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DC Shoes, Inc.
Subsidiary
Founded June 1994; 30 years ago (1994-06)
Founder Ken Block, Damon Way, Clayton Blehm
Headquarters Huntington Beach, California, United States
Key people
Ken Block, Damon Way, Danny Way, Clayton Blehm, Colin McKay, Rob Dyrdek
Products Footwear, apparel, snowboards
Parent Authentic Brands Group
Black DC Court Graffik shoes
A pair of DC Shoes

DC Shoes, Inc. is an American company that specializes in footwear for action sports, including skateboarding and snowboarding. The company also manufactures apparel, bags, accessories, hats, t-shirts, and posters.

History

The company was founded in June 1994 by Damon Way, Ken Block and Clayton Blehm. It was originally based in Carlsbad, California, but is now based in Huntington Beach, California. DC originally stood for "Droors Clothing", but since the sale of Droors Clothing, DC no longer has ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes, Inc.

On March 8, 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver in an $87 million transaction. In 2010, DC Shoes moved from Vista, California, to Quiksilver's headquarters in Huntington Beach. A video entitled Skateboarding Is Forever was released online in 2010 and featured skateboarders Marquise Henry, Matt Miller, Wes Kremer, Evan Smith, and Greg Myers. Apart from Myers and Henry, all of the skateboarders from the video remained sponsored by the company in 2013, and have since attained professional status.

In 2011, the brand underwent a rejuvenation process that included the design of a new flag logo. As part of this process, new skateboard team announcements were progressively made and a series of advertisements, under the direction of new team member Steve Berra, were released online. The other new team announcements were Mikey Taylor, Mike Mo Capaldi, Nyjah Huston, Chris Cole, and Davis Torgerson. Felipe Gustavo was introduced at a later stage.

A progression of the brand relaunch was the "Rediscovery" campaign that commenced in December 2011, following the addition of Capaldi and Huston to the skateboard team.

Co-founder Block died in a snowmobile crash in January 2023.

See also

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  • Plan B Skateboards
  • Extreme Sports

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