Private equity buyers are likely to be in the mix in the latest sale process for Rip Curl, particularly those who missed out on Billabong three years ago, including Altamont Capital Partners ...

Rip Curl was founded by surf mates Singer and Warbrick in Torquay in 1969 and has 24 retail outlets across Australian and New Zealand. Analysts believe the sale of the surfwear brand has been ...

I am pretty sure they wouldn’t have bothered paddling out when the surf was flat. Which is why I am very surprised to hear that the pair has put their surfwear icon Rip Curl on the sale block at ...

Iconic Australian surf brand Rip Curl has been acquired by New Zealand specialist outdoor retailer Kathmandu in a $350 million deal, following years of sale attempts by the company's founders.

Beyond the money, many close to the business view the sale as a hard-earned achievement for both the founding duo, Australia's surf scene and Rip Curl's home town of Torquay. "The significance of ...

Market speculation about a sale of Rip Curl's business has been circulating ... Rip Curl was founded in 1969 by the two surf-mad mates Mr Warbrick and Mr Singer, who lived close to Bells Beach ...

Mr Simonet said he was pleased the surf label’s team will stay together and retain operational ownership. “We wish to acknowledge the role that Rip Curl’s founders have played in building ...