Snowboarding Pioneer, Hall of Famer Jake Burton Carpenter Passes Away at 65
Snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton Carpenter, who was inducted into the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in 2003, died November 20, 2019 at age 65.
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Gert Boyle, First Woman in Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame, Passes Away at 95
Columbia Sportswear’s Gert Boyle, the first woman inducted into the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame in 2003, passed away Nov. 3, 2019 at age 95.
NSGA Headquarters Moves to New Location in Suburban Chicago
The National Sporting Goods Association headquarters moved to Downers Grove, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, from Mount Prospect, Illinois on Nov. 11, 2019.
Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Famer, Sports Medicine Pioneer Curt Mueller Passes Away at 85
Mueller Sports Medicine founder Curt Mueller, a 2002 inductee in the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame, passed away Oct. 19, 2019 at age 85.
Four More Businesses Qualify for NSGA Verified Independent Dealer Program
Four more businesses – AMgC Sports, Cal Pro Sports, Capitol Varsity Sports and KoSports Hockey Source For Sports qualified for the Verified Independent Dealer Program.
Cathy Pryor Elected First Female NSGA Board Chair; Two New Board Members Named
Cathy Pryor of Hibbett Sports was named first female NSGA Board Chair. David Lynn (Dunham’s) and Mick Montgomery (Denver Athletic) also were named to the board.
Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame Elects Three Innovators for Induction in 2020
The Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame elected three inductees for the Class of 2020 – Peter Capolino (Mitchell & Ness), Robert Greenberg (Skechers) and Klaus Obermeyer (Sport Obermeyer).
New HDA Manufacturer Member: Viaclean’s Clean Reimagined Odor Brands Featuring Sportfresh 2-Step
ViaClean (Clean Reimagined division), a new Hockey Dealers Association (HDA) manufacturer member, knows everyone loves every aspect of the wonderful sport of hockey. Except maybe one … hockey smell!! Players work hard when they play and practice. Getting physical means you sweat and that sweat creates that all too familiar smell we all know as hockey … Continued
NSGA Hires Jennifer Shaffer as Comptroller; CFO Dan Wiersma Retires
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS (August 2, 2019) – The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Jennifer Shaffer as Comptroller. Chief Financial Officer Dan Wiersma retired from NSGA on August 1. Shaffer came to NSGA from the accounting firm of Plante Moran in Chicago, where she worked since August 2012 and her … Continued
NSSRA Board of Directors Selects New Chair and Vice Chair
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Julie Pitts, National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association Presidentjpitts@nssra.org(847) 296-6742, ext. 1180 MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS (July 15, 2019) – The National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association (NSSRA) selected Gordon Geiger of Geiger’s (Lakewood, Ohio) as Chair and Tom Fuerst of Pedigree Ski Shop (White Plains, New York) as Vice Chair at its June … Continued