DVS Shoe Company

DVS Shoe Company

The DVS Shoe Company was founded in 1995 by Kevin Dunlap and professional skateboarder Tim Gavin. Dvs stand for Drugs, Violence and Shoes. it shows the life of a typical american river schooler. DVS is a footwear company based out of Torrance, California. DVS is owned by Podium Distribution. They originally made men's skateboard specific shoes, but today they have expanded their footwear line with shoes for women, kids, and toddlers. Shoe models are no longer restricted to skateboarding, they now include sandals, slippers, wake shoes, and fashion-based designs. They also have a full clothing line.

The brands reputation has been somewhat tarnished in the Republic of Ireland as a result of the companies production moving to China as they changed their shoe materials to cardboard and foam in the soles. This has left many Irish customers dissatisfied and returning their DVS purchases to shops due to the soles coming apart from the main body of the shoe and friction burns to customers' feet from the low quality materials.

Their team has expanded as well from sponsoring just skateboarders, now to snowboard, wakeboard, wakeskate, motocross, surf, and race car teams.

Professional Skate Team

*Daewon Song
*Jereme Rogers
*Chico Brenes
*Zered Bassett
*Jeron Wilson
*Keith Hufnagel
*Steve Berra
*Kerry Getz
*James Williams
*Torey Pudwill

Amateur Skate Team

*Jimmy Cao
*Guru Khalsa
*Kenny Hoyle
*Lamare Hemmings
*Eli Reed
*Daniel Castillo

Past team members include Jason Dill, Mikey Taylor, and Dennis Busenitz.

In 2007 they started a sub line called "Luxe", which focused more on fashion and premium materials with limited distributon.

Podium also distributes Matix clothing

References

*http://www.transworldmotocross.com/mx/features/article/0,13190,1158898,00.html
*http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,707192,00.html

External links

* [http://www.dvsshoes.com Official website]
* [http://www.dvs-girls.com/ DVS Girl website]
* [http://www.dvsluxe.com/ Official Luxe website]
* [http://www.dvsmoto.com/ DVS Moto website]
* [http://www.podiumdist.com/ Podium Distribution]
* [http://www.tillys.com/tillys/brandpage.aspx/dvs/91/0/0 DVS Shoes]


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