Bates

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Blunt Envy

Blunt Envy makes stunt scooters and parts under the Blunt and Envy brands. The company started in Melbourne, Australia in 2009, when it made aftermarket scooter parts.

Stunt scooters and parts

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Bont Cycling

Bont Cycling designs anatomically shaped shoes in Australia for road, track, time trial and triathlon riding. It points to eight gold medals won by athletes wearing its shoes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and more than four decades of performance-footwear development.

Anatomical cycling shoes

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Croker Oars

Croker Oars is an Australian maker of premium still-water rowing oars and sculls, hand-made at Oxley Island, New South Wales, for more than six decades. It was founded by boat builder and ex-rower Howard Croker, who began his apprenticeship in the early 1960s. Its oars are known for their bright pink sleeve, and its latest update is the Mark 4 Sleeve and Quick Release Button.

Specialist sports equipment

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Knog

Melbourne design company behind unconventional silicone bike lights, compact alarms and wearable illumination for riders and runners. Its product family includes compact front and rear lights, wearable lights, bike alarms and outdoor illumination with an unconventional industrial-design approach.

Bicycle lights and safety accessories

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Kookaburra Sport

Kookaburra makes premium cricket, hockey and football equipment. The company was established in Melbourne in 1890 by Alfred Grace (AG) Thompson, a saddler and harness maker born in Cambridgeshire, England, who had trained with his father and at Laurie and Marner, carriage and harness makers to royalty, in London. It first traded as AG Thompson Pty Ltd, using Kookaburra as a product name. Kookaburra has also announced an agreement to merge with Australian sporting goods company Burley-Sekem.

Specialist sports equipment

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Premax

Premax is an Australian performance skincare brand founded in 2006 by sports physiotherapist Randall Cooper in Melbourne. It makes anti-chafe, chamois, warm-up, recovery and sun protection products for athletes.

Performance skincare for athletes

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Rip Curl

Rip Curl is a surfing and snow-sports brand founded in 1969 by Brian Singer and Doug Warbrick. Its range includes wetsuits, surfing apparel and equipment, while its event programme spans professional contests and the GromSearch youth series. The brand says it sponsored the 1973 Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach and continues to support athletes and WSL World Championship Tour events; those relationships are stated by Rip Curl, without implying it sponsors every event on the tour.

Surf and snow apparel and gear

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Runners World (Au)

Runners World is an athletics specialist store in East Kew, Melbourne. It sells running, cross country, trail and track and field shoes, including spikes, plus apparel and accessories from other brands. Its own site says it was established in 1976 by Australian marathon runner Neil Ryan.

Sports retail