{"id":904,"count":125,"description":"\r\nHook-Ups Skateboards is owned by Jeremy Klein, a professional skateboarder from California. Jeremy was one of the riders for the World Industries team before switching to Birdhouse.\r\n\r\nFounded in July 1994, \u2028Hook-Ups first began as a simple T-shirt line \u2028celebrating a few of the things he was into at the\u2028 time such as Japanese anime, girls, video games, ice \u2028cream, candy, and skateboarding. With the initial\u2028 popularity of the T-shirt graphics, they soon\u2028 branched out into a full line of skateboards. Under the\u2028 art direction of Jeremy, the brand has since evolved \u2028from its traditional anime roots to create characters \u2028and an art style all its own. Over the years, Hook-Ups \u2028has created hundreds of distinct graphics, many of\u2028 which are now highly sought after by collectors.\r\n