Five Ten Footwear is a privately owned manufacturer of outdoor and athletic footwear. Founded in 1985 by Charles Cole, Five Ten is one of the top-selling climbing shoe manufacturer worldwide. The company's headquarters are located in the city of Redlands, California

Redlands, California

Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 68,747, up from 63,591 at the 2000 census. The city is located east of downtown San Bernardino.- History :...

, 50 miles east of Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. The company's European offices are in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

, Belgium

Belgium

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Sponsorship

Five Ten actively sponsors events and athletes.

Five Ten has a number of professional athletes and teams to focus attention on their products. Five Ten has signed top athletes such as professional rock climbers

Rock climbing

Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...

 Dean Potter

Dean Potter

Dean Potter is an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, BASEliner, and highliner. He is noted for hard first ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents, and enchainments in Yosemite and Patagonia....

, Dave Graham, Paul Robinson, Tyler Landman, and Ammon McNeely

Ammon McNeely

Ammon McNeely is an American rock climber, who holds the most Speed Climbing World Records and First One Day Ascents on El Capitan in Yosemite...

 as well as mountain bikers Sam Hill

Sam Hill (mountain biker)

Sam Hill in Viveash, WA, is an Australian professional downhill mountain biker. He was two time consecutive UCI World Downhill Champion during years 2006-2007 for Iron Horse racing team. . He won the 2010 world championships in Mont Saint Anne, riding for the Monster Energy Specialized team on a...

 and Nathan Rennie

Nathan Rennie

Nathan Rennie is an Australian professional downhill mountain bike racer. He started riding at the age of 5. In 2008, he became national champion downhill. He won a bronze medal in the downhill category at the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in 2006...

in addition to top athletes in other sports.

Five Ten also sponsors events related to the specific sports for which their products are made.