DC shoes started life as original screen-printed T-shirts from 22 year old Californian snowboarder Ken Block, back in 1989. He initially called his clothing label 'Eightball' and, together with fellow Community College student and skateboarder Damon Way, began to market them. Fortunately for Ken, Damon had a brother - professional skateboarder Danny. He helped to promote the 'Eightball' brand by endorsing and wearing their T-shirts. With the designs becoming ever more popular and with a loan from Block's parents, Ken and Damon expanded the business, leading to the retailing of skateboarding shoes in 1994 and the rest - as they say - is history. discount at Shoes2clothes.com