Grenade Gloves

Grenade Gloves was founded by brothers Matt and Danny Kass in 2001. The company is based in Portland, Oregon and manufactures snowboarding gloves, outerwear, streetwear, accessories and a newly launched line of footwear, which debuted in Spring, 2009. The company has a number of professional and amateur snowboard and skateboarding athletes on its roster, including Scotty Lago, Dustin Craven, Louie Vito and Sammy Luebke among other high profile riders. Three members of the 2010 US Snowboarding men's halfpipe team are Grenade athletes: Scotty Lago, [http://www.ussnowboarding.com/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1013# Louie Vito] and Greg Bretz.
History
In an interview with Alli Sports, producers of the Dew Tour, Danny says he was on a chairlift on a cold snowy day snowboarding at Mammoth Lakes California, and he had no gloves. "I wanted to shake something up," he said, "and create a company." He was 19 years old at the time. Older brother Matt was the team manager for snowboard company Mission Six and also wanted to start his own business. "We didn't want to do something that would conflict with our sponsors," Danny says in an interview with ESPN The Magazine. "Gloves made sense." And the name? "That was easy. I had a grenade sticker on my board.". The brothers pooled their earnings from real estate investments and contest winnings and began operating out of a renovated gas station in June Lake, California.
Controversies
In 2010, Grenade Gloves was accused of using copyrighted photographs without attribution and payment to photographer.
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