CORE (CORE Kiteboarding GmbH) designs and sells premium kites, boards, foils and wings for kitesurfing and wing foiling. The German brand has been making performance kite gear from the island of Fehmarn since 2001.
Same category, HQ in Germany
ABIn 1924 August Bremicker and his sons started making padlocks in a Volmarstein basement forge. ABUS introduced its first bicycle lock, the No. 1000, in 1931 and now makes cycling locks and helmets alongside wider security products.
Bicycle locks and helmets
ADadidas is a global sports company that designs and sells footwear, apparel and equipment. Its stated mission is to be the best sports brand in the world, and its purpose is 'Through sport, we have the power to change lives'. The company traces its story back to a start in a laundry room.
Athletic footwear, apparel and equipment
ALAlpina is a family-run German company based in Sulzemoos, Bavaria, active since 1980. Its range covers bike helmets, ski helmets, ski goggles, sports eyewear and protectors. The company describes its products as combining protection, innovation and design.
Helmets, goggles and eyewear for cycling and snow sports
ANAndro develops table tennis blades, rubbers, clothing and equipment with input from an international team of players.
Table tennis equipment and clothing
BEBergamont identifies with Hamburg's St. Pauli district and builds bikes for urban streets, gravel routes and mountain trails. Its site describes that local culture as a driver of design; the brand is part of the SCOTT Sports group.
Urban, gravel and mountain bicycles
BEBeris is a German bit maker producing mouth-friendly horse bits and bridles. Bernd Ristau and Esther Lahann-Ristau founded the workshop in 2011; it is based in Wittenbergen.
Horse bits and bridles
BOBombtrack grew out of Cologne's WeMakeThings bicycle scene and launched its first range in 2012 using steel-frame know-how from BMX. The Hook followed in 2014 as an adventure bike; the current legal notice names UPRAIL GmbH in Cologne.
Gravel, adventure and touring bicycles
