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Spooo-raaa-suuuuub!!!
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I hope it is not that kind of placeholder like at Breier: BREIER which since almost four years announces the opening of their online store on 11/01/2005 
They could at least update the date each year - having a 3 years old date there looks little bit weird.
They could at least update the date each year - having a 3 years old date there looks little bit weird.
Spagho is Happy he!!?:friday I have read an article in the "Pescasubmarina" and it looks like they will present officialy themselves in January
So what will happen with Mares Pure Instinct? They rebranded the Sporasub right? Oh well,Pure Instinct is very slow here anyways.
Ok ok, it's complicated and simple at the same time.
-The Sporasub brand used to belong to the Mares Conglomerate Htm-Head group.
-Then early this year the Mares conglomerate has SOLD the brand "Sporasub" to a Hong Kong based conglomerate.
-Then, recently, the Hong Kong based conglomerate has loaned the brand Sporasub to an italian based dive gear manufacturer (Omer), who will start producing a new line of gear under the brand Sporasub.
-Mind that only the brand has been sold: the buyer of the brand will be free to make their own products, and put on them the brand "Sporasub". But they will be totally different than the previous Sporasub/Mares products (no more relation of any sort between the two brands).
-The new Sporasub catalogue will be released in afew weeks, with some very interesting features: the new company say they will be all top of the shelf, high quality Elite products.
-Sporasub will become the Luxury Brand of Omer, same as Lexus for Toyota f.e..
-The Sporasub brand used to belong to the Mares Conglomerate Htm-Head group.
-Then early this year the Mares conglomerate has SOLD the brand "Sporasub" to a Hong Kong based conglomerate.
-Then, recently, the Hong Kong based conglomerate has loaned the brand Sporasub to an italian based dive gear manufacturer (Omer), who will start producing a new line of gear under the brand Sporasub.
-Mind that only the brand has been sold: the buyer of the brand will be free to make their own products, and put on them the brand "Sporasub". But they will be totally different than the previous Sporasub/Mares products (no more relation of any sort between the two brands).
-The new Sporasub catalogue will be released in afew weeks, with some very interesting features: the new company say they will be all top of the shelf, high quality Elite products.
-Sporasub will become the Luxury Brand of Omer, same as Lexus for Toyota f.e..
hmmm not sure if its a smart move for Omer to have sporasub as their "high end" product, i mean sporasubs have always been the "economy" kind of brand, its no C4 by any means, i would have understood if it were the opposite, i.e omer being the high end, those Italians!!
The Dessauts never disappeared from the market (as far as I know). At the old times, Dessault manufactured them for Sporasub, but after the takeover of Sporasub, they went independent, and sell them under their own brand. I doubt the new owner of the Sporasub brand would have right to manufacture them without a renewed agreement with Hugues Dessault.
Dessault Sub, products for sub-marine activities
the countdown has started: the new catalogue will be available 15 days from now, look: Sporasub
Menawhile I've seen on Pescasub paper magazine the first ads of the new Sporasub product: a led torch and a good looking smoothskin Yamamoto 45 camo suit. It really looks the're pointing to top quality stuff....
Menawhile I've seen on Pescasub paper magazine the first ads of the new Sporasub product: a led torch and a good looking smoothskin Yamamoto 45 camo suit. It really looks the're pointing to top quality stuff....
Slightly off topic Spaghetti, but the C4 fins, have Omer any input or is it just the footpockets that they provide.
Cheers!
Cheers!
No there is no relation between C4 and Omer now.
Although, the history of spearing manufacturer has many twists and crossing points through the years. It is traded by historians that a quarter of century ago it was the owner of Omer, Valerio Grassi, who gave C4 the input to start producing carbon blades (C4 was only producing carbon racing bycicles at that time). Funny enough, also at that time Sporasub and Omer where in the same group, way long before Sporasub was taken over by Mares and Valerio Grassi sold Omer to start his new company named Seatec, and way much longer before Omer took over Sporasub a second time, which brings us to current times.
It's all in a twist of twists.
Although, the history of spearing manufacturer has many twists and crossing points through the years. It is traded by historians that a quarter of century ago it was the owner of Omer, Valerio Grassi, who gave C4 the input to start producing carbon blades (C4 was only producing carbon racing bycicles at that time). Funny enough, also at that time Sporasub and Omer where in the same group, way long before Sporasub was taken over by Mares and Valerio Grassi sold Omer to start his new company named Seatec, and way much longer before Omer took over Sporasub a second time, which brings us to current times.
It's all in a twist of twists.
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As far as I know they must have only some marketing agreement limited to some countries, but they are two different independent companies.
I reckon that C4 must have some marketing agreements with Omer in the USA (limited to the fact that they share the same importer), with Apnea in Greece, with Spetton in Spain. In facts, in the Spetton USA catalogue I found Mat-Mas fin blades, not C4....
I reckon that C4 must have some marketing agreements with Omer in the USA (limited to the fact that they share the same importer), with Apnea in Greece, with Spetton in Spain. In facts, in the Spetton USA catalogue I found Mat-Mas fin blades, not C4....
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