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| name = Northwave [[Società a responsabilità limitata|s.r.l.]]▼
{{Company
▲| name = Northwave [[s.r.l.]]
| logo = Logo_Piatto_Bn_Pos.png
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Cycling]] <br> [[Snowboard]]
| industry = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap|[[Apparel]]|[[Fashion accessory|Accessories]]|[[Sports equipment]]}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1991}} in [[Montebelluna]]
| founded = [[1991]]
| founder = [[Gianni Piva]]
| hq_location_city = [[Pederobba]]
| hq_location_country = [[Italy]]
| brands = Northwave <br> [[Drake Snowboard]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| website = {{URL|https://www.northwave.com}}
}}
'''Northwave''' is an Italian<ref>{{Cite web |title=Northwave {{!}} Bike and snow clothing |url=https://www.bikebiznorthwave.com/northwaveen/ |access-launchesdate=2024-us03-and-canadian-distribution-channels/03 |titlewebsite=Northwave launches US and Canadian distribution channels|website=BikeBiz|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref> manufactureris ofa [[snowboard]] and [[cycling]]sporting equipment. Northwavemanufacturer was started by Gianni Pivafounded in [[Montebelluna]], [[Italy]], andby isGianni Piva and owned by the Piva family.
 
==Shoes and bootsHistory==
The company first started outbegan as a [[shoe]] manufacturer in the early 1980s1980's, when they producedproducing shoes for other companiesbusinesses. Then inIn the late 1980s, whenwhile [[snowboarding]] was firststill starting to take formdeveloping, Piva started to manufacturemanufacturing [[snowboard]] boots for other snowboard companies. AfterPiva doinglater extensive [[R&D]], he began to developdeveloped his own brand of [[Boot|boots]], Northwave.
 
==Acquisitions==
[[File:Product brands 4.png|left|thumb|Northwave boots and Drake Snowboard logos|147x147px]]
Piva bought the company name, Northwave, which originally stemmed from a [[wind surfing]] company in [[Hood River, Oregon]], [[United States]]. In 1991 Northwave came out with its own line of snowboard boots. In the mid-1990s Northwave bought Drake bindings, which was an already established binding company. Drake bindings were very well designed and quality built, but had poor distribution. In mid-1997 Drake bindings became part of Northwave but kept its original brand name. In 1998 Bakoda Design Logic snowboard accessories, was added to the company. Bakoda was originally started in the early 1990s by the Royes brothers. Northwave bought the company, leaving the brand with its originally established name.
Piva named the company Northwave, which originally stemmed from a [[wind surfing]] company in [[Hood River, Oregon]], [[United States]].
 
In 1991 Northwave came out with its line of snowboard boots. In 1997, Northwave acquired Drake Bindings, a company they believed had quality products, but struggled to distribute them.
 
In 1998 Bakoda Design Logic snowboard accessories were added to the company. Bakoda was originally started in the early 1990s by the Royes brothers. Northwave bought the company, leaving the brand with its originally established name.
 
==Snowboards and cycling shoes==
[[File:NW Rebel Shoes.jpg|thumb|Northwave Rebel MTB 2018 Shoes|alt=]]Gianni Piva had wanted to add snowboards to his company for many years, and after over 10 years of being in the snowboard industry, Northwave started up Venue snowboards.

Due to the such high success in the [[action sports]] industry, Piva decided to develop [[cycling shoes]]. So, and in 1993, Northwave cyclingbegan shoesthe startedproduction inof productionthem.<ref>{{cite news |title=Northwave release Astana Pro Team limited edition shoes |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/northwave-release-astana-pro-team-limited-edition-shoes/ |work=Cyclingnews |date=2 April 2019}}</ref>
 
==See also ==
*[[Sportswear (activewear)]]
 
== References ==
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==External links==
* [./Httpshttps://www.northwave.com Northwave]
 
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