HEAD NV announces results for three months ended 31 Dec 2006
27 Feb '07
3 min read
We would like to pay tribute to Andre's phenomenal career and we are honoured that both he, and his wife Steffi Graf, will continue to endorse the Head brand. Through our long-term support of young, up-coming players, we believe we have invested well for the future, with the likes of Svetlana Kuznetsova, Gail Monfils, Andrew Murray and Richard Gasquet.
We have also recently signed Ivan Ljubicic, ranked number 8 and, from the Women's Tour, former number one, Amelie Mauresmo, currently ranked number 3. All are predicted to keep the Head brand in the sporting headlines in the coming year.
Our Winter Sport's division has seen some equally successful additions to its portfolio of athletes in both Bode Miller and Didier Cuche. They joined the Head Race Team in 2006 which includes Marco Büchel, Ambrosi Hoffman, Sarka Záhrobská, Patrick Staudacher and others, whose successes on the slopes - two gold medals and one bronze medal in the recent World Championships - have confirmed Head's status as the brand of the top professional athletes.
Both Bode and Didier are contenders to win the overall World Cup. It is hoped that this high profile racing exposure for the Brand will carry us through what is proving to be an extremely difficult 06/07 Winter season - industry research estimates markets are down 15-20 % - the worst season the industry can remember.