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A gaunt Peter Harken came in one day with a cigar box full of plastic parts and assembled the prototype Harken ball-bearing block before my very eyes. Buddy Melges told me about Star Marine, an East Coast startup whose president, Henry Wallace was so tight he used package headers as business cards. There was Bob Keefe, who was just beginning to put Barient winches on the map, and the fatherly Norman Wright, importing fittings from Australia, which were late arriving one spring, the ship carrying them struck by a whale!

We'll always owe a huge debt of gratitude to Tom Filline. After years running the entire Sears mail order operation, he kindly consented to advise us, back when we were just a very small and unknown company. He taught us how to merchandise product, how to structure lines, when to take chances. He was the priceless ingredient that just happened to be in the right place, at the right time, when we needed him the most.

There were many more, startups like ourselves, determined to break into a market that had been the monopoly of two big companies for years.

I persuaded them I could produce a catalog, showing their equipment, in such a way that we could excerpt the pages, create a cover and index, and produce a catalog for their own use, at a very low cost. In exchange, they had to pay us per page and sell us hardware at the lowest discount rate.

The first years, which now seem like the dark ages, were everyday life and death days. Somehow we made it through that period when most businesses fail. Even though a great deal more took place in succeeding years, the early years provided the most thrills. There was so much at stake.

http://www.landsend.co.uk

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7. Rohan - Home

Rohan is the original travel clothing company.

Since the 1970s our clothing has been worn literally everywhere, fraternising in Indian Trains, birding on the Norfolk coast, grafting in the Antarctic (and the Arctic), behind the lens on safari, on business on Vancouver, labouring in Yorkshire cowsheds, stripping under the car and drifting in the Amazon.

In fact, we're constantly surprised by what our customers get up to in our clothing.

For Rohan, travel is a state of mind, not a state of motion: a stable state of mind which is about looking forward, outward, learning, applying, enjoying the world. And this state of mind shapes our thinking, our priorities, our uniqueness, our direction and our design.

For Rohan, travel is a metaphor for how we live - a place where durability, thoughtful design, easy practicality and simplicity are values which make life richer and more rewarding.

Rohan's vision is to serve that life.

Rohan has always followed its own path - in our designs, our fabrics and our priorities - like many of our customers, we find travelling alone is often the most enlightening experience. We're not interested in 'hitting key price points' or designing 'entry level products' - we'll leave that to others.

We design and manufacture the very best clothing we can, all the time. We know our customers expect that - and we guarantee that we'll do everything we can to exceed those expectations.

http://www.rohan.co.uk

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8. Shore - Surf Fashion - Wetsuits - Hardware

Shore has been around for over 20 years now. Simon Crawford - then a 23-year-old student with a passion for water sports, who just wanted to live the beach lifestyle, first established Shore in the spring of 1982. A small hut at the end of Shore Road in East Wittering, Sussex was found and GBP500 was scraped together to start what is known today as the UK's premier surf shop, comprising of sales from two stores and an online worldwide mail order branch. Shore.co.uk currently boasts the UK's widest range of surf fashion and hardware on the Internet.

The business started by hiring out surfboards, windsurfers, surf kayaks and a Hoby cat. At this time windsurfing was the new sport that everyone wanted to try so tuition was also given. To cater for the massive interest in windsurfing (the mid 80's fastest growing sport) gradually items were sold. Simon Crawford and all the other guys on the beach used to run the beach in the summer during the day, party on the beach at night and then move to the canaries for the winter where the surfing and partying continued.

The business grew quickly and by 1984 a proper shop in the village centre was established. All the profits were ploughed back into the business to buy more stock because sales and the hire business on the beach were growing from strength to strength. In the late 80's a new retail site was found opposite the Shore Inn in Shore Road and then the business branched out into wetsuits in a big way.

Simon Crawford saw an opening for volume sales in wetsuits, at this time wetsuits were very hard to find so Shore sold wetsuits nationally at often half the price that they could be bought elsewhere. Hard negotiations were done with suppliers to purchase a huge volume of wetsuits at bargain prices but super payment schedules were also agreed and so Shore as the UK'S No 1-wetsuit retailer was born. Massive volumes of wetsuits were sold from a 300-square-foot shop with customers travelling from the other end of the country to buy wetsuits at the best price from the biggest choice. Simon Crawford purchased the cottage next door just to store the wetsuits and it was packed from floor to ceiling with thousands of wetsuits.

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9. Sportif USA

In 1965, Sportif USA began as a small business in southern California, headed by John G. Kirsch. In true entrepreneurial style, Kirsch sold tennis shorts from the back of the family's station wagon, gradually building a reputation for quality and comfort. As this reputation grew, so did the market for high-quality outdoor clothing.

Tennis shorts led to hiking, which led to fishing and nautical apparel... and so the Sportif brand took shape. By 1968, Sportif had developed the first stretch fabric in the outdoor/boating industry, and its Original 7-Pocket Stretch Shorts were becoming a staple for outdoorsmen nationwide.

In the early 70's, John moved with his wife and children to the beautiful Sierra Nevada, where his blossoming manufacturing business took root.

For the next two decades, Sportif USA would continue to be an innovator in the outdoor clothing industry, as one of the first companies to utilize Gore-Tex and sun-protective fabrics. In the world of private label contracting, Sportif established itself as a premier manufacturer for companies like Eddie Bauer, L.L. Bean, and others.

In a cruel twist of fate, John Kirsch's twin-engine Beechcraft plane crashed in the snow-covered San Bernadino Mountains in March 1991. John Kirsch, Jr. boldly took the reigns as President, and with his siblings, decided to continue the dream his father had spent his life pursuing - to position Sportif USA as a leader in the outdoor apparel industry.

The Kirsch family was able to dramatically alter the nature of Sportif's business, shifting it away from private label manufacturing and towards a bright independent future.

More than 40 years later, Sportif continues its legacy of quality, style and function with two distinct product offerings. With vibrant colors, fresh functional styles and performance fabrics, Aventura Clothing blends everyday adventures with everyday clothing. For the outdoor and boating enthusiast, Sportif offers enduring designs and distinctive nautical products through the unique Waterfronts catalog.

We invite you to celebrate over 40 years of outstanding quality and service and to take part in the fulfillment of a desire, a dream and ultimately... an Adventure!

http://www.sportif.com

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10. Urban Clothing,streetwear,hip hop & skate clothes at Headstrong.

WE CLOTHING full men's clothing range with t-shirts, hoodies and jackets from the urban fashion company with its roots in skateboarding and snowboarding.

FLY53R35 UK streetwear from t-shirt to jackets. ZOO YORK CLOTHING that has trancended skateboarding and become an urban clothing brand worn by the major players in the hip hop world.

ONE TRUE SAXON streetwear, men's fashion, urban clothing call it what you will we just call it style.

OBEY Shepard Fairey, Andre the Gaint call him what you like but his graffiti propaganda has made it's way on to t-shirts, beanies, belts and hoods .

ELEMENT skateboard clothes. Full men's clothes range including t-shirts, jeans, hoodies and jackets.

http://www.theurbanshop.co.uk

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