- Zero Skateboards
Zero Skateboards is a
skateboard company located in Carlsbad,California .Zero started out as a clothing company in
1996 . It evolved into a full fledged skateboard company with Jamie Thomas leaving Toy Machine and becoming Zero's first pro. [ [http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,708120,00.html From Zero To Black Box - Transworld Business Magazine ] ] 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 , byEdieth and Osuna , which is owned byJamie Thomas . [ [http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,708321,00.html Offshore manufacturing alternative - Black Box has found a way to lower costs without going - Transworld Business Magazine ] ] Zero is part of theBlack Box Distribution family, along with Mystery Skateboards, $lave Skateboards, andFallen Footwear .Zero has won three consecutive Thrasher Magazine's "King of the Road" competition [http://secure.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?SCREEN=events_endline] from 2004 to 2006, beating other teams such asGirl Skateboards ,Toy Machine , Darkstar, Element, Flip, Habitat, Real, Almost, andBaker 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. [http://secure.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?SCREEN=events_kotr2007] 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.Professional team
*Chris Cole
*John Rattray
*Jamie Thomas
*Tommy Sandoval
*Tony Cervantes
*Garrett Hill
*Elissa Steamer
*Ben Gilley
*Keegan Sauder
*Sheldon Meleshinski
*James Brockman
*Jamie Tancowny References
External links
* [http://www.zeroskateboards.com/ Zero Skateboards official website]
* [http://www.blackboxdist.com/ Black Box Distribution]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.