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Every Day Carry, Stan Chen of Toyo Tires

Stan Chen, Events and Motorsports Manager of Toyo Tires knows a thing or two about motorsports. Started a company called DTM Autohaus which turned into the wheel line, DTM Kreuz which developed into JLine Wheels. He’s since moved on to motorcycles as seen here with his every day carry. Ruby Castel Gabriel Helmet with visor…

Every Day Carry, Edward Lee of Mackin Industries

I’m sure alot of you wonder what some of us industry folks carry in our pockets. Well, I’ll be bugging some friends in the industry, taking photos throughout the year, and emptying out their pockets to show the world what these guys have in em. First up, Edward Lee of Mackin Industries. Yup, that Mackin.…

Skateboarding.

Many moons ago I used to work as a graphic designer for FTC skateboarding. And at the same time, I ran a sticker business called meccagraphics out of my garage in Daly City. Kent, the owner of FTC, was looking for a designer and since I was doing all their window graphics, it kinda made…

Apex for Illest

The week of Pow Wow in Hawaii is amazing. Art all around the neighborhood and artist sharing ideologies and styles with one another. Apexer and I had plans to open the store with his art in Orange County but the planets didn’t align. Fast forward almost a year later, Illest Hawaii was born, and everything…

RangeFinder

Decided to bring the rangefinder out to Hawaii to shoot some of the artist that are here for the annual Pow Wow Hawaii event. I’ll have those photos up soon but for now, here’s some shots from yesterday when we landed. We headed straight to a photo shoot that Rollins, East and guest photographer John…

Illest Spring 2014

Here’s a quick look at a few pieces from our 2014 Spring line with the release date set to March 2014. With the beautiful Island of Oahu as its backdrop, we put together the shoot using our handy 6D and the Defender 90. I had shipped over the Defender from California a few weeks ago…