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DC Shoes is an American business that specializes in footwear for extreme sports, such as skateboarding, snowboarding as well as snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets. The organization was founded in 1993 by Ken Block and Damon Way, and is based in Vista, California.[1] DC originally stood for "Droors Clothing", but since the sale of Droors Clothing (which is now defunct), DC no longer has ties to Droors and is essentially DC Shoes.
Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks making use of a skateboard. A individual who skateboards is most normally referred to as a skateboarder, or colloquially within the skateboarding community, a skater.
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Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an artform, a job, or a method of transportation.[1] Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by a lot of skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report by American Sports Data found that there had been 18.5 million skateboarders in the world. 85 percent of skateboarders polled who had utilized a board in the last year had been under the age of 18, and 74 percent had been male.[2]

Skateboarding is reasonably modern. A key skateboarding maneuver, the ollie, was developed in the late 1970s by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand as a half-pipe maneuver. Freestyle skateboarder Rodney Mullen was the 1st to take it to flat ground and later invented the kickflip and its variations. [three]
Ken Block (born November 21, 1967, in Lengthy Beach, California)[2] is a professional rally racer with the Monster World Rally Team. Block is also one of the co-founders and recently appointed Chief Brand Officer of DC Shoes.[1] Block has competed in numerous action sports events such as skateboarding, snowboarding, motocross, and most notably rally racing.
2005

In 2005, Ken Block began his national rallying career with the Vermont SportsCar team.[3] Vermont SportsCar prepared a 2005 Subaru WRX STi for Block to compete. His initial event of the rallying season was Sno*Drift, where he ended up finishing seventh overall and fifth in the Group N class.[4] Throughout the 2005 season, Block had five top five finishes and placed third overall in the Group N class and fourth overall in the Rally America National Championship.[3] At the end of his initial rallying year, Ken Block had won the Rally America Rookie of the Year award.[5]
[edit] 2006

In 2006, Ken Block along with his DC rally teammate Travis Pastrana signed a new sponsorship deal with Subaru.[3] By way of this deal with Subaru, the teammates became recognized as "Subaru Rally Team USA."[three] With the new rally season, Block also got a brand new Vermont SportsCar prepped 2006 Subaru WRX STi.[three] He competed in the very first ever X Games rally event at X Games XII.[3] In the competition, Block ended up finishing third to take the bronze.[three] He went on to compete in the 2006 Rally America National Championship, where he finished second overall.[3]
[edit] 2007

In 2007, Ken Block competed in the X Games XIII rally event, where he placed second overall and won a silver medal.[5] In the 2007 Rally America National Championship, Block finished third overall.[5] Throughout this season, Block also entered in a few rounds of the World Rally Championship; Rally Mexico and Rally New Zealand.[4] In Rally New Zealand, Block recorded two top-five stage times in the Group N class.[4] At the end of 2007, Block had achieved 19 podiums and 8 overall victories in rally events.[1]
[edit] 2008

In 2008, Block was supplied with a brand new rally prepped 2008 Subaru WRX STi to compete. Block decided to compete in the Rallye Baie-des Chaleurs of the Canadian Rally Championship to gain some experience with his new 2008 rally vehicle and prepare for the World Rally Championships later this year.[6] Block gained his 1st Canadian rally win at the event.[6] This was only the second event for the new automobile.[6] Block and his co-driver had been unable to get any championship points at the event due to not having a Canadian competition license.[6] Block competed in the Rally New York USA competition and finished in 1st place.[7] In the X Games XIV rally competition, Block finished tied for third place with Dave Mirra.[8] This occurrence was due to both competitors having difficulties with their automobile. Block, who made it to the semi-finals of the event, had a radiator difficulty after landing the car awkwardly on a jump. With both bronze place competitors in damaged cars unable to compete, the medals had been awarded to both of them.[8]

Block competed in the 2008 Rally America National championship, which concluded on October 17, 2008. In the event, he finished second overall with a strong victory in the last event. In the Lake Superior Performance Rally stage, Block finished over 1 minute ahead of his next closest competitor and secured the second overall position.[9] Next up for Block this rally season is 3 World Rally Championship events.[4]

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