About company
DC Shoes is an American based footwear company in Vista, CA founded in 1994 by Ken Block and Damon Way who is the older brother of professional skateboarder Danny Way. The company manufactures footwear for all types of extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, motocross, rally car racing, and surfing, for men, women, kids, and toddlers. The company was originally called "Eightball" and only made T-shirts for skate shops. After three years the owners created a new line of clothing called Droors Clothing. Officialy in ’94 DC Shoes was launched. Recently DC sponsored one of the world's first skate plazas, which was built in Kettering, Ohio. The skate plaza, a dream of Rob Dyrdek, is billed as one of the first skate parks for street skateboarders. On March 10, 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver
