Sector 9
Skateboarding equipment manufactures
title: "Sector 9" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["manufacturing-companies-based-in-san-diego", "companies-established-in-1993", "sporting-goods-manufacturers-of-the-united-states", "skateboarding-companies", "1993-establishments-in-california"] description: "Skateboarding equipment manufactures" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector_9" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Skateboarding equipment manufactures ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Sector 9 |
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| defunct | |
| industry | Longboard (skateboard) manufacturer |
| genre | |
| aum | |
| parent | Back Nine Industries |
| foundation | 1993 |
| location_city | San Diego, California |
| location_country | United States |
| homepage | |
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| name = Sector 9 | logo = | type = | traded_as = | predecessor = | successor = | founder = | defunct = | fate = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Longboard (skateboard) manufacturer | genre = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Back Nine Industries | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | intl = | caption = | foundation = 1993 | location_city = San Diego, California | location_country = United States | location = | locations = | homepage = Sector 9 The company was started in La Jolla, San Diego, California in 1993 by cofounders Steve Lake, Dave Klimkiewicz, Dennis Telfer, and Tal O'Farrell. Sector 9 is currently headquartered in San Diego, California.
Sector 9 manufactures skateboarding equipment and surf/skate lifestyle apparel. Their main focus is on hard goods, but they also offer a range of soft goods. Throughout their history, they have catered to both entry level skaters with more cruiser oriented boards, as well as high performance downhill skateboarding goods, that have been used by professional riders.
Sector 9 works with numerous distributors for its products, including Eastern Skateboard Supply and South Shore Distribution.
Billabong International acquired Sector 9 in 2008. On June 28, 2016, it was announced that Bravo Corp had in turn purchased the company from Billabong for $12 million.
Sector 9 sponsors numerous different athletes in skateboarding and surfing, including Joel Tudor and Levi Hawken of Nek Minnit fame.
References
References
- O'Connell, Brian. (1 May 2000). "What Have You Become?". Entrepreneur.
- Debra Phillips, G. David Doran, Elaine W. Teague, and Laura Tiffany, FindArticles.com Business Library, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DTI/is_n11_v26/ai_21230787 "Young millionaires"], November 1998, Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- Atlas International, [http://www.atlasinternational.com/en-GB/usa/lifestyle/ "Culture - San Diego"] {{webarchive. link. (2008-12-28 , Retrieved 2012-02-09.)
- Surfline.com, [http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/industry-news/billabong-international-limited-acquires-sector-9_16540/ "Billabong International Limited Acquires Sector 9"] Press Release, 2008-07-02, Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- "Joel Tudor". Sector 9.
- "Nek Minnit "I never say it anymore." - Levi Hawken by MSN".
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