Melbourne’s Hill brothers: Stephen, Peter and Matt, created a global boardsports brand of their own, first with shoes for skaters and surfers in the mid 1990s and then with apparel and hardgoods for the broader market.
The Poetic Collective was founded in 2016 by Tom Botwid while he was studying at an art academy in Berlin.Together with his brother Paul Botwid, they managed to make a name for themselves with unique designs, far from the schemes known in skating until then.The brand is now based in Malmö, Sweden.
Isle Skateboards is headed up by Paul Shier, Nick Jensen and Chris Aylen. They created Isle (pronounced 'Aile') in 2013 to create a better home for various London based skateboarders that were in search of a skateboard company that represented something new and fresh.
