and they are awesome.
seriously … probably one of the most down to earth, nicest and creative couples you’ll ever come across. we were stoked when we first met them at a a mutual art show and have been admiring their work ever since.
they kind of seem to do it all when it comes to design, [...]
NEW YORK SURF FILM FESTIVAL
Joe and Amy with Andrew Judge, COO of Surfaid International, Christian Driggs of Driggs Bros Pro, Jason and Elizabeth Ritter of Surfaid in NYC.
morgan berk, co-founder of the New York Surf Film Festival, interviewing with the Driggs Bros.
Beau Young setting up to perform at the Film Festival.
The crowd partying in [...]
From our first product line, we have been dedicating a portion of proceeds from select tees to different non-profits and community organizations. Our support has since extended itself to hosting, as well as sponsoring, benefits and charity events.
We are now taking OKOTO+relief one step further by developing a platform that allows our customers to donate [...]
The Alaia, an ancient Hawaiian board, is a piece of art in and of itself. Wooden and finless, it seperates itself from the modern board in every way, especially in it’s ride as it requires much more skill and provides an experience unlike anything else.
We owe the revivial of the Alaia to Tom Wegener, an [...]
So we received an email today, with one of the greatest photographs attached to it that we might have ever gotten from a friend. Sent straight from Tonga … yes, Tonga, the “Friendly Islands” settled right between New Zealand and Hawaii. With it, Erik’s email explained that unfortunately, there wasn’t a beautiful native nearby to [...]
Through our OKOTOrelief program, OKOTO designed the hats for this year’s SEAPaddleNYC, the 3rd annual, 28 mile paddle around New York to benefit SEA, Surfer’s Healing, Austism Speaks, Autism Family Services of NJ and Autism NJ.
Among the 100+ paddlers will be Darrick Doerner, Joel Tudor and more!
Check out some pics from last year’s event here [...]
We were introduced to Waves For Development by Dr. Dave, founder of SurfAid International, last winter at Billabong’s Wild Rock Wine release party. We hit it off from the start and were super stoked when Dave from WAVES called us and asked if we wanted to get involved with their first annual NYC fundraiser.
Amy [...]
leave it to woodshed films and patagonia to document one of the greatest road trips of all time.
in 1968 yvon chouinard and doug tompkins went on a 10,000 mile adventure. Forty years later, an inspired jeff johnson decided to take the trip himself and document the experience - a journey and inspiration all it’s own.
we’re [...]
We are stoked to feature the beautiful North Shore artist, Heather Brown, for our first interview. We’ve admired her work for some time now, and have come to know her a bit over the past year. Heather’s talent and humble lifestyle make her a perfect example of someone who lives to inspire.
She has made quite [...]
i’ve always loved elephants. these immense creatures are so loyal, compassionate and full of emotion. they’re incredibly special and this video illustrates that perfectly.
-amy
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