Zero Skateboards

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Zero Skateboards is a skateboard company located in Carlsbad, California.

Zero started out as a clothing company in 1996 by Jamie Thomas while he was skateboarding professionally for Toy Machine. It evolved into a full fledged skateboard company with Jamie leaving Toy Machine and becoming Zero's first pro.[1] As the team grew, Jamie started the company, Mystery Skateboards in October 2003, headed by Zero pro Adrian Lopez. Ryan Smith and Lindsey Robertson, who were amateurs at the time for Zero, also went to Mystery.

Zero decks are manufactured in Tijuana, Mexico, by Edieth and Osuna, which is owned by Jamie Thomas.[2] Zero is part of the Black Box Distribution family, along with Mystery Skateboards, $lave Skateboards, and Fallen Footwear. Zero has won three consecutive Thrasher Magazine's King of the Road competition[3] from 2004 to 2006, beating other teams such as Girl Skateboards, Toy Machine, Darkstar, Element, Flip, Habitat, Real, Almost, and Baker Skateboards. Zero has declined defending their title for King of the Road in order start the "Black and White tour" with the Mystery team in 2007.[4] Zero pro Chris Cole won Thrasher and TransWorld Skateboarding's S.O.T.Y. Award (Skateboarder of the Year). Black Box Distribution just started up $lave skateboards, a new sister to Zero.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ From Zero To Black Box - Transworld Business Magazine
  2. ^ Offshore manufacturing alternative - Black Box has found a way to lower costs without going - Transworld Business Magazine
  3. ^ http://secure.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?SCREEN=events_endline
  4. ^ http://secure.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?SCREEN=events_kotr2007

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