Our homie Poet Name Life, DJ of Black Eyed Peas and MC of the Crybabies, just sent me these mental shots of him and our Ampal Darkside Prime Fitted. Poet’s a busy man, the BEP are in the middle of a huge North America/European tour, and in between dates Poet’s got some wild DJ gigs in the Maldives and Dubai.
Meeting the man, the myth, the legend Bill “Slick Willy” Clinton…
and getting stalked paparazzo style at the Super Bowl with Fergie.
You can check out more on Poet on Dipdive and this frothy video the homies at REBEL ARMY shot for them.
Check out this preview for the short film by our friend Derek Dunfee.
On June 9th 2008, Derek Dunfee severely broke two bones in his leg while surfing Cloudbreak, a surf spot off Tavarua island in Fiji. Two days later Derek underwent surgery in San Diego California: eight screws and a titanium plate were installed into his leg.
On November 30th 2008, 5 ½ months after Derek broke his leg, Derek caught the winning 2008/2009 Billabong XXL paddle in wave at Mavericks.
Check back or take a look at the Down With The Ship blog for updates and the pending release.
From the makers of TAC 2.0 comes The New Minimum. Definitely worth taking a look.
“The New Minimum is a magazine about unique perspectives. We realized that the web has lots of good ideas but has a hard time with presenting them in a compelling manner. Our priority is to match good content with great art direction.”
Look for some future TAC x TNM synergy.
You can see Sweatypants and the rest of the GUNS IN THE SUN crew along with Classixx and a Holy Ghost (dj set) next friday. They’re fast gaining a reputation for some of the funnest parties on the westside – filled with rockin’ jams and frothy myrts.
We’ve been a big fan of Joyrich on Melrose for a while; its a great store and we’re stoked they’re the place to pick up Ampal in the Hollywood area. In addition to a great selection of brands, they have a rad in house line. Joyrich was the recipient of our first in store display and just got a restock of hats. Be on the lookout for some Ampal x Joyrich specials in the lineup.
If you’re in the area, stop by and say hi to Mina, Cottrell, and the crew.
Ampal Crew, James Brockman rockin’ a Darkside fedora. From his part in the new Zero video Strangeworld. James has been throwin’ it down lately, scoring a Thrasher cover shot and feature, but recently suffered an unfortunate knee injury. We wish him a speedy recovery.
While down in the hometown, La Jolla, I caught up with our buddy, Derek Dunfee. Derek has been charging since we were groms, but recently got some long needed recognition when he won the 2009 XXL award for the Biggest Paddle In Wave of the Year.
His XXL award comes after years of dedication; last minute all night drives to Mavericks (above from last weeks Eddie swell), Todos, and Nelscott’s Reef in Oregon amongst others to chase the biggest waves around. This winters madness has included two trips to the Artic to surf an icy death slab right. Derek has also taken advantage of his traveling to hone his photography as well as shoot some amazing water shots. A few are shown below, and you can check out more at his blog.
SWEATPANTS first mixtape.
His XXL award comes after years of dedication; last minute all night drives to Mavericks (above from last weeks 
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