Hook-Ups was a skate company founded by professional skateboarder Jeremy Klein in 1994. Klein came up skating for World Industries in the late 80s and early 90s, one of the most popular and revolutionary skate companies of all time, and later joined Tony Hawk's Birdhouse Skateboards. While he was riding for Birdhouse, Klein started Hook-Ups, which originally created t-shirts featuring anime-inspired graphics with scantily clad women and eventually evolved into a full-fledged skate brand with boards and wheels. Klein still runs the brand to this day, despite "retiring" from professional skateboarding in 2008. This original Hook-Ups shirt from the 1990s is nicely faded and worn.