![Rumour: VF Corp, owner of Vans, just bought Billabong, Quiksilver and RVCA and only days before mass-sackings and after almost a decade of circling the once-iconic surf brands! Rumour: VF Corp, owner of Vans, just bought Billabong, Quiksilver and RVCA and only days before mass-sackings and after almost a decade of circling the once-iconic surf brands!](https://beachgrit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/g4u6W6slGZFRLFbKL_WVajWshKrOtOtb7QpWybAaFkM.jpg.webp.jpeg)
Rumour: VF Corp, owner of Vans, just bought Billabong, Quiksilver and RVCA and only days before mass-sackings and after almost a decade of circling the once-iconic surf brands!
![The Billabong store in Soho in New York on Friday, January 5, 2018. Oaktree Capital Management, the owner of surfer brand Quicksilver, is buying Australian-based Billabong in a deal worth $155 million. The Billabong store in Soho in New York on Friday, January 5, 2018. Oaktree Capital Management, the owner of surfer brand Quicksilver, is buying Australian-based Billabong in a deal worth $155 million.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KY43DD/the-billabong-store-in-soho-in-new-york-on-friday-january-5-2018-oaktree-KY43DD.jpg)
The Billabong store in Soho in New York on Friday, January 5, 2018. Oaktree Capital Management, the owner of surfer brand Quicksilver, is buying Australian-based Billabong in a deal worth $155 million.
![Boardriders' Inc. officially buys rival Billabong, creating one giant surf company – Orange County Register Boardriders' Inc. officially buys rival Billabong, creating one giant surf company – Orange County Register](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/boardriders-barcelona-photo1.jpg?w=526)
Boardriders' Inc. officially buys rival Billabong, creating one giant surf company – Orange County Register
![Boardriders, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Billabong International Ltd. Creates the World's Leading Action Sports Company – Boardriders Boardriders, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Billabong International Ltd. Creates the World's Leading Action Sports Company – Boardriders](https://www.boardriders.com/wp-content/uploads/NEWSROOM/2018/06.02.18.jpg)