Armada

PA

Patagonia

Patagonia makes outdoor clothing and equipment for climbing, hiking and water sports. Its company history follows the work of Yvon Chouinard, including early climbing equipment and a pack prototype developed with Tom Frost in 1973. The company presents environmental responsibility as a central purpose and says its profits support the planet. Those are its own statements about mission and governance, not a claim that every garment has no environmental impact; materials and repair options should be checked by item.

Outdoor technical apparel and gear

TH

The North Face

The North Face makes outdoor clothing, footwear and equipment for hiking, climbing and other mountain activities. Its own story traces the brand to a San Francisco shop started by Doug Tompkins in 1966. VF Corporation lists The North Face among its brands, distinguishing current group ownership from the original shop story. Performance and sustainability statements on product pages are the brand's own claims and vary by item.

Outdoor apparel and mountain equipment

BU

Burton

Burton Snowboards was founded in 1977 by Jake Burton Carpenter out of his Vermont barn and helped grow snowboarding from a backyard hobby into a world-class sport by creating new products, supporting a team of top snowboarders and pushing resorts to allow snowboarding. It designs and makes snowboards, boots, bindings, outerwear and other gear for snowboarding and the outdoors, and describes itself as a sustainability leader in winter sports.

Snowboards, boots and apparel

DA

Dakine

Dakine was founded in Hawaii in 1979 by surfer Rob Kaplan and is now based in Hood River, Oregon. It makes backpacks, travel bags, accessories, outerwear and clothing for surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding, mountain biking, skiing, windsurfing and kiteboarding. The brand started with surf leashes and went on to design early windsurfing harnesses and foot straps.

Bags, accessories and apparel for surf, snow and bike

JO

Jones Snowboards

Jones Snowboards makes snowboards, splitboards, bindings and technical outerwear. It was founded in 2009 by big-mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones and is based in Truckee, California.

Specialist sports equipment

NE

Never Summer

Never Summer is a snowboard maker based in Denver, Colorado. Brothers Tim and Tracey Canaday started it in 1991, and it builds its snowboards by hand at its factory in Denver.

Snowboards

10

100%

100% is a motocross-rooted brand whose logo appeared on factory racing gear in the early 1980s. It makes moto and MTB goggles such as the ARMEGA, ARmatic and ACCURI 2 lines, plus gloves, sport and lifestyle sunglasses and snow goggles, for riders in motocross, downhill, BMX, cycling, running and other sports.

Specialist sports equipment

AQ

Aqua Sphere

Aquasphere is an Italian swim eyewear brand whose engineers P. Ferraro and G. Beltrani patented the first curved lens with no visibility distortion, the Seal swim mask, after working in the scuba diving industry. It designs and makes swim goggles and masks through its in-house R&D department and manufacturing facilities in Italy, combining performance, reliability and comfort. Aqua Sphere's official website is published by Aqualung Corporate, identifying its corporate operator as part of Aqualung rather than a separate standalone site.

Specialist sports equipment