Talk:Billabong (clothing)/Archive 1

Archive 1

Price error

The article claims that the company was purchased in 2007 for $1.5 million AU. There is no way this can be correct. Could someone research that and correct it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.180.32 (talk) 04:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Billabong Plane

Billabong also has a plane called the 'Oddessy' which it uses to find remote surf locations for its sponsored surfers and to get amazing surfing photographs of locations which otherwise would have gone unseen hiii. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.35.167.101 (talk • contribs)

Response: So what?

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Merger proposal

Someone already proposed merging Billabong (swimwear) into this article, but no discussion was initiated. I support that proposition, and also suggest that Billabong XXL, the surfing competition that the company sponspers, also be merged into this article. Both the swimwear and the competition's notability are of questionable notability by themselves. In addition, Billabong (clothing), at this time, is a relativly small article and can handle the merging of the two articles. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 01:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I've deleted the XXL article as copyvio from [1], and the swimwear article as copyvio from [2]. --Random832 (contribs) 16:16, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

CEO

The CEO of Billabong is Derek Oneill not Alex Marx.

Please refer to BillabongBiz.com for correct information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.94.176.66 (talk) 23:38, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Improving!!

This article needs serious improving, its disgusting that a world clothing giant has a page this small —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.149.72.160 (talk) 11:51, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

I have started the cleanup and improvement process today—triggered by the bidding news—and will progressively work on the article over the next few weeks.Soulparadox (talk) 03:06, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Team?

What is the Team section about? The context needs to be explained. - Shiftchange (talk) 10:21, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

I have developed the Team section so that the entire Surf team is shown—together with citations—and I have inserted an expansion tag, as the other teams need to be added (skate, womens, etc.)--Soulparadox (talk) 03:07, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

I saw that but I noticed it wasn't explained. I don't know what the team is for or how it works. Its just a list at the moment with no broader meaning. I still think the article needs a sentence or two to explain what kind of team it is. - Shiftchange (talk) 03:22, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

It is usual practice for surf and skateboard companies to sponsor a team of riders who play an ambassador-like role for both the brand and the lifestyle that is being promoted. This information is probably most suited to the section of the article that describes the company or its history.--Soulparadox (talk) 04:52, 10 April 2013 (UTC)