Suzuka, 2000. Home hero Norifumi Abe wins the 500cc Japanese GP: a great success also for Spidi, the company manufacturing his leather suits, gloves and protective devices, providing that extreme level of protection to many racers around the world. The GP was also attended by Nicola Dalla Grana, President of Spidi, who that weekend – marked by many accidents hitting racers’ feet – understood the same commitment, the same technology had to be applied to footwear protection: there were still too many injuries – even compromising an entire career – to that part of the body.
And that’s how we were born. In 2000 Nicola Della Grana founded Xpd, a new brand of racing boots, designed to expand Spidi’s decades-long know-how, in the production of overalls and gloves, to protect the feet of professionals and today also of amateurs.
For over 20 years, our work has been based on the concrete need to fully protect the rider, improving race performance and protecting the health of the feet. These features mean that racers can enjoy their rides and compete at high speed in comfort, without sacrificing maximum safety.
To do this, in recent years we have strengthened our research department, which is responsible for developing each individual material by carefully analyzing the many data from tests performed on the track, by the Xpd team riders, and from our internal laboratory, specialized in crash tests.
From this research, we also create many products for touring and sport motorcycle shoes for everyday use. Protection in extreme conditions and at thrilling speeds can thus be made available to even the most amateur two-wheel enthusiasts.
Xpd’s goal is to be ahead of the times and respond as quickly and effectively as possible to changes, both for the evolution of technologies and materials used on existing products, and for the extension of the range.