The founders of the Db brand, Jon Olsson and Truls Brataas, met for the first time on their surfboards riding the waves off the coast of Norway. They soon realized that they had a joint interest in travel, but also a joint problem: travelling with a lot of ski gear. This was the start of their cooperation, which turned into the company now known as Db. Together with a third friend, Erling Magnus Solheim, since 2011 they have been selling bags which are easy to carry, light in weight and take up very little room, but hold a huge amount of stuff.