: S ports ▁ven ues ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁Category : Foot ball ▁ven ues ▁in ▁France ▁Category : S port ▁in ▁Str as bourg ▁Category : S ports ▁ven ues ▁in ▁Bas - R hin <0x0A> </s> ▁Early ▁Winter s , ▁Ltd . ▁of ▁Seattle , ▁Washington , ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁by ▁William ▁S . ▁Nicol ai , ▁who ▁formed ▁the ▁company ▁after ▁creating ▁a ▁tent ▁called ▁the ▁Om n ip ot ent . ▁ ▁Early ▁Winter s ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁company ▁to ▁create ▁and ▁sell ▁a ▁consumer ▁product ▁made ▁with ▁G ore - Tex ▁l amin ates ▁produced ▁by ▁W . ▁L . ▁G ore ▁& ▁Associ ates ▁in ▁El k ton , ▁Maryland . ▁The ▁first ▁product ▁made ▁with ▁G ore - Tex ▁fabric ▁deb uted ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁stream lined , ▁two - person ▁tent ▁called ▁The ▁Light ▁Dim ension . ▁The ▁tent ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁Nicol ai ▁and ▁William ▁H . ▁Edwards ▁and ▁was ▁market ed ▁by ▁Ron ▁Z imm erman . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁G ore ▁sales man ▁Joe ▁T anner ▁introduced ▁Early ▁Winter s ▁to ▁the ▁fabric ▁product , ▁which ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁was ▁still ▁without ▁a ▁name . ▁Over ▁a ▁two - year ▁period , ▁T anner ▁had ▁made ▁numerous ▁sales ▁calls ▁and ▁had ▁been ▁turned ▁down ▁by ▁companies ▁such ▁as ▁RE I , ▁Edd ie ▁B auer , ▁and ▁The ▁North ▁Face .