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Mad Rock

Mad Rock is a climbing brand founded in 2002 and based in Southern California. It makes affordable, high-performance climbing shoes.

Climbing shoes and gear

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FootJoy

FootJoy is a golf brand making golf shoes, gloves and clothing, including MyJoys custom shoes handmade to each golfer's specifications. It describes itself as the #1 shoe in golf, with more than 100 years of shoemaking and leading positions in major markets, and says it has been the #1 shoe at every PGA Tour tournament since 1945. FootJoy's legal information is published by Acushnet Company of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Acushnet Company identifies FootJoy and Titleist as its golf brands.

Specialist sports equipment

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Nike

Nike makes athletic footwear, apparel and equipment, with ranges across sports such as the NFL and collaborations such as NikeSKIMS. NIKE, Inc. is made up of the Nike, Jordan and Converse brands. The company was co-founded by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman and has more than 50 years of history. Its Philip H. Knight Campus in Beaverton, Oregon, opened in 1990, covers 400 acres with more than 75 buildings, many named after its sponsored athletes, and hosts more than 11,000 employees.

Athletic footwear, apparel and equipment

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Ride Snowboards

Ride Snowboards makes snowboards, boots and bindings. It was founded in Redmond, Washington in 1992 and has since relocated to Seattle.

Specialist sports equipment

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Specialized

Specialized designs bicycles and cycling equipment, including frames, components, helmets, shoes and clothing for riders. The company's own history dates its founding to 1974 and describes a rider-led approach to developing products across road and off-road disciplines. Its present catalogue spans bicycles and accessories rather than only racing bikes; statements about innovation and performance on its site are brand claims, not independent comparative tests.

Specialist sports equipment

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So iLL

So iLL makes climbing shoes, holds and training equipment and operates from St. Louis, Missouri. Its collection combines equipment for climbing gyms and home walls with footwear and accessories for climbers.

Climbing holds, footwear and accessories

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Sterling Rope

Sterling Rope Company is a maker of high-performance ropes and life-safety products, founded in 1992. It is based in Maine.

Ropes and life-safety products

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Trango

Trango designs climbing equipment at its headquarters in Lafayette, Colorado. It makes gear for outdoor and indoor climbing and works with climbing communities and manufacturing partners on product development.

Climbing equipment