Black Box Distribution is a skateboard distributor owned by professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas. It serves 4 companies, 3 are owned by Thomas; Fallen Footwear, Mystery Skateboards, and Zero Skateboards. Slave Skateboards is owned by Ben Horton. Black Box also owns Cinco Maderas, a Mexico based woodshop that manufactures the decks for Mystery, Slave and Zero. In 2006 Jamie Thomas won an Ernst & Young regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award as president of Black Box. In early 2010 Jamie Thomas began distributing Insight clothing through Black Box. Fallen Footwear is a skate footwear... company. Originally it was a partnership between Thomas and DC Shoes. When DC was purchased by Quiksilver, Thomas chose not to sell Fallen and moved the brand to Black Box. Current Team Riders Zero Skateboards started as an apparel line when Thomas was riding for Toy Machine and blossomed into a full skateboard company. Current Team includes Mystery Skateboards is the sister company to Zero Skateboards and produces skate decks.
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| Founded: | 2000 |
| Founders: | Jamie Thomas |