England Clothing by Brooke Howard-Smith

Year launched: 1995

At England Clothing, they have spent the last ten years building something they love, they were not the biggest, and were certainly not the newest. Long after so many “the hot new thing” companies have come and gone, they are still here.
Brooke Howard-Smith (born October 6th 1972) is a New Zealand broadcaster. He is also the co-founder of Senate and England clothing skate brands and of the Poynter streetwear label, and continues to have a following among the skateboarding and rollerblading community in the US, Europe and Canada. He received a bronze medal at the 1995 X games for Inline best trick. Brooke has a band with James Reid of the Feelers called Fierce Asian Gang. He was also a presenter at the 2007 Rhythm and Vines festival. He well known for his role presenting TV3′s Target consumer affairs show, as well as Celebrity Joker Poke and TV2′s XSTV a extreme sports show.