into a business. The name OGWear-“ Original Gang”- comes from that founding crew and the tight-knit identity they wanted to preserve.
From day one, the goal was bigger than just products. Worakit sees OGWear’ s purpose as supporting local players and helping grow the paintball community in Thailand and Asia, with products designed to fix real issues on the field rather than chase hype. That mindset shows up in how the company is structured. He is not only founder and owner, but also marketing director, product designer, graphic designer, and head of product development- a classic lean, multi-hat model that has powered many successful specialist sports brands.
OGWear is physically anchored in Pattaya, where many of its people live and where its home field sits, but its operations stretch across Chonburi for shipping and Bangkok for meetings and events. It is easily a 1- to 4-hour commute from city to city. Rather than treat geography as a constraint, Worakit leans on technology and plenty of road time to keep the operation moving, with Pattaya remaining very much“ home” in terms of brand and identity.
A Soft-Goods Business With Teeth
Where the named retailers are known for broad portfolios of major-brand markers, loaders, masks, and paint etc, OGWear is built primarily on soft goods and accessories. It sells almost the full spectrum: padding, pants, shirts, jerseys, headbands, bunny wraps, gear bags, pods, and various accessories. For a small start-up, that category choice is smart. Leaning into Thailand’ s manufacturing strength in this area, it allows faster iteration, strategic capital allocation and give a founder-designer room to build a distinctive visual and tactile identity.
OGWear’ s headbands and bunny wraps exemplify its soft-goods focus, with Original OG Bands released in limited runs of about 150 pieces in a deliberately old-school style that function more like collectible drops than mass-produced staples. Pattern names like Tree, Tiger, Dry Leaf, and DBDU are kept simple and drawn from nature, military aesthetics, and local environments, and Worakit personally decides when a design has“ done its job” or deserves a comeback, keeping the catalog evolving without becoming chaotic.
Worakit Arayawatanavech, 41 hails from Pattaya, Thailand playing with The Leftovers in D4X at the NXL Atlantic City Open 2025 and Hormesis 1v1.
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