Bill Brine founds Sport Helmets (soon to be
known as Cascade Sports) with a mission to revolutionize head
protection in sport. A company driven by innovative product development,
highly efficient production and world-class customer service,
and a 100% Made in North America guarantee, Cascade Sports designs
and releases its first sport helmet for lacrosse.
Cascade Sports releases the Sport Helmet
Ultralite, which utilized the first injection
molded shell in a lacrosse helmet allowing for multiple colors, lighter
weight and better protection.
Cascade Sports develops and introduces
the first-ever expanded Polypropylene liner (EPP) into its
helmets. EPP very soon became the industry standard for nearly
all athletic helmets.
The brand expands outside of lacrosse in
1995, developing and marketing its first swift water helmet,
The Cascade. A natural evolution for the brand, Cascade Sports
utilizes the technology it created for lacrosse and adapts
it to best meet the needs of swift water rafters and kayakers.
A prestigious relationship with the Coast
Guard soon follows as Cascade becomes specified
by the U.S. Coast Guard for water rescue.
The brand develops and launches the CPRO lacrosse helmet, the first helmet geared toward the professional
athlete in conjunction with the launch of Major League Lacrosse
as helmets become an official part of the athlete “uniform.”
Cascade Sports launches
the eyewear category for women’s lacrosse with the development
and release of the Iris Women’s Eyemask, the first-ever wire
eyemask for women and a true evolution from the under-performing and sometimes
dangerous goggles women had previously worn in competition.
With the Iris, Cascade Sports offers an effective, safe solution
which allows the sport’s governing body to adopt and mandate eye protection.
In what was to become the most significant year
in brand history, Cascade Sports develops its revolutionary Seven
Technology, a liner system utilizing a ground-breaking impact attenuation
system to more effectively manage energy transfer from direct impact.
On impact, Seven Technology compresses to laterally
displace energy and within seconds, it completely resets to be ready
for the next impact. The brand soon launches the technologically advanced Pro7 lacrosse helmet designed for the world’s elite players.
Cascade Sports quickly recognizes the significance of its Seven Technology and its relevance to other multiple impact sports. The brand enters the hockey market with the CHX hockey helmet, featuring Seven Technology
Cascade Sports quickly recognizes the significance of its Seven Technology and its relevance to other multiple impact sports. The brand enters the hockey market with the CHX hockey helmet, featuring Seven Technology
Hockey icon Mark Messier joins forces with Cascade Sports, the
leaders in head protection, to launch The Messier Project, an initiative
designed to address head injuries and concussion through a public
awareness campaign, and innovative product development.
The M11, the first product offering born out of The Messier Project, is also launched. Envisioned by Mark Messier and engineered by the experts at Cascade Sports, the M11 brings together the brand’s revolutionary Seven Technology and high performance design to usher in a new era of head protection for the sport of hockey. Seven Technology (the liner within the M11) is proven to perform better than EPP (the foam liner in standard hockey helmets) on successive impacts. The M11 also features a newly redesigned ProFit System
The M11, the first product offering born out of The Messier Project, is also launched. Envisioned by Mark Messier and engineered by the experts at Cascade Sports, the M11 brings together the brand’s revolutionary Seven Technology and high performance design to usher in a new era of head protection for the sport of hockey. Seven Technology (the liner within the M11) is proven to perform better than EPP (the foam liner in standard hockey helmets) on successive impacts. The M11 also features a newly redesigned ProFit System
The culture of innovation at Cascade Sports continues
as the brand works to further evolve head protection with a design
philosophy focusing on multiple impact technology, flexibility for
impact absorption, improved fit, and the importance of real world
testing.
