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Billabong to acquire DaKine

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HoodYeti
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http://www.billabongbiz.com/news-general-detail.php?id=454
Aug 23 2008 4:43PM
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TWoods
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well that's unfortunate. I hate billabong.
Aug 23 2008 6:03PM
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Atypical
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This sucks. Dakine was so legit. Billabong is gay.
Aug 23 2008 6:06PM
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carbon.pulse
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Yay a surf company taking over a snow company!
Aug 23 2008 6:09PM
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Atypical
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they're not even a true surf company anymore. All they do is seed their soft goods to sell out stores.
Aug 23 2008 6:15PM
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BigJew
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Dude, Dakine started in Hawaii making windsurfing harnesses. They're more of a surf company than anything. They only recently started making gloves and packs.
Aug 23 2008 6:18PM
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_steezefiend8
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hope fully they still make "dakine like" stuff. just be an extention to billabong.

im pretty sure the same thing happened with k2 and line... i tthink i read it somewhere.
Aug 23 2008 6:22PM
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carbon.pulse
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OK shit my bad. I should have looked into them a bit more.
Aug 23 2008 6:30PM
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UNREAL
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nooooo!!!
dakine is rad as hell, i hope they stay rad
Aug 23 2008 7:01PM
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Parkboy
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hmmm as long as the factory stays in HR
Aug 23 2008 7:05PM
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Colston
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im pretty sure dakine was originally a surf company, maybe windsurf even.

billabong does suck anyways though
Aug 23 2008 7:08PM
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walcott
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it will still be dakine, billabong already owns von zipper, element, nixon,
and k2 owns line, volkl, marker, madshus xc skis, adio, marmot, and a whole other bunch of companies. they even own the baseball company rawlings
Aug 23 2008 11:37PM
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Tanner-D
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yep its true i windsurf and the main company for harnesses is dakine
Aug 23 2008 11:39PM
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Tanner-D
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http://http://www.magictoast.com/MidProductImages%5CWINDSURF%5CDAKINE%5CHARNESSES%5CT3-WHITE-4000-100.jpg
this is one of the harnesses
Aug 23 2008 11:45PM
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Where-am-I
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aww fuck no i hate billibong
Aug 23 2008 11:54PM
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ForestryIs8nice
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fuck corporatism! 
Aug 24 2008 4:16AM
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MadSteezin
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Dakine will probably stay the same except they'll just be owned by a gay company that'll take the revenue...
Aug 24 2008 4:42AM
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Coalescent
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billabong sells no matter if you like it or not..i dont see it as a bad move...
Aug 24 2008 9:38AM
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Static
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as long as hurley is still making sick ass threads I'm happy!!!
Aug 24 2008 11:04AM
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readiculous
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Aug 24 2008 11:09AM
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alexmorton
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I don't think that this will change Dakine at all. Acquisitions in the sports world rarely seem to have much effect on the company being bought.
Aug 24 2008 12:55PM
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Leo.
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Aug 24 2008 1:01PM
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DietCoke
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billabong should go public, they could be so legit
Aug 24 2008 1:35PM
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Jwalk
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hopefully they dont change
Aug 24 2008 1:40PM
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[Toby]
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x2
Aug 24 2008 1:59PM
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