{"id":12467,"date":"2014-04-22T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/?p=12467"},"modified":"2014-04-22T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T18:50:12","slug":"confluence-watersports-become-confluence-outdoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/confluence-watersports-become-confluence-outdoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Confluence Watersports Become Confluence Outdoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confluence Watersports is the parent group that a number of big US brands belong to including Dagger and Wavesport. They have announced that they have been accuired by J.H Whitney a private equity firm and will now be known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.confluenceoutdoor.com\" target=\"_blank\">Confluence Outdoor.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/confluence-watersports-become-confluence-outdoor\/screen-shot-2014-04-22-at-19-28-48\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-22-at-19.28.48.png\" data-orig-size=\"460,138\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-22 at 19.28.48\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-22-at-19.28.48.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-22-at-19.28.48.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-04-22 at 19.28.48\" width=\"460\" height=\"138\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-22-at-19.28.48.png 460w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-22-at-19.28.48-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to be brought into the J.H. Whitney family,\u201d said Sue Rechner, who will continue in her role as President &#038; CEO of the newly formed Confluence Outdoor. \u201cConfluence has always been an active and invested member of the outdoor industry, and we are fortunate that our new partnership with J.H. Whitney will enable us to build upon our success in paddlesports as a platform for future expansion. Their respect for and commitment to our industry is well demonstrated, and I feel certain that our shared excitement will foster continued growth and achievement for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.confluenceoutdoor.com\" target=\"_blank\">Confluence<\/a> and the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confluence Watersports is the parent group that a number of big US brands belong to including Dagger and Wavesport. 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