1993 1 founder steve lake dave klimkiewicz and dennis telfer and tal o farrell headquarters san diego california united states parent bravo sports website https www.sector9.com sector 9 is a longboard manufacturer and subsidiary of bravo sports . 2 the company was started in la jolla california in 1993 by cofounders steve lake dave klimkiewicz dennis telfer and tal o farrell . 1 3 sector 9 is currently headquartered in san diego california . 4 sector 9 specializes in longboards for surfing longboarding and snowboarding . their main focus is on hard goods but they also offer a range of soft goods . 5 billabong international acquired sector 9 in 2008 . on june 28 2016 it was announced that bravo corp had purchased the company from billabong for 12 million dollars . 5 sector 9 sponsors numerous different skateboarders and surfers including joel tudor . 6 see also edit longboard skateboard references edit a b o connell brian 1 may 2000 . what have you become . entrepreneur . p. 3 . retrieved 9 february 2012 . bravo sports corp. acquires skateboard manufacturer sector 9 . retrieved 2016 09 09 . debra phillips g. david doran elaine w. teague and laura tiffany findarticles.com business library young millionaires november 1998 retrieved 2012 02 09 . atlas international culture san diego retrieved 2012 02 09 . a b surfline.com billabong international limited acquires sector 9 press release 2008 07 02 retrieved 2012 02 09 . joel tudor . surf team . sector 9 . retrieved 9 february 2012 . external links edit official website sector 9 punta lobos review sector 9 longboards skateboarding.com.au sector 9 longboards experience for high quality retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sector 9 & oldid 743675226 categories companies based in san diegocompanies established in 1993sporting goods manufacturers of the united statesskateboarding companies 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 10 october 2016 at 17 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view