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ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
No Lifeguard Shortage? Reimagining May Be Key to Staffing Events
One industry expert would like to go on record: There is actually no lifeguard shortage. There is, however, a problem with lifeguard recruitment that requires a reset on the part of destinations and v...

ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
Pole Position: Will Aerial Gymnastics Ever Become an Olympic Sport?
Few sports are probably less understood than pole gymnastics. It emphasizes strength, flexibility and creativity, much like traditional gymnastics, figure skating, artistic swimming and breaking (all ...

ARTICLE Apr 10, 2025
Resent or Reset? Trail Race Owners Talk About Public Lands Budget Cuts
At the outset of the year, Nancy Hobbs, the founder and executive director of the American Trail Running Association, noted the discipline was on an upward trajectory with not only increased participa...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
Advocates Throwing Support Behind New Water Safety Legislation
As the legislative session in Washington continues, swim industry members are pinning their hopes on a bipartisan bill that could enhance water safety by allowing the use of Health Savings Accounts (H...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
College Club Programs Providing New Opportunities for Events, Destinations
The news that Erie Sports Commission will host the National Club Basketball Association Championships in April came at an opportune time and proved a key point: Other colleges may be cutting sports bu...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
New IOC President’s Views Likely to Filter Down to Youth Sports Industry
Former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry broke down multiple barriers when she was elected the 10th president of the IOC. At 41, she is the youngest woman and first African to hold the position. Since I...

ARTICLE Mar 27, 2025
New Bill Could Allow for Participation in Both High School and Travel Sports
For decades, the line between club sports and high school sports has been a thick one, with some state associations that govern interscholastic sports barring student athletes from competing on a club...

ARTICLE Mar 13, 2025
From Ice to Grass: Fort Wayne Curling Club Debuts Lawn Bowls
It took the Olympics, some guys in crazy pants and a bunch of underdog gold medalists to get America behind curling. Now, the Fort Wayne Curling Club is hoping to bring the sport of lawn bowls (a litt...

ARTICLE Mar 13, 2025
Survey Shows More Players Nationwide, Meaning More Business for Events
With more Americans active than ever before, and with participation numbers higher than even 2019, the outlook is very good for the sports tourism industry. That’s the takeaway from the recently publi...

ARTICLE Mar 13, 2025
Great News on the Tennis vs. Pickleball Front
Pickleball and tennis are both growing and the demand is strong for more courts that can host drop-in play, leagues and tournaments. More good news in the industry has come with the development of qui...
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