This skate company was founded in 1992 by Johnny Schilleriff[3] as a collaboration called Underworld Element Skateboards. The struggling company was later absorbed by Schilleriff and the "Underworld" portion of the name dropped.[4]
DC Shoes is an American company specializing in footwear for extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, motocross, rally car racing, and surfing, as well as snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets.
The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Vista, California. DC originally stood for 'Droors City Footwear', but since the sale of Droors (which is now defunct), DC no longer has ties to Droors and is simply DC Shoes.[1]