co usa key people mike o connor ceo products cycling running and triathlon apparel and footwear website www.pearlizumi.com this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message pearl izumi is a company that produces sports apparel primarily focusing on cycling . pearl izumi also has products in other sports including cross country skiing triathlon duathlon and running . 1 with origins in tokyo japan over 50 years ago it began to be seen in the u.s. around 1981 . it has sponsored many cycling teams including the 1984 usa olympic team . pearl izumi was purchased by shimano for 70m in 2008 . 2 dash america trading as pearl izumi usa was founded by stan mavis & hugh walton who purchased the trademark from dave jacobs founder of spyder and the original distributor of pearl izumi in the usa and traveled to japan to meet with the shimano family and were given the legal rights from the parent company to do business as pearl izumi in the us . citation needed after several years of successful growth mavis and walton were given the rights to distribute the product everywhere in the world except asia . citation needed pearl izumi usa inc. is a subsidiary of shimano america inc. 3 the name pearl izumi is derived from the gem pearl and an area of japan known for its clear water izumi . literally translated the name means fountain of pearls . references edit pearl izumi history . retrieved 2008 11 03 . pearl izumi sale closes . shimano corporate fact sheet . retrieved 2012 06 21 . external links edit official link retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pearl izumi & oldid 733280100 categories sporting goods manufacturers of the united statesshoe brandssportswear brandscompanies established in 1984hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from august 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages polski edit links this page was last modified on 6 august 2016 at 17 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view