While Specialized bikes may share some similarities with the awesome Santa Cruz bikes, they are owned by different companies and have no working relationship.
Santa Cruz was started in 1993 by a visionary group of youngsters with experience in skateboards and bicycle suspension. The team later developed the company into a very successful firm and sold it to Pon Holdings in 2005. Specialized bikes were founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard and have grown into a very reputable name in the biking family.