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DC Shoes is a American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 footwear company specializing in shoes for skateboarding
Skateboarding

Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to a skateboarder, skater or skate rat....
 as well as snowboarding boots, snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Vista, CA. DC originally stood for 'Droors Clothing Footwear', but since the sale of Droors (which is now defunct), DC no longer has any ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes. On March 10, 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver
Quiksilver

Quiksilver, Inc. , based in Huntington Beach, California, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment....
.

The company manufactures footwear for all types of extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
, BMX, motocross, rally car racing, and surfing
Surfing

Surfing refers to a person or boat riding down a wave and thereby gathering speed from the downward movement. Most commonly, the term is used for a surface water sports in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean surface wave standing on a surfboard....
, for men, women, and kids.








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DC Shoes is a American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 footwear company specializing in shoes for skateboarding
Skateboarding

Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to a skateboarder, skater or skate rat....
 as well as snowboarding boots, snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Vista, CA. DC originally stood for 'Droors Clothing Footwear', but since the sale of Droors (which is now defunct), DC no longer has any ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes. On March 10, 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver
Quiksilver

Quiksilver, Inc. , based in Huntington Beach, California, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment....
.

The company manufactures footwear for all types of extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
, BMX, motocross, rally car racing, and surfing
Surfing

Surfing refers to a person or boat riding down a wave and thereby gathering speed from the downward movement. Most commonly, the term is used for a surface water sports in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean surface wave standing on a surfboard....
, for men, women, and kids.

In popular culture


  • Joel Ludemann Is Probably DC's best skateboarder in the team and is a rising star in the world of skateboarding, He Rides on DC CHARACTER white/black/true red


  • Duncan
    Duncan

    Duncan may refer to:...
     and Christopher "Big Black" Boykin who appeared on the show Rob and Big both have signature shoes from DC
    DC

    DC may refer to:...
     and on Rob's new show Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory
    Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

    Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory is a reality television show currently airing on the MTV channel....
     on the new episode DC
    DC

    DC may refer to:...
     throws a shoe release party for Rob.


  • DC released a video entitled "The DC Video" in 2003. It has been released on VHS
    VHS

    The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
    , DVD
    DVD

    DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
    , and UMD
    Universal Media Disc

    The Universal Media Disc is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable. It can hold up to 1.8 gigabytes of data....
     for PSP
    PlayStation Portable

    The PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was first announced during History of E3#During the Rise of Online Gaming , and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004....
    . The video features a part by Danny Way
    Danny Way

    Danny Way is a professional Skateboarding. He rode for Powell Peralta in the late 1980s. He was featured, with Bucky Lasek in very short segment in the Powell video "Public Domain." Soon after Way left Powell to ride for H-Street, and then rode for Blind Skateboards from 1990-1991, but soon left to join the founder of H-Street to begin a new...
     in which he skates the DC "Mega Ramp," a series of enormous skateboarding ramps,where he sets world records for highest skateboard air, and longest air distance. The video also features Rob Dyrdek
    Rob Dyrdek

    Robert Stanley "Rob" Dyrdek is an United States professional skateboarder, actor, entrepreneur, and former star of his own reality TV series entitled Rob & Big with the personal bodyguard and best friend Chris Boykin....
    , Ryan Gallant
    Ryan Gallant

    Ryan Gallant, is a professional skateboarder, currently riding for Plan B Skateboards, Venture Trucks, and Bones Swiss Bearings,gold wheels, circa....
    , Josh Kalis
    Josh Kalis

    Josh Kalis is a professional street skateboarding skateboarder. He currently resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan....
    , Robbie McKinley, Greg Myers
    Greg Myers

    Gregory Richard Myers is a former Major League Baseball catcher and designated hitter who last played for the Toronto Blue Jays. He played 18 seasons in MLB, which began in ....
    , Lindsey Robertson
    Lindsey Robertson

    Lindsey Robertson is a professional skateboarder. He is known for his heelflips and his nick name "Baby Juice".....
    , Ryan Smith
    Ryan Smith

    Ryan Smith may refer to:*Ryan Smith *Ryan Smith *Ryan Smith *Ryan Smith , Canadian rugby union player*Ryan Smith , writer for MADtv*Ryan Smith, author of the webcomic Funny Farm ...
    , Anthony Van Engelen
    Anthony Van Engelen

    Anthony Van Engelen is a professional skateboarder.Van Engelen was born in San Diego, California. In his youth, Van Engelen spent several years living in Moscow, after which he returned to the US and began skateboarding....
     (A.V.E), Stevie Williams
    Stevie Williams

    Stevie Williams is a professional street skateboarder. Stevie Williams appears in the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Tony Hawk's Project 8 and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground....
    , Colin McKay
    Colin McKay

    Colin McKay is a professional Skateboarding from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in 1992....
     and Brian Wenning.


  • Travis, member of pop punk
    Pop punk

    Pop punk is a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. It is typically referred to as a strand of alternative rock that combines power-pop melodies and chord changes with speedy punk tempos and loud guitars....
     groups blink-182
    Blink-182

    Blink-182 is an United States Rock music trio formed in 1992 in Poway, California that predominantly plays pop punk music. The band, then known simply as "Blink", was originally composed of Tom DeLonge , Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor ....
    , Transplants and +44
    +44 (band)

    +44 is an alternative rock and pop punk band. The band was formed by current Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker , also consisting of former Transplants touring guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and the lead guitarist of The Nervous Return, Shane Gallagher....
    , had a shoe and hat line influenced by him called DC Travis Barker remix.


  • Lil Wayne
    Lil Wayne

    Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an United States Rapping. Formerly a member of the rap group the Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager....
     wore DC shoes apparel in his music video for "Make It Rain" (Remix), and again wore a DC shirt in Birdman
    Birdman

    Birdman may refer to:* Birdman of Alcatraz , a 1962 film* Birdman , a novel by Mo Hayder* Radio Birdman, a 1970s Australian punk/garage group...
    's I Run This video.


  • Munky of Korn
    Korn

    'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
     wears DC shoes off- and on-stage.


  • Edson Rodriguez (drummer) wears DC Shoes & Apparel


  • Actor Adam Sandler
    Adam Sandler

    Adam Richard Sandler is an United States comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter and film producer. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over US$100 million at the box office....
     is a fan of DC Shoes and apparel. He can be seen wearing DC products in many of his movies. He was also wearing a pair of DC Shoes when he left his footprints at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.


  • Joe and Chefboy, from the Joe and Chefboy show on MTV
    MTV

    MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
    , wear DC shoes and apparel frequently throughout the show.


  • Mike Shinoda
    Mike Shinoda

    Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
     of Linkin Park
    Linkin Park

    Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
     / Fort Minor
    Fort Minor

    Fort Minor is the hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond....
     currently wears DC Shoes and apparel. In 2004, Shinoda remixed the DC Clientele Shoe, with original artwork, hang tag, and insole created by hand. All proceeds of this shoe went to the Michael K. Shinoda Art Scholarship.


  • Latin Hip Hop Collective Cultura Londres featuring members of Cypress Hill
    Cypress Hill

    Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988....
     also wear DC Shoes and apparel.


  • Australian hip hop
    Australian hip hop

    Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by hip hop music and hip hop culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America....
     group Hilltop Hoods
    Hilltop Hoods

    The Hilltop Hoods are an ARIA Awards winning Australian hip hop group, originating from Adelaide, South Australia. Their members are MCs Suffa , Pressure , DJ Debris and formerly DJ Next....
     are sponsored by DC Australia and did a Remix Shoe with DC, it featured lyrics in the insole.


  • R&B singer Aaliyah
    Aaliyah

    Aaliyah Dana Haughton , simply known as Aaliyah meaning "The highest most exalted, among the best", was an American contemporary R&B and pop music singer and actress....
     wore DC apparel in her videos for More Than A Woman
    More Than a Woman

    More Than a Woman may refer to:*More Than a Woman , by Toni Braxton*More Than a Woman *More Than a Woman ...
     and We Need A Resolution
    We Need a Resolution

    "We Need a Resolution" is an R&B song written by Steve "Static" Garrett and Timbaland for Aaliyah self-titled final studio album, Aaliyah ....
    .


  • The DC logo appears in BoWow's video What's my name


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