These shoes were made for walking...

I have talked about my village that of course you know very well, I also wrote about F1 and for my new post I would like to write about one of my favourite clothes brand.
It was founded in 1993 by Ken Block and Damon Way. The company is situated in Vista, California which is a city in north San Diego County. Its name is DC shoes.

This American company specialises in footwear for extreme sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, motocross and much more related sports. DC Shoes was originally called Eightball, and solely made t-shirts for skate shops. After trademark disputes, Eightball was renamed Droors Clothing, sporting a new line of clothing in which they created ads in satire of famous advertisements for companies like Calvin Klein. At first, DC was a related with skaters and snowboarders, although this has changed. The style of their clothes and other accessories has made this brand one of the most famous around the world in just a few years. Some of the most famous international pop-rock groups wear DC shoes or t-shirts; like Linkin Park or Limp Bizkit. They have also created their own personal designs.

DC founder Ken Block is a rally car driver competing in Rally America. DC is a sponsor of both him and his teammate, driver Travis Pastrana, a champion motocross rider. Pastrana was the 2006 and 2007 overall Rally America championship winner. Both Pastrana and Block compete as part of the Subaru Rally Team USA and drive Subaru Impreza WRX STi rally cars. DC has recently released a driving shoe because of their involvement in rally. Both of them have been involved in the publicity done by DC appearing in videos where you can admire their abilities driving a car or a motor bike.

The increasing fame of DC attracts other companies. In March 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quicksilver. Droors Clothing Footwear was simplified to DC, and after the sale of Droors, DC stood alone as DC Shoes.

Watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ7R_buZPSo

Formula 1

I would like to talk about the formula 1 championship this year. The competition between the pilots is very close this year. The difference between each car is little and in some cases they are almost the same. The FIA try to promote a balanced championship by forbidding some kinds of aerodynamic changes and making the tires totally different.

However, their efforts were for nothing because as always happens, there is always someone cleverer than them. In this case, we find BRAWN GP team that created a new diffuser which makes the car go faster.

The championship started on April 5th; the first race was celebrated in Malaysia. There was an enormous surprise in every team when the first positions were held by Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The new diffuser made them beat all the other teams such as the great Ferrari or McLaren. Other teams had a new invention called KERS (kinetic energy recovering system) but it didn’t help them to get better positions.

Most of the teams without the new diffuser complained about it to the FIA. Later it was ratified as legal, and as a result they needed to change their cars to improve them.
Now that most teams have changed their cars like Renault, there was an incredible change in the last race in China. After the hard work of the engineers, the Spanish driver was able to get second place in the qualifying session on Saturday.

Until the end of the championship in Brazil we won’t know the name of the 2009 champion.