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In 1922, Doug Easton began crafting custom wood bows and cedar arrows in Watsonville, California. Although Doug produced tournament-grade, footed cedar arrows for the archery champions of that era, he was constantly frustrated with the inconsistency and lack of uniformity of wood shafts.

Convinced that consistently straight uniform arrow shafts were impossible to manufacture from wood, Doug turned his attentions to aluminum. In 1939, he began manufacturing aluminum arrows in Los Angeles. His instincts about this material were correct, and in 1941, California archer Larry Hughes won the national championship with a set of Doug's aluminum arrows. This was the beginning of a trend that would change traditional archery and transcend into numerous other sports arenas over the next 50 years.

Today, Jas. D. Easton, Inc. is a privately owned manufacturer, marketer and distributor of sporting equipment, headquartered in Van Nuys, California. It currently employs more than 1,000 people worldwide in various distribution, manufacturing, sales and marketing capacities. Other operations are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mexico and Canada.

Easton is considered one of the world's preeminent innovators, designers, and manufacturers of sporting equipment. Much of this success is due to Easton's corporate strategy centered around producing products for the highest level of performance. Throughout its history, Easton has not only grown from within, but through the selective acquisition of other technology-based sporting goods companies.

These acquisitions have included Hoyt Archery Company in 1983, the Curley-Bates company in 1985, IncrediBall in 1989 and Beman SA in 1995. The Hoyt acquisition brought the manufacturer of the finest bows in the world into the Easton group of companies. The purchase of Curley-Bates enabled Easton to control their own marketing and distribution division for team sports equipment. The IncrediBall acquisition expanded Easton's team sports product line into the patented IncrediBall training and youth ball. The acquisition of Beman, a French all-carbon arrow manufacturer, enabled Easton to provide additional choices to dealers and consumers in the archery market.

Although arrow shafts were Easton's first venture into the use of aluminum, they were certainly not the last. By expanding into baseball, softball, hockey, and bicycle components, and by augmenting their unmatched aluminum fabricating expertise with an equally proficient composites division to address the changing needs of the sports equipment market, Easton has positioned itself as the foremost high performance sports equipment manufacturer in the world.

Baseball and Softball
As the industry leader for over 30 years, Easton Baseball/Softball has continued to raise the bar with innovation, originality and ingenuity.

It began in 1969, when Easton produced the first true aluminum bat, and has continued throughout the past three decades with virtually all significant industry "firsts" having been pioneered by Easton: first CU31 bat; first C405 bat; first titanium bat; first Carbon Core bat; first Scandium bat; etc.

The trend continues today with bats such as the Tri-Shell and the ConneXion. The patented Tri-Shell design features a super elastic rubber sleeve sandwiched in between thin outer shells for unparalleled performance, feel, and durability.

The patented ConneXion design takes a separate handle and barrel piece and mechanically interlocks them using a ConneXion” elastomer piece for outstanding flex, feel, performance, and vibration reduction.

In the spring of 2002, Easton introduced the Tri-Shell ConneXion, merging the technological advancements of the two bats into one.

The bats are just a part of Easton's Baseball/Softball product stable. Easton carries a wide range of high-performance baseball and softball equipment including ball gloves and batting gloves, sport bags and other accessories. Each Easton product is engineered with the player's needs and specifications in mind to provide a competitive edge in the games of fastpitch and slow-pitch softball and adult, senior youth and youth baseball.

Hockey
Easton Hockey is a leader as well, ranking atop the industry in sticks and gloves and growing faster in skates than any other company. Despite having been in existence for only 20 years, Easton Hockey has climbed the ladder so quickly because it has relied on the same strategy that catapulted the company to the forefront of the archery and baseball/softball industries‹innovation.

In 1999, the Easton Hockey brand shot to the front line of the hockey stick business with the creation of the composite Synergy stick, the industry's first one-piece hockey stick. Designed to weigh thirty percent less than the average stick without sacrificing strength, Synergy took the sport by storm, including the National Hockey League, where over 200 non-endorsed athletes choose Synergy.

The Synergy is just one of the sticks Easton manufactures. There are several wood and aluminum sticks as well. Easton carries a wide range of high-performance hockey equipment: from sticks, skates, blades and runners to gloves, protective gear and functional clothing, with many items available in junior sizes. Popular lines include the Z-Air, Ultra Lite and X-Treme styles, which are designed to meet Easton's high standards for quality, durability and comfort. To complete the game, Easton also offers equipment bags, apparel and other hockey necessities through nationwide sporting goods stores and outlets.

Bike
Easton's Bicycle Products Group provides leading-edge technologies in frame tubing and components. The MonkeyLite and EC90 Bars, along with the EA50 Forged/Welded Stem, are just a few of the reasons that Easton Bike is widely regarded as the industry leader in performance and innovation and the choice among serious riders of all ages.

Easton Sports continues to be a visionary in the world of sporting goods, and the plans for the future mirror those of the past‹innovate, lead the industry, and continue to reach new heights.

Headquarters
Easton Sports is a privately owned manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of sports equipment. Headquartered in Van Nuys, Calif., Easton employs over 1,000 worldwide and maintains facilities in Utah, California, Mexico, and Canada.

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