European outdoor industry associations join forces
Sports industry associations OSV and EuroSIMA have joined forces to offer a wider range of services to their combined 340 members including referred pricing for shipping, car rentals and business travel management.
There will be stronger representation at trade shows and other professional events, as well as increased financial assistance for members.
Launched in 1999, EuroSIMA acts as the voice of the European surfing industry and more widely the winter board sports industry through its mountain division, which was added in 2005. In 2008, the association launched the EuroSIMA Cluster to develop a network to incorporate private and public stakeholders to more efficiently contribute to developing the board sports industry in Southwestern France. Two years later, EuroSIMA was instrumental in creating Outdoor Sports Valley.
In 2011, the French government officially recognised OSV as the national benchmark entity representing the outdoor sports industry. The OSV has 220 member companies from the outdoor industry in the French Alps and beyond.
