Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova head a list of eleven HEAD racquet rebels who will continue the men's and women's title fights into Wimbledon's second week. Second seed Djokovic, playing with his YouTek IG Speed MP, emerged into the fourth round after a hard-fought battle with Marcos Baghdatis.
Read more…British tennis ace, Andy Murray, had special support for his first match at Wimbledon, when he beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver 4-6,6-3,6-0,6-0 on opening day in London.
Read more…The Editor’s Pick goes to our Hybrid MRS Plus BC.
Read more…Roberta Vinci won her first grass-court title, taking the honours at the UNICEF Open in 's-Hertogenbosch. Timing for the winner could not have been better, with the HEAD racquet rebel defeating Australian Jelena Dokic in a comeback just ahead of Wimbledon. On the men’s side, Ivan Dodig claimed a spot in the final round.
Read more…HEAD racquet rebel Andy Murray became only the second British man to win the hometown Queen's club grass-court event as the Scot tunes up to fever-pitch for Wimbledon. Murray's 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 victory in two and a half hours over flamboyant Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made him the first Briton to win the home event twice since the last to do it in 1913.
Read more…Andy Murray stars in a brand new short film created by his racquet partner, HEAD Tennis, which launches on June 6th 2011 on Youtube and Facebook. The viral, entitled Get Closer, is the first part of HEAD’s unique Facebook campaign enabling fans to interact with Andy Murray throughout Wimbledon.
Read more…HEAD Racquet rebel Novak Djokovic went down fighting in the French Open semi-finals half a year of impeccable tennis. The Serb won 41 straight matches from January, the second best start to a season since John McEnroe’s 42-match winning streak in 1984. Andy Murray also reached the semi finals while Maria Sharapova secured a spot in the semi finals before falling to eventual winner Li Na.
Read more…HEAD Penn Racquetball Star Jack Huczek has retired from professional racquetball to pursue new career opportunities in the telecommunications field. With a highly decorated career in racquetball, we were very proud to have him on our HEAD Penn Team. Please see the attached release for more information about his retirement and a list of his accomplishments.
Read more…HEAD Swimming is official sponsor of the largest open- water swim event in the world. July 8-10, 2011
Read more…Amsterdam – 27th May 2011 – Head NV (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, and HTM Sport GmbH, a subsidiary of Head NV, announce that all of the resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting of sha
Read more…HEAD racquet rebel Florian Mayer gave Germany the winning edge as the host nation lifted a record fifth World Team Cup title in Dusseldorf on the back of the German's opening rubber victory. The World No. 21 Mayer, who is knocking on the door of the ATP elite after a Rome last-eight appearance and a final on clay at Munich, defeated Argentina's Juan Monaco in Sunday's final.
Read more…VIP tickets for a long weekend at the Barclays 2011 ATP World Tour Finals in London, a stay in the official player’s hotel, and the experience of hitting some balls in the O2 Arena - sounds like a dream to each tennis fan. Now it can come true, as HEAD is giving tennis fans all over the world this once in a lifetime chance. It’s that easy - participate in the Golden HEAD Tennis Ball promotion running from May 15th to July 31st, 2011.
Read more…HEAD racquet rebel Novak Djokovic will lead the field into the French Open after he claimed the prestigious trophy of the ATP Masters 1000 event at the Internazionali BNL d’Italie in Rome – already his 7th straight ATP title this season.
Read more…Maria Sharapova captured her biggest clay court title so far on Sunday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italie in Rome against Australian Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4. It marked the first trophy in a year for the Russian, and the 23rd of her career.
Read more…Double world champion Elisabeth Görgl has renewed her contract with HEAD until after the Olympic Games in Sotchi 2014. By making this decision she is staying within the most successful Women’s World Cup team in alpine skiing. Görgl herself had a considerable influence on the huge success of the last season. She managed to win two gold medals in [..]
Read more…Amsterdam – 12th May 2011 – Head NV (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, and HTM Sport GmbH, a subsidiary of Head NV, announced the following results today.
Read more…Mares: 100% compatible with DAN DL7 With the new Dive Organizer Software release, 100% logbook compatibility with the DAN database DL7 is now available.
Read more…HEAD Racquet rebel Novak Djokovic cannot stop winning. The world’s No 2 has broken the spell of Rafael Nadal at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid with the HEAD player posting a 7-5, 6-4 victory to win the clay title against the best in the world on the surface. Viktoria Azarenka reached the final round and claimed the doubles title with Maria Kirilenko.
Read more…After the great success of last year’s event it was time again for the twenty best European jibbers to show off their skills at the second „Head Jib Factory by Alex Tank“ for a final time this season from 22.-24.04.2011. The Jam Session format stayed the same this year: no spectators and the riders judged each other. With a sunny 24 degrees i [..]
Read more…HEAD racquet rebels Daryl Selby and Jenny Duncalf have guided their teams to European Team Champion status, with the British players dominating the competition at the European Squash Team Championships in Espoo, Finland.
Read more…At the Madrid WTA Masters event Maria Sharapova, the newest arrival to the HEAD pro-player team, premiered the new HEAD YouTek™ IG INSTINCT racquet in her first round victory over Arantxa Rus.
Read more…HEAD racquet rebel Novak Djokovic kept his historic unbeaten run alive by claiming the title in front of his home crowd at the Serbian Open. Roberta Vinci captured the title of Barcelona while Anabel Medina Garrigues won her ninth career title on clay in Estoril. In Munich, Florian Mayer finished as runner up.
Read more…Austria’s Anna Fenninger succeeded in the past season to break through into the top of the world’s best ski racers. The 21-year-old reached the podium twice in the World Cup and made it into the top ten more than ten times. The highlight of the season was
Read more…We are pleased to inform you that Dive Organizer 2.7 is online and available for download.
Read more…The youth of Team HEAD Penn once again dominated the National Intercollegiate Racquetball Championships. More than 300 players from 45 schools took to the courts on the campus of the Arizona State University looking to bring home a national championship. In each of the top championship divisions, players from Team HEAD Penn reached the finals.
Read more…Ö till Ö HEAD Swimming is proud to support one of the toughest one- day races in the world. September 5, 2011 On September 5th a unique competition will take place in the Stockholm archipelago. Ö TILL Ö (island to island) is one of the toughest one- day races in the world. Teams of two athletes race together from island to island. The to [..]
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Read more…The reason magazine from April '11 gives us all the secrets from Dan to land his double in the pipe.... get a copy of the mag!
Read more…HEAD have added three new models to its popular Star Series racquet range, designed in collaboration with former greats Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. Along with the popular YouTek™ Six Star, Five Star and Three Star models which were launched in spring 2010, HEAD has now introduced the YouTek™ Seven Star, Four Star and a white-coloured version of the YouTek™ Three Star.
Read more…HEAD is proud to announce that Squash top players Karim Darwish and Jenny Duncalf recently prolonged their contracts.
Read more…Amsterdam – 14th April 2011 – Head NV (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, announced today the filing of its Dutch Financial Report for the Year ended 31st December 2010 with the Authority for Fi
Read more…Regular readers will remember the story of Strappy the shark, who was untangled from a deadly belt of packing tape at the Neptune Islands in September. Strappy was rescued using a knife provided by Mares.
Read more…HEAD racquet rebel Victoria Azarenka won her second consecutive title in 2011 as the winner of last week's Miami WTA Masters defeated Romanian qualifier Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 6-2 in just under 90 minutes to win the Andalucía Tennis Experience at Marbella, Spain.
Read more…HEAD USA is proud to announce the addition of Olympic Gold Medalist Nicole Haislett to its Swim and Snorkeling Division. Nicole brings an impressive background of Competitive Swimming to support HEAD’s expanding Swim category in North America. Nicole is a 3-time Olympic Gold medalist and former American Record Holder. She was a member of two Wo [..]
Read more…Two HEAD racquet rebels won the finals at the Miami Masters tournament this weekend. Novak Djokovic extended his incredible winning-streak to 24 straight matches this season, and including the 2010 Davis Cup finals, the Serb is 26-0 since last December. Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) to take his second title at the Sony Ericsson Open ATP Masters 1000. On top, in the women’s final Victoria Azarenka beat fellow HEAD player Maria Sharapova to earn the women's trophy - which was also her second title at Crandon Park.
Read more…The racquet rebels Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova moved into the final of the Sony Ericsson Open 2011 at Miami, paving the way for more HEAD success in ladies tennis. For the first time ever, two HEAD players entered the ladies final of a Masters Series tournament.
Read more…Amsterdam – 30th March 2011 – Head NV (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, announced today the resignation of a Supervisory Board Member and the exercise of the 2009 Stock Option Plans.
Read more…At the end of February Christophe Schmidt, Fredrik Evensen and Shayne Pospisil went to Asahidake in Japan to meet up with Masaomi Harada. Because of the great snow conditions it was possible to film this clip in 7 days. Enjoy!
Read more…Seven Globes and five World Championship Gold Medals speak for themselves...
Read more…Maria Riesch is the Overall winner after Cancellation of final race
Read more…Ted Ligety is World Cup Champion in Giant Slalom
Read more…Didier Cuche added the Super G Globe to his Downhill Globe in Lenzerheide with Super G cancelled
Read more…Together with HEAD racquet rebel Novak Djokovic, HEAD Tennis has produced a spectacular short film featuring the new YouTek™ IG Speed racquet played by the Serbian Australian Open and Davis Cup champion. Novak and his new chosen weapon go airborne to play tennis on the wings of a legendary Antonov II biplane to bring to life the concept of “Ultimate SPEED” in dramatic scenes.
Read more…HEAD racquet rebel Novak Djokovic has returned to the world No. 2 ranking thanks to another standout performance as the Serb won the ATP 1000 BNP Paribas Open Masters title in Indian Wells over Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Djokovic improved his record to an impressive 18-0 this season on the ATP world tour with trophies at Indian Wells, Dubai and the Australian Open and remains unbeaten since he has switched to his new HEAD YouTek IG SPEED MP 18/20 racquet. Djokovic's win followed his semi-final knockout of No. 2 Roger Federer, whom the HEAD player has now replaced in the ATP rankings.
Read more…Amsterdam – 17th March 2011 – Head NV (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, announced the following share buy backs today.
Read more…Lindsey Vonn retakes Overall lead as Riesch falters and Goergl takes third
Read more…Cuche comes fourth to win Crystal Globe in Downhill
Read more…Didier Cuche won his 17th career World Cup race with victory in the Kvitfjell
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