It is no surprise that Giant Bicycle is recognized as the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world. Their bikes can be seen everywhere in over 50 countries and 12,000 retail stores, but they started from humble beginnings. Here’s a little company history courtesy of that great online resource, Wikipedia. “Giant was established in 1972 in Dajia, Taichung […]

Founded by Gianni Piva in Montebelluna, Italy in the early 1980’s, Northwave began operations as a shoe manufacturer, producing shoes for other companies. During the late 1980’s, the sport of snowboarding was in its formative years, but Gianni Piva saw an opportunity and began manufacturing snowboarding boots, again for other companies. After a period of market […]