The Legend, Prodigy, in a Camo Space Eyez Ampal Snapback.

Shout out to @Qbutta for the shots.

Pt.s I & II Coming 11/11. Sign Up on the right side for exact release dates.

The collection was shot by the very talented Taylor Scott Dunfee.  These images are straight out of the camera and have not been photoshopped or digitally altered – a creative mind is always the best tool for the job.

This is part of the beginning of our FW collection.

The olive roll near the top is $523.05 worth of domestic Martexin waxed canvas; its the best there is and has been since 1930.
The top roll is a 17 color Woodland Pinup print.

As you can tell, we are dedicated to using premium materials, setting the bar for quality headwear and ultimately delivering you the best product we can.

Coming Nov. 11

We were pretty stoked to see this pic of Kreayshawn #swobbin, one of our “Pair-A-Thighs” Aloha snapbacks, as only she can, on her tumblr.

If you ever read this, congrats on the i-D cover and the continued #WGM domination, you’re such a babe!

From battling the tropical sun in the depths of third world exploration, to yachting off of Monaco this is the hat to keep you shaded.

We increased the brim size to 2.5” for some functional sun protection and mad steez. These are our first fedoras Made in USA and we couldn’t be happier swith how they turned out. Gonzo would, we suggest you do too.

*We are also introducing a size XS as a lot of you requested*

Available HERE in:
- Navy w/ Shaka Zulu Box Pleated Band with Antique Brass Anchor Button
- Brown w/Shaka Zulu Box Pleated Band with Antique Brass Anchor Button

Size: XS (56 cm), S (57 cm), M (59 cm), L (61 cm)

Toyo Straw Upper
Made in USA
Shaka Zulu Box Pleated Band with Antique Brass Anchor Button
German Grosgrain Sweat Band with Woven Label

We’re back with Los Angeles based foot wear label Stampd’LA, with round 3 of the DOPE hat. This time in a Black’d Out, all black everything colorway. Featuring tonal logo embroideries on either side, “secret stash pocket” in the crown, and West Coast embroidery detail above the snaps.

With such a large number of people enquiring about the dope hats, we increased our production from previous runs but still are only holding the hat to 100pcs. This snap back will be available exclusively through the Stampd’ and Ampal online stores only.

Available HERE

We’re back with Los Angeles based foot wear label Stampd’LA, with round 3 of the DOPE hat. This time in a Black’d Out, all black everything colorway. Featuring tonal logo embroideries on either side, “secret stash pocket” in the crown, and West Coast embroidery detail above the snaps.

With such a large number of people enquiring about the dope hats, we increased our production from previous runs but still are only holding the hat to 100pcs. This snap back will be available exclusively through the Stampd’ and Ampal online stores only.

Avialable May 16th 12pm PST. Don’t Sleep on these. Click HERE for details.

This year, I had to choose between Coachella and a trip to Cabo with 22 of my childhood friends. Coachella is an amazing experience and I would insist that any music fan of our generation check it out. For me the lineup this year lacked the weight of previous years, since I had seen a lot of the acts in their earlier days. However, I was pretty bummed about missing this afternoon’s Sahara lineup. Our friend, 12th Planet, made his coachella debut. John is one of the nicest guys you could meet and has been making fans the world over with an intense year of touring. From all accounts he blew up.



Even though, Im 2 hours away in downtown I get a sense of how epic it was.

Instead of having to wait until tomorrow or even tonight, I had live pics and video via other fan’s twitters and facebook.

I know that Usher and a bunch of other A list musicians were there watching the set, I think Cee-lo’s set sucked (but it might have just been the webcast) and I just watched Interpol’s set on the live feed.

There in lies the inherent problem with the internet, blogs and the variety of “social media” platforms out there today. It offers instant accessibility and a wealth of knowledge if you dig deep, but more often than not it’s just a glimpse. I didn’t feel the desert heat and the energy of the crowd rocking 12th’s set, my body did not shake from his pounding dubstep – I did not experience the show. It’s a double edged sword, learn from the internet, see what interests you and what’s out there, but ultimately its up to you to live it, experience it and make it your own.

And yes, 12th’s wearing our WILD in the STREETS denim snapback.

Next week we’re dropping our new line of ALOHA snapbacks. We are offering two completely new ones – the super tropical SEVEN SEAS shown above and the APOCALYPSE WOW – below.

The SEVEN SEAS is an amazing reissued 50’s print from the Hoffman Archives. In production we used a natural cotton rope – a little bit of nautical inspiration. All of the Aloha hats now feature our cloud logo embroidered on the side as well.

The APOCALYPSE WOW was inspired by a photo and travel tale one of our friends recounted about an Indo motorcycle mission. Its a respectful nod to the darkside of paradise.

We’re re-releasing our most popular SHAKA ZULU in the original black and white colorway, along with a new Kona Red Colorway.

Another little tweak from the originals is the full lining in Shaka Zulu aloha fabric. Aloha fabrics are too thin on their own to give the hat enough structure. Instead of fusing the fabric with a backing, we sewed the lining layer of shaka to give the hat proper structure and maintain a good shape. Its a small revision, but the feels great in hand in on head because of it.

They say imitation is a form of flattery, but Im not happy about this one. Headwear giant NEFF came out with an “ALOHA” snapback of their own. Ours were out Summer 10, their copy is out now for Spring 11. Its pretty hideous, and also really lame that they chose to use the same ALOHA name. Neff is now sold in 3500+ stores so if you want a mass produced aloha hat made by the thousands in China that you will also see on the heads of Zumiez mall rat hype forum kids buy theirs. Otherwise our’s will be up next week.