private industry motorsport apparel extreme sports apparel casual apparel founded 1985 founder michael parrotte headquarters frederick maryland united states website www.agvsport.com agv sports group inc. based in frederick maryland designs and develops safety apparel for motorcycle road racing and sport use as well as snowmobile and bicycling apparel . 1 2 3 contents 1 history 2 sponsorship 3 agv sports group sponsored racers 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1947 gino amisano created agv spa . amisano gino valenza a helmet manufacturer in italy . in 1977 michael parrotte formed agv usa after being granted the exclusive rights to distribute agv helmets in the u.s. market by gino amisano the founder of agv . in 1985 agv licensed agv sport to design and produce apparel and other products excluding helmets bearing the agv name and trademark . the unique model of licensing the brand in different countries was the direct result of the original licensing agreement between agv spa and agv sports group . by the early 1990s the agvsport logo had replaced the agv logo on most apparel for aesthetics reasons due to the different graphic requirements of apparel from helmets . from 1992 until 1995 agv spa in italy owned a 51 % stake in agv sports group inc. 4 from 1985 to 1999 agv sports group and agv helmets us office operated with the same management offices and warehouses . in 2001 the agvsport brand name became a fully independent brand belonging to agv sports group inc. a privately held us corporation . 5 the agvsport brand is distributed internationally through exclusive licensing contracts with current agreements with companies in the united states canada russia ukraine spain italy malaysia korea mexico india australia thailand brazil argentina panama and chile . 1 mat mladin seven time ama superbike champion sponsorship edit agvsport has been the official leather manufacturer of keith code s california superbike school since 1989 . for more than 25 years the school have relied on the agvsport suits to protect the hundreds of riders who pass through their school each season . 6 7 8 agv sports group sponsored racers edit agv sports group has sponsored riders including road racers troy bayliss randy mamola loris capirossi kurtis roberts ben bostrom eric bostrom roland sands miguel duhamel mat mladin . 9 10 references edit a b agv sports group presents their collection . motorsports news wire . 4 november 2011 . retrieved 23 june 2015 . agv sport rider support for 2013 . sport rider.com . retrieved 12 august 2015 . agv sport . sport bike track gear . retrieved 12 august 2015 . motonation llc announces exclusive licensing agreement . motorcycle cruiser . 9 june 2010 . retrieved 23 june 2015 . more about agv sports . moto world racing . retrieved 23 june 2015 . super bike school sponsors . super bike school . retrieved 23 june 2015 . agv sport offers 615 000 contingency . motorcycle usa.com . retrieved 12 august 2015 . review agv sport tornado perforated leather jacket . road runner . retrieved 12 august 2015 . agv sport offers 615 000 contingency . motorcycle usa . 12 march 2012 . retrieved 23 june 2015 . sponsorship and contingency opportunity with agv sports . motorcycle usa . 12 march 2012 . retrieved 23 june 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to agv sport . agv sports group official world website agv sports canada agv sports united states agv sports panama agv sports spain agv sports ukraine agv sports russia agv sports korea agv sports india agv sports thailand agv sports australia agv sports chile michael parrotte official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title agv sports group & oldid 735429749 categories motorcycle safety gear manufacturersclothing brands of the united statessporting goods brandsclothing companies of the united statescompanies based in marylandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 17 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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