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Editor’s Comment
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n the time I’ve been working on SGB – Sports and Outdoor,
I’ve seen some superb gear. I was thinking, just before
writing this, about many of the bits and pieces that have
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stood out for me both as an editor and a consumer. Gore’s
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amazing running gear, for example, the jackets in
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particular; New Balance’s running shoes from last year,
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among the best I’ve ever used; Skins and Linebreak’s
compression gear, which have helped with all kinds of aches
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and pains; Saucony’s Hi-Viz range; Ronhill’s continued
excellence across the board; Brooks shoes which are
Jon Bruford
consistently great, but also their outstanding apparel
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range; MIzuno’s shoes, which were a wonderful
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surprise… There’s a common bond through most of
those – they’re all related to running!
Non-running product has impressed too, of course.
Contributors:
Opro’s gumshields, Lotto’s leather boot for juniors,
Jack Lynes: Sports Trade
Prostar’s international football shirt for the Turks and Caicos islands, most things
Robin Barwick: Contributing Editor
Canterbury, Speedo’s suits, Aqua Sphere’s goggles… There's a lot more besides,
Zöe Foster: Feature Writer
and to list everything thats stood out could take me all year.
The product that has impressed me the most, though, is probably X-Bionic,
distributed in the UK by Ardblair. It’s completely different to anything else I’ve
seen and continues to impress with every use. They’ve converted me, I’ll be an X-
Publication Manager
Bionic customer for life now.
Paul Ryder
That said, this will be my last issue at the helm of SGB – Sports and Outdoor; from
November, I’ll be focussing on the Outdoor side of things, and the Sports side will
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come under the new team of Robin Barwick and Paul Clapham. The new editorial
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team can be contacted on
robin@barwickmedia.com and
paul@paulclapham.co.uk.
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It’s been a blast, and I wish everyone involved in the ever-changing, vibrant sports
industry a healthy happy future!
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Production Editor:
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Annual Subscriptions £76.00 (UK); £82.00 (Europe); £118.00 (Air
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Mail); Single Copies: £6.50 (inc.p+p) Subscriptions include SGB The latest happenings in the industry Zöe Foster rounds up what’s hot in
Sports and Outdoor Guide to the Trade, the only annual directory the world of the base layer, which has
published for the UK sports and outdoor industry. Subscribers to
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SGB Sports and Outdoor are entitled to receive SGB Sports and
sports enthusiasts
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service, instead of paying £180 per annum.
10 KOOKABURRA
The top cricket brand profiled by Paul
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