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Oakley was founded in 1975 by Jim Jannard, CEO and Chairman of the
Board. The success of its first product line, handgrips for motocross
motorcycles, led the company to expand into the design and manufacture of
motocross goggles in 1980. The prominently displayed Oakley name on the
goggles quickly gained recognition and helped establish Oakley's
reputation for functional quality and unique design. By 1984, using the
knowledge gained in designing, manufacturing and marketing goggles, the
company produced its first high-performance sunglass, the Eyeshades®. The
company has developed and secured over 600 patents and 800 trademarks
worldwide and has incorporated those technologies into numerous new
sunglass lines including M
Frames®, Zeros®, E Wires®, A Wires®, Eye Jackets®, Moons®, the X-Metal®
series Mars®, Romeo® and Juliet®, and a completely new thinking in
eyewear called OVERTHETOP™. The Oakley product matrix has been expanded
to now include footwear, apparel, watches and a prescription eyewear
line.
With a corporate culture dedicated to purpose beyond reason, Oakley
blends science and art to redefine product categories by rejecting the
constraints of
conventional ideas. Oakley is recognized as one of the most coveted
brands in performance technology and fashion. The icon is embraced by the
global culture of competitors who define their own lifestyle - the
world-class athletes who exceed the limits of possibility. In its
devotion to these athletes, Oakley does the same.
Oakley's thirty-year legacy of invention has led to a diversified
range of products including eyewear, apparel, accessories, watches,
footwear and electronics. Awarded more than 600 patents worldwide, Oakley
today is a global icon offering products to consumers in more than 100
countries. Although it is recognized as a definitive lifestyle brand,
Oakley is a technology company with a heritage of innovation, dedication
to purpose, and authenticity.
Product Information
Oakley's patented XYZ Optics® maintains visual clarity at all angles of
view,
even at the edge of raked-back lens contours that maximize peripheral
vision and protection. Conventional eyewear bends light rays and distorts
vision at the lens periphery, but XYZ Optics® maps the full lens contour
to the human eye, ensuring razor-sharp vision at all angles.
You can be blinded by what you can't see. An invisible form of
radiation, UV rays pelt your retinas at 186,000 miles per second. Eye
damage linked to UV includes cataract, a condition where the eye lens
becomes opaque so light can't get through. UV is also linked to
photokeratitis (sunburn of the cornea), pterygium (tissue growth that can
block vision), and macular degeneration (damage to the part of the inner
eye that receives light patterns and transmits them to the brain).
Oakley's Plutonite® lens material is engineered to stop every
wavelength of
ultraviolet radiation, not just the lower energy form called "UVA". In
fact, Plutonite® inherently blocks 100% of all UVA, UVB, UVC and harmful
blue light. The protection is built into the lens material. It's not a
thin surface coating that can become scratched, leaving your dilated
pupils exposed to UV leaks. In addition, Oakley's patented XYZ Optics®
technology maintains visual clarity for raked-back lens contours, so
Oakley lenses can have extreme curves at the sides to maximize protection
against harmful UV.
Oakley premium eyewear surpasses the protection requirements for
high-mass impact, as defined by The American National Standards Institute
(ANSI). Part of an industrial standard called ANSI Z87.1, the high-mass
impact test requires that the lens be hit by a 500-gram metal spike (over
a pound of weight) dropped from a height of 51.2 inches (over four feet).
To pass the test, no frame parts or lens fragments that could damage the
eye may be ejected during impact.
Oakley premium eyewear also surpasses the ANSI Z87.1 test for
high-velocity impact protection. For this test, a pneumatic cannon
accelerates a quarter-inch steel shot to 102 miles per hour. The lens is
targeted straight on from three different heights, and at seven different
angles. To pass the high-velocity test, no contact between the lens and
eye is permitted during impact. In addition, no frame parts or lens
fragments that could damage the eye may be ejected during impact. The
unique materials and geometries of Oakley's lens/frame combinations allow
the company's premium eyewear to exceed the protection requirements of
the tests.
We are officially licensed by Oakley to sell Oakley sunglasses online as
well as in the shop.
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