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WASHINGTON, DC (BRAIN) — Ski and snowboard participation slumped 3 percent last season, largely due to a slow start to the season, according to a new industry report.

DEER VALLEY, UT (BRAIN) — If there is one word that best describes Giant’s 2014 product line, it is bold.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (BRAIN) — Neighbors and store employees helped fend off rioters looking to loot the Easyrider bike shop after the U.S. Open of Surfing ended here Sunday night.
MANCHESTER, NH (BRAIN) — The Bike Cooperative has recently added Ellsworth Handcrafted Bicycles and Pedego as supplier partners.
SUN PRAIRIE, WI (BRAIN) — Challenge has added a Buy Local Now button to its website, Challengetech.it.
MONTREAL, Quebec (BRAIN) — Outdoor Gear Canada has signed a multi-year agreement making OGC Linus's exclusive Canadian distributor, effective Sept. 1. OGC will distribute the company's bikes and accessories.
CHARLOTTE, NC (BRAIN) — Exhibitor registration has opened for the 2014 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, which is being held March 14-16 at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Lawyer Steven W. Hansen guides us through a mass of electric bike regulations.
PARK CITY, UT (BRAIN) – Online retailer Backcountry.com has become the presenting sponsor of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Lifestyle Expo.

MUNICH, Germany (BRAIN) — Electric bikes and cargo bikes were the stars of the ISPO BIKE show held here last week.
Some 5,500 trade visitors attended the show at Munich's expo center and a survey found that 66 percent of visitors said e-bikes and pedelecs were their "top destination" for the show.
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — CatEye America will resume sales of a limited product line through J&B Importers, two years after stopping sales to J&B and eight other U.S.

DEER VALLEY, UT (BRAIN) — This was DealerCamp’s fourth year to build a relevant dealer event that could attract more than several hundred retailers. On that score, Lifeboat Events failed to deliver.
MEQUON, WI (BRAIN) — Hayes Bicycle Group is ending its relationship with Canadian distributor Trident Performance Sports; its Answer and Manitou products will now be distributed in Canada by QBP International, the company announced Friday.