As part of its ongoing collaboration with Repreve, the surf lifestyle brand has advanced its eco-friendly initiative.

Under chief executive officer and investor Bernard Mariette, the company will use an $18 million cash infusion to grow its global business.

The parent to Quiksilver and now Billabong finally brings its retail and hangout concept Stateside with a Malibu store.

The new purchase price, roughly $160 million, would create an action sports behemoth with some $2 billion in sales.

The owner of Quiksilver is also putting chief financial officer Thomas Chambolle in charge of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Several memorials will be held around the world for the executive who was an important figure in the surfing community.

Kelly Slater said “I’m praying for a miracle,” in an Instagram post.

A boat belonging to Pierre Agnès was found on a beach along France’s west coast.

Dave Tanner is set to oversee an action sports empire of more than 600 stores and roughly 10,000 workers globally in the company’s buy of Billabong.

The Billabong sale unifies two of the action sports industry’s heritage brands.

Billabong has been in the midst of a turnaround strategy for the past several years.

The company, which said it has been on an aggressive path to a turnaround following its emergence from bankruptcy last year, also has plans to open the first Boardriders store in the Americas in Malibu.

The company’s biggest challenge has been brand dilution and tactics to address that will be top of mind for management as the company emerges from bankruptcy next month.

The firm will emerge as a private company next month following today’s confirmation of its bankruptcy plan.

The action sports company reported a rugged year, a day before its bankruptcy plan goes before a Delaware court judge.