Every compression sleeve stitched with American-made quality and printed with the Nelson family name on its gripper ships from the San Diego headquarters of iM Sports, a sportswear store at 1940 Garnet Ave STE 250, 92109. CEO and founder Mo Nelson launched the company in 2008 out of Long Beach, California, after spending four years testing and developing fabrics that block ninety-eight percent of harmful UV rays while wicking moisture and providing mild continuous compression. The product line now spans full-arm and full-leg sleeves for running, cycling, golf, basketball, football, and a newer swimming category Nelson created after surfers reported that the sleeves kept their arms warm in the Pacific Ocean. Active San Diegans shopping for post-workout fuel along Garnet Avenue can refuel at Sandbar Sports Grill, the sports-bar staple a few blocks west. iM Sports donates a portion of every online sale to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in memory of Pamela Ogden Sparks, a Marine veteran and close friend of Nelson's whom the company honored after MS took her life, and the brand also contributes to the Special Olympics. Appointments at the Garnet Avenue office are available for team and bulk orders, and anyone heading that direction can check on a vehicle at Mossy Toyota on the same commercial stretch. All sleeves feature a flat-seam construction and a no-slip elastic gripper, manufactured from an eighty-percent-nylon, twenty-percent-spandex blend that air-dries quickly after washing. Orders ship worldwide through the company's online store at imsportssleeves.com, with a thirty-day satisfaction guarantee on unworn merchandise.