Active Takes Home SIMA's Men's Retailer of The Year Award

Active Takes Home SIMA's Men's Retailer of The Year Award

On May 16, 2008, the Surf Industry Manufactures Association (SIMA) Surf Summit 11 in Cabo San Lucas announced winners of the sixth annual SIMA Image Awards. SIMA is the only organization in the surf industry to recognize and honor surf brands for being the most influential brands for their efforts help grow the industry. The honors are broken into 15 different categories each year.

Active Ride Shop, Southern California’s action sports retailer, won “Men’s Retailer of the Year” award. Shane Wallace, President of Active said, “In the eyes of our company, just to be nominated by SIMA, alone, was honor enough. But to actually take home the award was something we had never expected or imagined. We can’t thank everyone that has stood behind us enough.”

Active would like to recognize and congratulate every brand that was nominated as well as the brands that won.

OVERALL AWARDS:

Breakthrough Brand of the Year: Insight
Breakthrough Retailer of the Year: Surfside Sports, Costa Mesa
Men’s Apparel Brand of the Year: RVCA
Men’s Marketing Campaign of the Year: Insight’s “ZOUP” Campaign
Men’s Boardshort of the Year: Advantage by Hurley
Men’s Retailer of the Year: Active Ride Shop
Women’s Apparel Brand of the Year: Billabong Girls
Women’s Marketing Campaign of the Year: Billabong Girls “Overload”
Women’s Swim Brand of the Year: L*Space
Women’s Retailer of the Year: Sun Diego
Accessory Product of the Year: 51-30 Watch by Nixon
Environmental Product of the Year: Sonic Recycler Boardshort by Billabong
Footwear Product of the Year: Sidewalk Surfers by Sanuk
Wetsuit of the Year: Infiniti Drylock by Xcel
Surfboard Model of the Year: Channel Islands Biscuit