Having first stepped on skateboards in 1972, Stephen and Peter Hill learnt to skate around their neighbourhood, made their own ramps and to took train trips around Melbourne searching for new concrete to skate.

One of Melbourne’s earliest indoor ramps, Skate City Collingwood opens with Stephen and Peter’s active encouragement and design assistance.

Along with their friends, the Hills construct the largest backyard skate ramp to date at Parkhill Road, Kew and then orchestrate significant media attention to try and save it when their neighbours and the local council object to its ‘noisy’ presence.

Renaming their growing company Hardcore Enterprises, the Hills move the business around the corner to a larger warehouse space in Kerr Street, Fitzroy. Stephen, Peter, Matt and friends put on Variflex skate demos at fairs and shopping centres, travelling all around Victoria.

Along the banks of the Yarra River, the Hills create the one of first major skate competitions in Australia, the Twisties/Variflex Ramp Jam at Melbourne’s annual Moomba festival.

Helping to establish snowboarding in Australia, Hardcore distribute both Burton and Sims snowboard products, along with supporting moves to ‘legalise’ the activity on Victorian snow fields.

The Hills begin travelling to the USA including connecting with Lance Mountain and other Pro skaters in Los Angeles.

Supported by Hardcore, Gregor Rankine opens one of Australia’s first dedicated skate stores, Snake Pit, on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, to be followed later by a second store in Chapel Street, Prahran.

Hardcore renovates an old glue factory and moves to new premises on Yarra Street, Abbotsford as the distribution of Vision Streetwear turns into the first formal licensing agreements for apparel and accessories. In the next year, Hardcore sets up Die Hard distribution for clothing and footwear licenses.

The Hills invest with the Australasian Stüssy licensee, Jim Fisher, and work to rapidly expand the business.

Skateboarding styles evolve from Vert to Street as Hardcore produces Street Noise magazine and supports the Easter tour, carpark demos and Ramp Riot IV at Prahran. Reflecting these changes, the company also begins the distribution of new brands in the 1990s such as World Industries, Blind, Girl and Chocolate.

Stephen and Peter meet Mossimo Giannulli to secure the Australian licence for the new Californian Mossimo brand.

In conjunction with Stüssy, Die Hard creates a new proprietary brand, Sista, to provide a Stüssy inspired womens range. More licenses are taken on including the US Split label.

The first Mooks womens range is launched. Mossimo womenswear developed under the Australian label prior to Mossimo Inc in the US along with Mossimo swimwear.

Designed by Marc Newson, the first Mooks concept store opens on Chapel Street, Prahran.

Skaters Al Boglio, Andrew Currie and Jason Ellis become the first Australian riders on Globe shoes.

Hardcore’s first Queensland office opens, as the FreshJive label is licensed for Australasia and the company holds its first large skate-music party at Flockhart Street.

Champion Australian surfer, Mark ‘Occy’ Occhilupo is sponsored by Globe along with two young American twins, CJ & Damien Hobgood as Globe builds up its surf team.

Following solid success in the Australian and UK markets, Mooks is launched into the US and Japan.

Rebadged as 900 Degrees and now established as the ‘money can’t buy’ experience, the third annual industry party is held at Flockhart Street.

Independent, Four Star, World Industries and Paul Frank brands are licenced by Die Hard in Australia as 900 Degrees ‘The Heist’ takes place again at Flockhart Street and one of the earliest women’s skate events, the Hardcore Girls Street Skate Jam is held in the Sailyards skate park, Melbourne.

Globe’s American office moves to larger premises on Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance.

The business divisions of Hardcore, Die Hard and Globe US are combined to create Globe International as the company prepares to go public on the Australian Stock Exchange.

The fifth 900 Degrees party is held at Flockhart Street and combined with the Globe Shoes convention, the first major international sales meeting of company staff and sales reps from around the world.

Globe premieres its first skate video Opinion: To each his own, at a world premiere in Los Angeles.

Following the successful public float, Globe International moves to new purpose built headquarters and warehousing at Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne.

Globe International hits its promised financial numbers as it undertakes the acquisition of Dwindle Distribution along with a new manufacturing partnership in China and moves its American office to South Aviation Boulevard, El Segundo in Los Angeles.

Matt Hill is appointed as the new CEO of Globe International and begins to reorganise the corporate and strategic structure including the expansion of Globe’s European division.

The Globe World Cup Skateboarding juggernaut continues, including the premiere of Blind’s first major video in a decade, What if? before the massed crowds at Rod Laver arena.

Globe successfully holds its first major surf event, the Globe WCT Fiji, during once in a lifetime conditions and voted by the surfers themselves as the best event of that year’s tour.

The second Globe WCT Fiji runs to clock work as Globe’s Damien Hobgood wins the title in a fairy tale finish.

Chris Haslam and David Gonzalez join Globe and begin working on an industry first concept with the rest of the skate team, United by Fate, an episodic series of skate videos that premiere free online.

Globe International sells its streetwear division to Pacific Brands and moves to Barkly Street, St Kilda, to focus on its proprietary Globe brand and Hardcore. In America, the World Industries brand is sold to concentrate Dwindle Distribution’s efforts on its remaining core labels.

Amongst the background of the Global Financial Crisis, credit crunches and bank collapses, Globe puts on the Slaughter at the Opera skate event in front of the iconic Sydney Opera House.

Globe moves it’s Australian headquarters to Fennell Street, Port Melbourne, along with establishing a new apparel division, 4Front to license the Obey streetwear brand and others.

Globe premieres its apocalyptic surf film, Year Zero to widespread acclaim, including winning the Surfer Poll’s Film of the Year award.

Globe’s Electric Blue Heaven introduces the world to high level surfing in a desert bound wave pool and takes out the Surfer’s Poll Short Film of the Year.

A new Globe concept store in Acland Street, St Kilda opens, joining the Burleigh Heads store (2012) and followed by Bondi in (2014) and Canggu in Bali (2016).

Globe’s surf film Strange Rumblings in Shangri-LA premieres across several international cities and takes out the Surfer Poll Movie of the Year.

Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, Globe International launches a coffee table history book, Unemployable: 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street with events at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne and the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Published world-wide by Thames & Hudson, the book is also nominated for an Australian Book Designers Award.

Flagship Globe retail stores opened in the strategic neighbourhoods of Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles and Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

Reaching back to the 70s era of skating down the boardwalk or pulling out dance moves at the roller disco, Impala begins with a team of a team of girls with a passion for rollerskating, skateboarding and surfing.

FXD entered the work boot category with the lightweight WB.1 and WB.2 Nitrolite boots which were rapidly taken up by the market.

Paul Isherwood, passes at age 80 after 15 years as Globe International’s Chairman. Originally appointed to the board in 2000, Paul oversaw the company’s float on the stock exchange along with the good and tough times, becoming its Chairman in 2003 and contributing an awesome 18 year legacy of leadership, diligence and wit.

Globe International sells Dwindle Distribution and its associated brands whilst retaining the now expanded manufacturing base in China.

After six years of research and development, the dot electric skateboard is introduced with launches in Australia, the US and Europe.

Globe begins collaborations with the Eames Office, starting with a unique collection of eucalyptus skateboards featured in the “Eames Office: 80 Years of Design” Exhibition at Isetan in Tokyo.