Oakley Athletes Earn 88 Medals

O Gold

Posted about 3 hours ago by Newbear Lesniewski

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., August 28, 2008 – Oakley, Inc. today announced that 88 Olympic medals were awarded to athletes in Beijing who relied on the performance benefits of Oakley’s High Definition Optics®. More than 600 athletes represented their countries around the globe wearing Oakley Radar®, Fl…


Silver Lining for Day

Mike Day

Posted 6 days ago by Matt Murray

“Mike Day is by far the best bike handler not only here in the States but in the whole world,” says Mike King, head coach of the U.S. Olympic BMX Team.

Oakley’s Mike Day would represent Team USA very well in the inaugural year of BMX at the Summer Games. Day would win his first two heats in the…


X Games 14 Preview

Posted July 21, 2008 by Tess Weaver

Last year, Oakley’s Shaun White was the only athlete to win X Games gold in snowboard and skate in the same year. Can he repeat in both disciplines?

X Games 14 kicks off July 31st in Los Angeles. Watch Shaun, along with Oakley’s Bob Burnquist, Rune Glifberg, Sandro Diaz, Josh Harrington, Ryan…


RED BULL EMPIRE OF DIRT

Posted July 14, 2008 by

The tranquil, English countryside will play host to Red Bull Empire of Dirt, the world’s first BMX Dirt Slopestyle contest. The event is the brainchild of Oakley UK’s head-to-toe rider Kye Forte and Oakley has jumped at the opportunity to sponsor this amazing event for the second year running.

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