Slater’s big win.
Here is a list of the Top 25 viewed stories on Shop-eat-surf since January 1, 2010. Some are stories from previous years that readers found in our archives and read a lot in 2010.
4. Details about Slater’s salary
6. Hurley vows to tackle water
8. Quiksilver sells swim brands
10. One Distribution/Supra/KR3W interview
11. Billabong acquires West 49
12. Jenna Graves moves to Volcom
15. Quiksilver hires key Burton employee
16. Berra, Brown, Welinder on new Street League
18. Photos from Day 1 of ASR/Class
20. Photos and recap of Surf Summit
21. La Jolla hires former Quiksilver employee
22. Firewire CEO on growing through a recession
24. Quiksilver hot topic on Wall Street
25. How Quiksilver is marketing Slater’s big win