verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message world industries inc. type private founded 1987 founders steve rocco rodney mullen mike vallely headquarters santa monica california u.s. united states key people rodney mullen steve rocco mike vallely frank messmann scott drouillard marc mckee products skateboarding equipment clothing shoes accessories videos ; snowboards outerwear etc. owner i.e. distribution parent nuyna guya jore website worldindustries.com world industries is a skateboarding company that offers skateboarding products accessories and clothing . the company was founded by steve rocco in 1987 . in 1988 rocco was joined by skater rodney mullen and then mike vallely in 1989 . as of 2007 world industries is owned by i.e. distribution . 1 it also makes and sells longboards contents 1 history 1.1 blind 1.2 plan b 1.3 a team 1.4 restructure and growth 1.5 kubic marketing 1.6 globe international 1.7 i.e. distribution 2 team 3 documentary 4 references 5 external links history edit blind edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message in late 1989 mark gonzales approached rocco with the desire to be involved in his own company . gonzales was riding for vision which was the largest skateboard company at the time . gonzales and rocco decided to name the company blind in contrast to gonzales former sponsor . jason lee who was at the time a world industries team member assisted with the development of the brand . plan b edit in 1991 wanting to break from h street co founder mike ternasky formed the company plan b with an exclusive production and distribution alliance with world industries . in the deal plan b marketed itself from san diego while world industries did the rest paying a royalty fee to plan b. citation needed mike ternasky was able to convince perennial freestyle world champion citation needed rodney mullen to switch to street skating thus becoming a member of the plan b team . citation needed in september 1993 rick howard defected with seven other riders from the fold of world industries and started girl . mike ternasky was killed in a car accident in 1994 . citation needed plan b and world industries parted ways in 1997 and was run by danny way and colin mckay closing its doors shortly thereafter in 1998 . in march 2005 plan b was resurrected by team member and part owner danny way . a team edit as a direct response to plan b s departure rodney mullen created a team along with marc johnson gershon mosley dave mayhew and chet thomas . restructure and growth edit the years of 1996 to 1999 were years of significant restructuring and explosive growth for the company led by the newly appointed executives and subsequent shareholders ceo frank messman and cfo scott drouillard . by the end of 1998 world industries and blind had achieved the status of number one and number two brands in skateboard hardgoods . citation needed this was in large part due to the re positioning of the brands with marc mckee s hugely popular cartoon characters of devilman flame boy and wet willy for world industries and the blind reaper for blind . citation needed . kubic marketing edit in october 1998 steve rocco and his then five other shareholder partners including rodney mullen frank messmann and scott drouillard sold a 70 % majority interest of the company to an outside private equity group spc while maintaining all key management and employees . citation needed the company was valued at 29 million at the point of sale . a parent company emerged by the name of kubic marketing kubic which owned world industries and dwindle distribution . citation needed in 1999 the parent company kubic bought the then largest retailer catalog and internet ccs in the skateboard industry for 21 million . in 2000 due to financial issues the company sold ccs to alloy a publicly listed company for approximately 50 million . globe international edit in 2002 globe international limited an australian public company purchased all companies of kubic including world industries . 2 i.e. distribution edit on june 25 2007 globe international limited sold the world industries brand to i.e. distribution . 1 as of february 2014 world industries continues to sponsor a team of skateboarders ; however an official promotional flyer appeared on february 6 2014 following the addition of a skateboard deck line to team rider anthony shetler s clothing brand all i need ain . the flyer states shetler and timmy knuth will have pro models but as of february 20 2014 both shetler and knuth remain on the world industries website as team members and no further information has been released . 3 4 team edit andrew cannon anthony shetler timmy knuth derek fukuhara matt mendenhall mike franklin billy davenport 4 documentary edit in 2007 whyte house productions released the man who souled the world a documentary about steve rocco and the creation of world industries as well as his other skateboard related companies and ventures . 5 the film release was accompanied by a skateboard art exhibition featuring marc mckee s art titled censorship is weak as f k. references edit a b chris oldfield 25 june 2007 . globe announces the sale of world industries pdf . media and asx release . globe international . retrieved 9 september 2012 . biz editor 5 july 2002 . globe buys kubic . transworld business . bonnier corporation . retrieved 9 september 2012 . tws 6 february 2014 . all i need premiere & board line . transworld skateboarding . grind media . retrieved 20 february 2014 . a b home . world industries . world industries . 20 february 2014 . retrieved 20 february 2014 . the man who souled the world at imdb external links edit world industries the man who souled the world archive of official site of the film . trashfilter.com editorial article a personal retrospective of world industries in the early 90s by chris aylen for trashfilter . the man who souled the world at the internet movie database . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title world industries & oldid 737787589 categories skateboarding companiesprivately held companies based in californiahidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2014all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 01 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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