Vestal is proud to announce the newest addition to its world-class surf team; 16 year old Andrew Doheny from Newport Beach, CA.

“Vestal is thrilled to welcome Andrew to the family. As a neighbor living in Vestal’s backyard, Andrew makes for a perfect and obvious addition to our Surf Team. We are very excited to play a part in Andrew’s promising surf career” explains Vestal Surf Team Manager John Oda.

Andrew Dohney is currently in contention to win the Orange County Register’s “OC Surfer of the Year.” He also holds back to back NSSA Open Junior National Championship titles for 2007 & 2008. Andrews Sponsors include Vestal, Volcom, Vans, Electric, HSS, Sexwax & J.S. Surfboards.

The Vestal surf team is Jordy Smith, CJ Hobgood, Timmy Curran, Clay Marzo, John John, Nathan, & Ivan Florence, Dion Agius, Mitch Coleborn and Andrew Doheny. For more information visit VestalWatch.com

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Quiksilver Inc. will lay off 168 more people at its Huntington Beach headquarters, according to a notice filed with the California Employment Development Department.

The restructuring will result in 150 actual layoffs and elimination of another 50 positions, said the company. Quiksilver estimated it would save $40 million annually by eliminating the jobs.

The announcement is just the latest round of layoffs at Quiksilver. Last year, the company cut 397 in Orange County alone, according to records filed with the state Employment Development Department.

Last month, Quiksilver surprised the action sports retail industry when it said it would not participate in this month’s annual Action Sports Retail show in San Diego.  In December, the company said it would close 25 of its surfwear stores.

Robert B. McKnight Jr., chief executive, noted the previous cuts last year, which reduced costs more than $35 million.  He said the spending cuts are across-the-board, but with an eye toward minimizing the impact on customers and other business partners.

“All levels of our organization are affected by these actions as nearly 20 percent of the employees involved in the reduction hold manager-level titles or higher,” said McKnight in a company statement. “Our management team has worked together on these cost reduction measures with the primary goal of becoming better positioned to weather the current environment and to meet our business objectives moving forward.”

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DAKINE announces new mobile site!

A newly launched, interactive site gives users access to DAKINE goodies while on the go. Content is broken down into categories including snowboard, ski, surf, skate, bike, windsurf, kiteboard, girls and music. An abbreviated version of DAKINE’s website, the mobile site, www.DAKINE.com/mobile, is compatible with most media rich-enabled cell phones.

Featured products, team riders, news sections, sponsored bands and a retail store locator round out the mobile site highlights. When connected to a high-speed wireless or 3G network users can experience optimum performance of streaming music and video clips.

Additionally, worldwide surf reports provided by www.Surfline.com are located within the surf, windsurf and kiteboard categories. Snow reports provided by  www.onthesnow.com display conditions for North American destinations and are accessible in the ski and snowboard categories

check out more info on the moble site at Dakine