DC Shoes Logo — DC Shoes is a California company specializing in shoes for extreme sports, including skateboarding , snowboarding , BMX , motocross and surf and urban wear. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Vista, California . DC originally began as ‘Clothing Footwear Droors’ but after the sale of Droors Clothing (now defunct), the company was renamed simply DC Shoes. On March 10, 2004, Quiksilver acquired DC Shoes for a total amount of 87 million U.S. dollars .
The company was founded in 1993 in Vista, California , County of San Diego by Ken Block and Damon Way (brother of the skateboarder Danny Way Professional). Mainly because they hired the services of an accountant, Clayton Blehm thus becoming the third founder of the company. However, Blehm would nine years later wrapped in a dark suit with Billabong to buy DC Shoes, which caused a severe financial penalty Blehm and his subsequent dismissal of the California company. More