Etnies
| Etnies
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| legal form | subsidiary |
| founding | 1986 |
| Seat | Lake Forest , United States |
| Branch | Sporting goods |
| Website | www.etnies.com |
etnies is an American shoe manufacturer owned by Sole Technology, Inc. specializing in skateboard shoes and apparel; In the further range there are also products for snowboarders , surfers , BMX drivers and motocross drivers.
The company was founded in France in 1986 (at the time with ! ), But has been based in Huntington Beach since the late 1980s and is one of the oldest companies in the skate shoe market. Etnies was the first company to produce a signature skate shoe in the late 1980s. It was named after skateboarder Natas Kaupas .
In addition, the equally successful subsidiaries és and Emerica were founded in the mid-1990s.
Today Etnies mainly sponsors professional skaters, but also supports bands like My Chemical Romance , Hot Water Music , The Vines , Shadows Fall , Plüsch , Rise Against and Taking Back Sunday .
Pro team
Skateboarder
- Glifberg rune
- Ryan Sheckler
- Gleb Demenev
- Elissa Steamer
- Kyle Leeper
- Tyler Bledsoe
- Christoph Wildgrube aka Willow
- Chris Joslin
surfer
Snowboarder
BMX rider
- Mike Escamilla
- Taj Mihelich
- Ruben Alcantara
- Jamie Bestwick
- Sergio Layos
- Joe Rich
- Dave Freimuth
- John Heaton
- Josh Stricker
- Garrett Byrnes
- Sandy Carson
Motocross rider
- Brian Deegan
- Chad Reed
- Tim Ferry
- Trigger rubber
- Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg
- Justin Brayton
- Levi Sherwood
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Hammerking! Retrieved April 26, 2020 .
- ↑ etnies.com Europe | Introducing the Chris Joslin Pro Model Shoe. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .