Rally driver Ken Block, an action sports icon who co-founded DC Shoes in 1994, died Monday in a snowmobile accident near his Woodland, Utah home at the age of 55.
"It's with deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken Block passed away in a snowmobile accident today," a statement from Block's company, Hoonigan Industries, said. "Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most importantly, a father and husband. He will be incredibly missed."
Block, a native of Long Beach, Calif., came to rally driving relatively late in life. He sold his stake in DC Shoes in 2004 and took up the sport in his mid-30s.