WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING BESIDES PARTYING THOUGH? YOU SEEM LIKE A PRETTY HARD WORKING GUY. I’ m always in my Office / Truck checking on accounts. Making sure our merchandise looks good in store. I work for DARK SEAS and LOSER MACHINE also. These are our two other brands from California. So, with three brands my hands are tied to my phone and computer.
OK, BUT BACK TO PARTYING. WHERE AND WHEN WAS YOUR FAVORITE FIESTA THROWN TO DATE? The best party was two years ago at Peppers Tavern in Ocean City, MD. All my friends were there. Just an all around good time. It was during July and was the after party to the Malibu’ s Summer Classic Surf Contest. So it was an all day event pretty much. Also, Peppers Tavern is no longer there so can’ t be duplicated.
BEST PERK OF THE JOB? I would have to say being able to work with friends and also work with guys like Adrian Lopez and Shepard Fairey. They’ re super inspiring and I get to connect with a lot of people.
YOU SEEM TO LOVE THIS. ARE YOU GONNA KEEP AT IT? OR WHAT’ S NEXT? Keep on, Keeping on. I’ m really trying to grow both personally and professionally with this company. One day would like to be more involved on the marketing side of the brand.
WE KNOW THIS JOB TRAVELS IN SOME WHAT OF CIRCULAR SCHEDULE FOLLOWING FASHION RELEASES( AKA A SUMMER LINE), WHAT’ S THE BEST PART OF THE WHOLE OBEY CALENDAR YEAR? The best part of the Calendar year is soon to come. In December, we always have our International Sales Meeting. It’ s three days of work at our HQ in Orange County, CA then followed by our Annual Holiday Party. It’ s like a huge family, so its really good to see everyone from the compnay in one place.
HEARD YOU TRAVELED TO AUS LAST YEAR. HOW WAS THAT? Australia was great. What was even better from there I hopped over to Bali and stayed with a friend and got some really good surf. Been wanting to go there for as long as I can remember.
WOULD YOU EVER MOVE? I don’ t plan on it any time soon, really like being close to the ocean and my friends and family here. My friends are all doing really positive things here at home so I want to be surrounded by that.
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ANY THOUGHTS? FINAL WORDS? Nah.
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