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Scarpa’s biodegradable shoe wins OR Retailer Innovation Award

2021-02-03T17:50:00Z

The Mojito Bio , which Scarpa introduced to retailers last summer, was named an industry winner this month at the third annual Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards in the U.S. The shoe has the classic mountain-inspired style of the original Mojito , but it is Scarpa’s first 100 percent ...

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Scarpa is a new sponsor of Torx

2021-02-01T17:01:00Z

Scarpa is a new (gold) sponsor of Torx , the trail running event series in Italy’s Aosta Valley. The new partnership is part of Scarpa’s plan to strengthen its involvement in the trail running segment, the company said. Scarpa hired Marco De Gasperi as category manager for trail ...

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Scarpa is the new sponsor of Limone Skyrunning Extreme

2021-01-23T13:03:00Z

Scarpa has announced a three-year deal that makes it the new sponsor of the Limone Skyrunning Extreme , an international skyrunning competition valid for the sport’s World Series . The race runs every year in Limone sul Garda, Italy, in October. The 2021 edition is scheduled to take ...

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Scarpa switches from a distributor to an agent in Spain

2020-09-26T08:14:00Z

Scarpa has informed Spanish retailers that it has started working with an agency, Panasport ETD , to cover the entire Iberian market, putting an end to a wholesale distribution contract for Spain with Iberovegas after Dec. 31. Panasport, which is also an agent for Patagonia , has already ...

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Scarpa’s Heinz Mariacher wins the Paul Press award

2020-09-01T09:19:00Z

Scarpa ’s manager Heinz Mariacher has been awarded the Paul Preuss Award 2020 , which honors outstanding climbers. The prize is named after Paul Preuss , the father of free climbing. The honor was handed out by Reinhold Messner , the legendary Italian mountaineer and explorer, and Georg Bachler ...

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Scarpa hires Marco De Gasperi

2020-04-27T17:27:00Z

Scarpa has hired Marco De Gasperi as its new category manager for trail running. De Gasperi is an Italian mountain, sky and long-distance runner. He won his first World Mountain Running Championship in 1997, straight after winning the the same title as a junior in 1996. He then ...

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Five new climbers for Scarpa's team of athletes

2020-03-01T18:36:00Z

Scarpa has announced five new athletes as part of its roster of climbers. The new ambassadors include Sean Bailey , Nathaniel Coleman , Isabelle Faus , Nikki Smith , and Nina Williams . Sport climbing is set to reach an unprecedented audience this year as the sport will be ...

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Scarpa's new trail shoe that performs like a hiking boot

2020-02-25T12:04:00Z

Scarpa has introduced its new Ribelle Tech 2.0 HD boot, designed to feel like a trail shoe but perform like a mountain boot, for high-end, high-output alpine objectives. The Ribelle Tech 2.0 HD made its debut at Ispo 2020 in the presence of Hervé Barmasse , the award-winning ...