About Us

FACT. is rooted in music and skateboarding subculture, not as an observer, but as a participant. Inspired by the raw, uncompromising spirit of the 1980s and 1990s underground, we build footwear and workwear that carry history forward. Based in Los Angeles, FACT. serves the Post-Punk and Skateboarding communities with the MNKY and CNTRL, both built on the original Czech Monkey Boot design. Drawn from military heritage and redefined by generations of outsiders, each silhouette becomes its own artifact, marked by experience and inseparable from the culture that gives it meaning.

Founded by Damon Way, co-founder of DC Shoes, and skate and fashion photographer Ryan Allan, FACT. is built on decades of lived experience across skate, music, fashion, and art subcultures, creating products for uncompromising self-expression.

The MNKY Boot traces back to the 1940s, when the Bata Corporation built a rubber-soled boot for the Czech military. Decades later, skinheads, punks, and two-tone kids adopted it as their own. FACT. rebuilds that boot in 1.6mm chrome-tanned leather on the iconic tractor sole.

Our skate program is built from industry outliers, with our music efforts rooted in music subculture defined by Indie, Punk, Post-Punk, Goth, Noise, Techno, etc.