EUROSIMA and its partners ispo, the Regional Council of Aquitaine, the General Council of the Landes, the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Basque Country and the Landes, Boardsport Source and Carlsberg, invite you to the 2009 EUROSIMA Surf Summit which will take place on Friday, June 19 at the Capbreton Casino, France. The Surf Summit is designed as a platform to bring all actors of the European Surf Industry together to meet, discuss and network. Following the success of previous editions, our mission was again, this year, to bring in top speakers from outside the surf industry who will share relevant information and provide new perspectives.
The detailed program of the conference is the following:

9.00 a.m. > Conference registration
Please check in with us to pick up your credential, conference folder and gift.
9.30 a.m. > EUROSIMA address
10.00 – 11.00 a.m. SEMINAR 1 In the mind of digital natives
Florence Hermelin – SixandCo
11.00 – 11.15 a.m. > Coffee break
11.15 – 12.15 a.m. SEMINAR 2 >Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility
WWF
Surfrider Foundation Europe
Carine Bedoya – Quiksilver
Guillaume Colas – Quiksilver
Eric Dargent – Rip Curl Europe
12.15 a.m. – 2.15 p.m. > Lunch break at the Capbreton Casino terrace
2.30 – 3.30 p.m. SEMINAR 3 >Managing Surprise
Bertrand Robert – Argillos and APM Expert
3.45 – 4.45 p.m. SEMINAR 4 >Stress Management and Performance Improvement
Guillaume Nery – World Record holder in Free Diving
5.00 p.m. > End of Conference Cocktail at the Capbreton Casino terrace.

More info:
Email: stephaniegodin@eurosima.com
Web: www.eurosima.com

There is one project that is setting things straight about what is happening on the Board Industry business. www.boardsportsource.com is a cross media platform that offers content and information about the market scene trough their website and trough the B2B magazine that they produce. The magazine is also distributed in PDF format trough the web. You can gain access to fresh news, jobs, events and much more relevant information trought their various channels, web & print.

Here is one article that I couldn’t resist to post about the business here in Spain, it was written last october by Chus Castejon. It explains on a short text what was going on by that time and what where the perspectives from the shops level about the evolution on the market here in Spain. There is so much to do…

+ info: www.boardsportsource.com