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x Nike Skateboarding  
Nike Skateboarding, also known as Nike SB, is the Nike brand for its line of shoes, clothing, and equipment for skateboarding. In 1997, Nike produced their own line of skate shoes, but were unable to sell to many specialist skate shops as the market...
Tampa Am Street Sep 18, 2006  
Tampa Pro Street Sep 18, 2006  
Brian Anderson    
Paul Rodriguez Jr. 2005  
Lance Mountain May 7, 2007  
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x Girl Skateboards  
The Girl Distribution Company is a skateboarding distribution company based in Torrance, California, which houses several companies including Girl Skateboards, Chocolate Skateboards, Royal Skateboard Trucks, and Fourstar Clothing. The company has...
Jereme Rogers   Apr 18, 2007
Mike Carroll Aug 1993  
Brian Anderson Dec 2001  
Paul Rodriguez Jr. 2002 2005
Sean Malto    
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x Toy Machine  
Toy Machine is a skateboarding company started by Ed Templeton in 1993. The Toy Machine brand is housed under the Tum Yeto distribution company. It is stated that Ed couldn't decide on a name, either "Toy skateboards" or "Machine skateboards",...
Josh Harmony 2002  
Johnny Layton 2003  
Billy Marks 2002  
Jamie Thomas   1996
Caswell Berry    
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x Plan B Skateboards  
Plan B Skateboards is a skateboarding company based in Vista, California. The Plan B Skateboarding team was founded in 1991 by Mike Ternasky, Jackson Kontzer, and Devan Udall. In 1994, Mike Ternasky was killed in a car accident, leaving the...
Paul Rodriguez Jr. 2005  
Ryan Sheckler Jan 2, 2007  
Pat Duffy Jan 19, 2006  
Ryan Gallant   Nov 2009
Scott Decenzo    
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x Active Mailorder  
Active Mailorder (better known as Active Rideshop} is a skateshop chain based Southern California with 20 locations all over Southern California. Active Mailorder started in Chino, California. Active Mailorder is an online skateboard shop. Active...
Paul Rodriguez Jr. 2007  
Eric Koston    
Andrew Reynolds    
Erik Ellington    
Steve Berra    
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x Volcom  
Volcom, Inc. is a designer, marketer and distributor of young men's and young women's clothing, footwear, accessories and related products sold under the Volcom brand name. Volcom is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, United States. Volcom is...
Rune Glifberg    
Geoff Rowley    
Dennis Busenitz    
Dustin Dollin    
Mark Appleyard    
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x enjoi  
Enjoi is a skateboarding company offering skateboard decks as their primary product. They also provide skateboarding accessories and clothing. The company's logo is a stylized panda. The company was originally headed by professional skateboarders...
Jason Adams   Jul 3, 2007
Louie Barletta    
Wieger van Wageningen Feb 5, 2008  
Cairo Foster Sep 2, 2006  
Jerry Hsu 1999  
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x DVS Shoe Company  
DVS Shoe Company was founded in 1995 by Kevin Dunlap and Tim Gavin. DVS is based in Torrance, California, and owned by Podium Distribution. DVS is said to stand for "Devious". DVS originally made men's skateboard specific shoes, but today they have...
Dennis Busenitz 2005 Sep 2006
Zered Bassett 2005  
Mikey Taylor 2004 Feb 11, 2008
Daewon Song    
Keith Hufnagel    
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x Zoo York Skateboard Company  
Zoo York is a company that designs and markets skateboards, apparel, sneakers and accessories. A division of Marc Ecko enterprises, it was founded in 1993 by skateboarders Rodney Smith, Eli Morgan Gessner, and Adam Schatz.. The brand serves up a...
Zered Bassett    
Aaron Suski    
Donny Barley    
Forrest Kirby    
Brandon Westgate    
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x Etnies  
Etnies is a French footwear brand based in Lake Forest, California, and owned by Sole Technology, Inc. In 2003, etnies, along with the city of Lake Forest, California opened etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, the largest public skatepark in the state,...
Sean Malto Feb 11, 2008  
Mikey Taylor Feb 11, 2008  
Arto Saari   May 2008
Ronnie Creager    
Ali Boulala   Mar 7, 2008
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x Thunder Trucks     Sean Malto    
Leo Romero   Jun 2009
Chris Cole    
Dennis Busenitz    
Erik Ellington    
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x Spitfire Wheels     Sean Malto    
Daewon Song    
Dennis Busenitz    
Tony Trujillo    
Erik Ellington    
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x Fourstar Clothing  
Fourstar Clothing is a skateboard clothing company based out of Los Angeles. It was started in 1996 by Girl Skateboards pro Eric Koston. It is part of the Crailtap family. Their team consists of: Fourstar went on tour to Japan in 2005 and created a...
Brian Anderson    
Rick Howard    
Mike Carroll    
Guy Mariano    
PJ Ladd   Dec 2007
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x DC Shoes  
DC Shoes is an American company that specializes in footwear for extreme sports, skateboarding, snowboarding as well as snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets. The company was founded in 1993 by Ken Block and Damon Way, and is based in...
Sean Malto   Feb 11, 2008
Ryan Gallant   Apr 2009
Rob Dyrdek    
PJ Ladd Jan 2008  
Anthony Van Engelen   Oct 26, 2005
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x Alien Workshop  
Alien Workshop is a Skateboarding company founded in 1990 by Chris Carter, Neil Blender, and Mike Hill and bought by Rob Dyrdek on January 10, 2012. Based in Dayton, Ohio, this is a departure from the California-centric skateboard industry. Alien...
Mikey Taylor    
Josh Kalis   Sep 2009
Rob Dyrdek    
Heath Kirchart    
Steve Berra    
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x Matix  
Matix is a clothing company focused on the skateboard, snowboard, and surf communities. Founded in 1998 by Tim Gavin and the Dunlop family, Matix used design input from a variety of respected professionals to launch the brand which quickly grew.
Marc Johnson    
Danny Garcia   Nov 8, 2007
Mikey Taylor    
Daewon Song    
Jesus Fernandez Jan 29, 2008  
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x Almost Skateboards  
Almost Skateboards is an American skateboard company owned by Dwindle Distribution. Almost Skateboards is a company that operates under Dwindle Distribution. Almost Skateboards was started in 2003 by pro skaters Rodney Mullen, John Paul Talara,...
Ryan Sheckler   Jan 2, 2007
Rodney Mullen    
Cooper Wilt    
Chris Haslam    
Daewon Song    
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x Tensor Trucks  
Tensor Trucks is a skateboarding truck company founded and designed by professional skateboarder Rodney Mullen in 2000. Tensor's parent company is Dwindle Distribution. They offer trucks in three different heights (lo, mid, hi) tailored for...
Daewon Song    
x Oakley, Inc. OAKLEY A WIRE
Oakley, Inc., based in Foothill Ranch, California, makes sport equipment including sunglasses, sports visors, and ski goggles, as well as watches, clothing, bags, backpacks, shoes, prescription glasses, football (American) and hockey eyewear, golf...
Ryan Sheckler    
Bob Burnquist    
Gretchen Bleiler    
Eric Koston    
     
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x Zero Skateboards  
Zero Skateboards is a skateboard company located in Carlsbad, California. It is part of the Black Box Distribution family. Zero decks are manufactured in Tijuana, Mexico, by Edieth and Osuna, which is owned by Jamie Thomas. Chris Cole is also a...
Chris Cole    
Elissa Steamer Jun 16, 2006  
John Rattray    
Jamie Thomas 1996  
Garrett Hill    
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x Element Skateboards  
Element Skateboards (originally called Underworld Element Skateboards) is a skateboard manufacturer and surfwear retailer based in Irvine, California. It is a subsidiary of Australian clothing giants Billabong International. The company was founded...
Chad Muska Nov 30, 2006  
Mike Vallely 2003 Jul 13, 2010
Vanessa Torres    
Chris Senn    
Tosh Townend   Jun 3, 2008
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x éS Footwear  
éS Footwear (pronounced like the letter S) is an American footwear brand started in 1995 by Pierre André Senizergues of Sole Technology. Senizergues is also the owner of etnies, Emerica, Altamont Apparel and ThirtyTwo snowboard boots. Senizergues...
PJ Ladd   Jan 2008
Nyjah Huston    
Bobby Worrest Jul 24, 2006  
Rick McCrank    
Eric Koston 1996 Mar 31, 2006
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x Altamont Apparel  
Altamont is a skateboard apparel company based in Lake Forest, California, United States. Altamont was founded and owned by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds.
Bryan Herman Jul 19, 2006  
Kenny Hoyle    
Garrett Hill    
Theotis Beasley    
Justin Figueroa    
x Osiris Shoes  
Osiris Shoes is a skate shoe company that was founded in 1996 by Tony Chen, Tony Magnusson, Brian Reid, Doug Weston and Laura Kim. They created the company when they saw a void in the skateboard industry for pro designed and endorsed footwear. They...
John Lupfer Dec 6, 2007  
Corey Duffel Mar 8, 2007  
Diego Bucchieri   Mar 2009
Pierre-Luc Gagnon    
Ron Allen    
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x Flip Skateboards VHS Cover
Flip Skateboards is a US-based international skateboard company, owned by Jeremy Fox, Ian Deacon, and Geoff Rowley. The company produces skateboard decks, wheels, and clothing. Flip is distributed by NHS Distribution in the US. Flip Skateboards...
Tom Penny    
Arto Saari   May 2, 2008
Mark Appleyard   Oct 8, 2010
Lance Mountain Mar 14, 2006  
Bob Burnquist Mar 14, 2006  
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x Ipath  
Ipath is a Torrance, California based skateboard footwear and clothing company founded by Brian Krauss and skateboard professional Matt Field. Their slogan is Follow Your Path. While their shoes are primarily skateboarding specific, they also...
Bob Burnquist Nov 12, 2007  
Fred Gall    
Steve Nesser Mar 23, 2010  
x Foundation Skateboards     Mike Rusczyk Jan 14, 2008 Jan 14, 2008
Leo Romero   2006
Corey Duffel 2001  
Sierra Fellers 2006  
Ethan Fowler   Dec 3, 2007
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x Baker Skateboards  
File:Baker skateboards logo.jpg Baker Skateboards is a skateboarding company founded by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds and creative founder Jay Strickland in 2000. Its main products are skateboard decks, clothing, and wheels. In 2000...
Erik Ellington   2008
Kevin Long    
Bryan Herman    
Leo Romero 2006 Apr 2009
Terry Kennedy    
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x RVCA  
RVCA (pronounced: rü-kə, or rew-ka) is a clothing company based in Costa Mesa, California. The logotype for RVCA portrays the letter A without a crossbar. This leaves it looking like an arrow pointing up while the letter V is an arrow pointing down....
Austin Stephens    
Kevin Long    
Cairo Foster    
Ed Templeton    
Leo Romero    
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x Emerica  
Emerica is a skateboarding shoe brand based in Lake Forest, California, USA and owned by Sole Technology.
Chris Senn    
Ed Templeton    
     
Heath Kirchart    
Jerry Hsu 2007  
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x Krux Trucks     Cairo Foster    
Caswell Berry    
Louie Barletta    
Olly Todd    
x Independent Truck Company  
Independent Truck Company is a skateboard truck manufacturer based in Santa Cruz, California established in 1978, owned by NHS, Inc. The trucks are manufactured by Ermico Enterprises, Inc. in the city of San Francisco, the only dedicated skateboard...
Anthony Van Engelen    
Wieger van Wageningen    
Greg Lutzka    
Tony Trujillo    
Rick Howard    
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x Globe Shoes  
Globe International Limited is a global company engaged in the design, marketing and distribution of apparel, footwear and skate hardgoods brands for the action sports and street fashion markets. Globe International products are sold to nearly 100...
Chris Haslam    
Greg Lutzka   May 2009
Mark Appleyard 2005  
Jake Duncombe    
Shane Cross   Mar 6, 2007
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x Macbeth, Inc.  
Macbeth Athletics was the temporary name for Macbeth Footwear during their 2005 marketing campaign "The Sport of Life." Macbeth Footwear is a company created by Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus from the platinum selling punk band Blink 182 and Jon...
Pat Duffy Feb 14, 2008  
x Venture Trucks  
Venture Trucks is a skateboarding company based out of San Francisco, California, founded by Keith Cochrane and Fausto Vitello. They are part of the Street Corner Distribution group. Their trucks are manufactured by Vitello's Emrico foundry. ...
Terry Kennedy    
Stevie Williams    
PJ Ladd    
Daniel Castillo    
Dave Bachinsky    
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x Ice Cream Footwear  
Ice Cream Footwear is a shoe line designed by Pharrell Williams of Neptunes and NERD fame. Nigo (from A Bathing Ape) has also designed Pharrell's shoe line Ice Cream in collaboration with Reebok. Fashion footwear collection by Reebok will be...
Terry Kennedy    
x Birdhouse Skateboards  
Birdhouse Skateboards (originally Birdhouse Projects) is a skateboard company formed by ex-Powell Peralta pros Tony Hawk and Per Welinder in 1992. Birdhouse is part of the Blitz Distribution family who also distribute Baker Skateboards, Flip...
Willy Santos    
Andrew Reynolds   2000
Tony Hawk 1993  
Shaun White    
Jeremy Klein 1992 May 1, 2008
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x Black Label Skateboards  
Black Label is a skateboarding company founded and owned by longtime professional skateboarder and skateboard graphic artist John Lucero in 1990. It is based in Costa Mesa, California.
Vince del Valle Feb 14, 2008  
Jason Adams Jul 3, 2007  
Matt Hensley    
Chet Childress    
x Fallen Footwear  
Fallen Footwear is a skateboarding footwear brand started by professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas. In 2003, it was announced that Fallen Footwear would be manufactured and distributed by DC Shoes under license from Thomas. The agreement was...
Chris Cole    
Josh Harmony    
James Hardy    
Matt Bennett   Feb 2009
Gilbert Crockett    
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x Real Skateboards     Nick Dompierre    
Dennis Busenitz    
Ernie Torres    
JT Aultz    
Keith Hufnagel 1992  
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x Royal Trucks  
Royal Trucks is a company in Torrance, California that makes skateboard trucks, the axle-like structures to which a skateboard's wheels are attached. In 1997, co-founders Rudy Johnson and Guy Mariano began selling an improved truck design. The...
Mike Carroll    
Kerry Getz    
Jerry Hsu    
Jesus Fernandez    
Guy Mariano Mar 27, 2008  
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x Shorty's Shortys
Shorty's Lunch is a Washington, Pennsylvania-based hot dog lunch counter. A "local landmark," Shorty's has been owned by the Alexas family since the 1930s. It has two locations, including the main facility on West Chestnut Street in Washington, as...
Chad Muska 1996 Jun 2, 2006
x KR3W  
KR3W is a skateboarding apparel company based in Fountain Valley, California, co founded by Angel Cabada in 2002. Cabada was previously a partner in TSA Clothing, another skateboard apparel company, but left shortly before its demise. In 2006, One...
Erik Ellington    
Jim Greco    
Chad Muska    
Tom Penny    
Ramiro Salcedo    
x Lakai Footwear  
Lakai Footwear Limited is a footwear company based in Torrance, California that creates shoes designed for and inspired by skateboarding. Lakai was founded by professional skateboarders and Girl Skateboards co-founders Mike Carroll and Rick Howard...
Mike Carroll    
Eric Koston Mar 31, 2006 Apr 13, 2009
Cairo Foster    
Marc Johnson    
Guy Mariano    
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x Vans  
Vans is a U.S based manufacturer of sneakers, skateboarding shoes, BMX shoes, snowboarding boots and other shoe types. On March 16, 1966, at 704 E. Broadway, in Anaheim, California, brothers Paul Van Doren, James Van Doren, and three other partners...
Tony Trujillo    
Anthony Van Engelen Oct 26, 2005  
Bucky Lasek    
Geoff Rowley 1999  
Steve Caballero    
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x DGK skateboards  
DGK, which stands for "Dirty Ghetto Kids", is a Philadelphia-based skateboard company founded by professional skateboarder Stevie Williams. Their main products are skateboards, wheels, and clothing. DGK is distributed by Kayo Corp, which is also the...
Stevie Williams    
Josh Kalis Sep 2009  
Marquis Henry Sep 2009  
x Krooked Skateboards     Mark Gonzales    
Dan Drehobl    
Bobby Worrest    
Van Wastell   Sep 5, 2008
x Adidas adidas_logo_black_-_transparent_v2.GIF
Adidas AG is a German sports clothing manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company (including Ashworth), and Rockport. Besides sports footwear, the company also...
Mark Gonzales    
Dave Bachinsky   Mar 2010
Jake Donnelly    
Tim O'Connor    
Nestor Judkins    
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x Stüssy  
Stussy, or Stüssy (pronounced /ˈstuːsi/), is a clothing brand and private company started in the early 1980s by Shawn Stussy. The company is one of many that benefited from the surfwear trend originating in Orange County, California, but it has...
Keith Hufnagel    
x Stereo Sound Agency  
Stereo Sound Agency is a skateboard company based in Los Angeles, California. Their main products are skateboard decks and wheels. In 1992, professional skateboarders Jason Lee, (who was riding for Blind) and Chris Pastras (who was riding for World...
Jason Lee 1992 1996
Jason Lee 2003  
Olly Todd    
Todd Jordan    
Chris Pastras    
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x Quiksilver  
Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE: ZQK), is an American company based in Huntington Beach, California, one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment. Its logo, designed by the company founder Alan Green and John...
Danny Garcia Nov 19, 2007  
Reese Forbes    
Tony Hawk 2000  
Kelly Slater 1990  
     
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x Habitat Skateboards  
A skateboarding brand out of DNA distribution founded in 1999.  The sister company of Alien Workshop.
Danny Garcia    
Silas Baxter-Neal Aug 14, 2007  
Stefan Janoski    
Tim O'Connor    
Fred Gall    
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x Beloe Footwear  
Beloe footwear is a skateboarding shoe company based out of Laguna Hills, CA headed up by Russ Pope.
Cooper Wilt Dec 1, 2007  
Austin Stephens Oct 5, 2007  
Ethan Fowler Oct 5, 2007 Oct 2008
x Powell Peralta  
Powell Peralta is an American skateboard company founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta in 1978. The company rose to prominence in the 1980s as skateboarding began maturing as a sport. The company featured the Bones Brigade, a team of the era's...
Lance Mountain 1983 1991
Ray Barbee   1991
Steve Caballero 1981  
Tony Hawk 1982 1992
Rodney Mullen    
x The Firm Skateboards  
The Firm was a skateboarding company created in 1991 by Lance Mountain. In 2006, The Firm shut down. They were best known for their skateboard decks. Their roster of sponsored professional skateboarders included Bob Burnquist, Lance Mountain,...
Lance Mountain 1991 2006
Wieger van Wageningen   2006
Ray Barbee 1991 2006
Matt Beach   2006
x C1RCA Logotipo de C1RCA en el monopatín del centro y de la derecha.
Circa (stylized C1RCA or C1rca, pronounced "circa") is a skateboard footwear and apparel company that started in 1999 and is based in San Clemente, California, United States It was started by Four Star Distribution along with Chad Muska as its first...
Mark Appleyard   2005
Peter Ramondetta    
Sierra Fellers    
Chad Muska 1999 2005
Windsor James    
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x Adio Footwear  
Adio Footwear was a skateboarding footwear and clothing company, founded by skater Chris Miller in 1999. It was later acquired by K2, based in Carlsbad, California. K2 was acquired by the Jarden Corporation in 2007. Its name is pronounced "audio" or...
Nick Dompierre    
Tony Hawk    
Bam Margera    
Shaun White    
Kenny Anderson   Feb 2010
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x Blind Skateboards  
Blind is a skateboard company founded by Mark Gonzales, in 1989 under Steve Rocco's World Industries empire. The name "Blind" is an intentional slight to Gonzales' former sponsor, Vision Skateboards. He has since left the company and today the...
Jake Duncombe    
Ronnie Creager    
Jake Brown    
James Craig    
Kevin Romar Sep 2009  
x Darkstar Skateboards  
Darkstar is a skateboarding company based in El Segundo, CA founded in 1997 by pro skateboarder Chet Thomas, along with his brother Matt Thomas, under Dwindle Distribution. Originally a wheel company, it has since expanded into a board company with...
Adam Dyet    
Pierre-Luc Gagnon    
Ryan Decenzo    
Paul Machnau    
Greg Lutzka May 26, 2010  
x Chocolate Skateboards  
Chocolate skateboards is a professional skateboard company founded in April, 1994. As Girl Skateboards came into its own, the owners were approached by friends and other professional skateboarders who knew a good thing when they saw it. Rather than...
Jesus Fernandez    
Daniel Castillo 1994  
Kenny Anderson 2003  
Gino Iannucci 1996  
Marc Johnson 2003  
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