bolle has been making sunglasses, ski goggles, safety eyewear, military and tactical eyewear since 1888 and today the company has a well deserved reputation for the very highest standards in quality, particularly amongst a large and growing number of the world's very best sportsmen and sportswomen.
bolle sunglasses are worn by many well known athletes such as Ross Powers, who was the 2002 Olympic games halfpipe gold medalist, and Travis Mayer, the winner of the moguls silver medal in the same 2002 Olympic games. And the wearing of bolle sunglasses is not just confined to the world of alpine sports but extends across a wide field including such sports as tennis and golf. In the world of golf, for example, Sergio Garcia has been seen on more than one occasion teeing off in a pair of bolle sunglasses.
bolle's design team, which is lead today by Maurice bolle who is the grandson of the founder, has done much to update the bolle range and the use of cutting edge technology and fabulous French styling have done much to increase the popularity of the bolle brand amongst world class athletes.
But much of bolle's success can be traced to its very strong history of research and development in a company that has been heavily involved in producing specialist protective glasses for NASA, to protect space crews from harmful ultraviolet radiation, and the military, to meet several secret applications to filter certain forms of laser light.
This research and development has led to a number of specific civilian applications including the introduction of Comtivision tennis sunglasses which selectively filter out various colors, except for yellow which is the favored color for tennis balls today.
Modern bolle sunglass lenses are made from a high grade plastic resin which gives them a much greater impact resistance than glass at a weight that it about one-third of that of comparable glass lenses. bolle lenses are also virtually shatterproof.
bolle lenses also benefit from their own patented Carbo Glas coating which provides excellent scratch resistance and a further anti-reflective coating on the back side of the lenses eliminates reflected glare and provides optimum visual clarity.
As with many types of sports sunglasses today, bolle also uses what it calls its Optics Control System which is a unique interchangeable lens system which allows you to choose the most appropriate lenses for particular light conditions. In addition, their Sports Optical System give wearers the ability to have prescription lenses made for a number of their lens frames.
bolle sunglass frames are made using a patented metal frame manufacturing process known as microfusion. This produces precision frames molded from high quality molten metal alloys. The frames also incorporate Thermogrip super strength rubber temples and Absorber Hinges which are ergonomically designed to provide maximum comfort.
One hundred years of research and development have produced a combination of flexible and virtually indestructible Hydralon frames and extremely high quality lightweight shatterproof lenses incorporating advanced sports-specific lens technology.
It is no surprise therefore to find that bolle sunglasses are amongst the leading brands worn by a growing number of the world's very best athletes today.