QUIKSILVER

Quiksilver Clothing based in Huntington Beach, California, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment. Its logo, inspired by Hokusai's woodcut The Great Wave off Kanagawa, consists of a large wave with a mountain on a red background.Quiksilver Clothing designs, produces and distributes clothing, accessories and related products for young-minded people and develops brands that represent a casual lifestyle-driven from a boardriding heritage. Quiksilver Boardshorts authenticity is evident in its innovative products, events and retail environments across the globe. Quiksilver Clothing products are sold throughout the world, primarily in surf shops, skate shops and other specialty stores that provide authentic retail experience for our customers. Quiksilver is the monster company that rules very high in the world of surf, skate and snow apperal. For decades they've offered an ecleptic line of clothing like Quiksilver Shorts, Quiksilver Shirts and gear for surfers all over the world. The company has expanded and split into top names such as Roxy and QuikSilverEdition. Today, Quiksilver Boardshorts newest lines of boardshorts, Shorts, and Shirts can spark the interest of every kind of person. Whether it's crazy colors and patterns or plain colors with simple patterns, Quiksilver's got it.The company also markets a line of apparel for young girls and women, under the brand Roxy, named after the daughter of one of the founders.[citation needed] Its logo consists of two copies of the Quiksilver Clothing logo, one reflected, forming a heart. Quiksilver Boardshorts owns Skis Rossignol, but is pursuing a sale of the ski business.It owned golf equipment maker Cleveland Golf up until October 31, 2007, when it sold the company to a Japanese sporting goods companyThe Company's DC and Hawk brands are also synonymous with the heritage and culture of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding, and its beach and water oriented swimwear brands include Raisins, Radio Fiji and Leilani. The Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange, and LOOK brands are leaders in the alpine ski market, and the Company makes snowboarding equipment under its Rossignol, Dynastar, DC, Roxy, Lib Technologies, Gnu and Bent Metal labels.Quiksilver Shorts and Shirts also carries a line of high-end apparel and accessories under its QuiksilverEdition brand. In the fall of 2008, Quiksilver Boardshorts will introduce its newest brand, Quiksilver Womens, aimed at the 18 to 24-year-old demographic.Quiksilver Clothing also supports the worldwide boardriding community through its self-titled foundation launched in 2005. The Quiksilver Clothing Foundation works to provide environmental, educational, health and youth-related projects to worthy boardriding communities around the globe.Quiksilver Boardshorts Travel also offers snow and surf travel packages to exotic locations such as Samoa, Peru and Costa Rica.Visit Quiksilver.com