Austyn Gillette Talks FORMER | Brian Anderson to join team?
Austyn Gillette just spilt his guts out to Jenkem and mentions that a new skater will be joining the FORMER team that has same last name as co-founder Craig Anderson.
I also heard there might be another Anderson on your team soon?
Yup, there is truth to that. I want it to be known that we’re trying to involve everyone and not be so nichey in this nichey and elitist world. We’d like everyone to feel a part of it. Hopefully there is something for everyone.
Brian Anderson? Kenny Anderson? Jake Anderson? Mike Anderson?
Who could it be? Going with either BA or Jake on this one.
There’s a bunch of great quotes in this one from Austyn. Claiming he’s never heard Chaz Ortiz’s name, talking about if surfers or skateboarders get more girls, surfing vs skating:
“It’s a different cliquey environment than skating. If you do something just a little bit off and the community turns its back on you, you can’t fucking surf at certain places. It’s a weird thing. Mainly because it’s an ego thing, like using your name to make money or start a brand, even though there’s these guys that ride for Rusty and Billabong. People think it’s really cheesy and lame using your name, and it’s frowned upon in surfing.”
The real meaning of luxury29.99:
What’s with the luxury29.99 written everywhere and why is it Former’s Instagram handle?
I can tell you that it’s not this big conceptual idea. It’s really just a joke. It’s the name of our first range. Just [making fun of] people selling shit like $120 shit painted T-shirts, and being able to buy luxury for a fair price, you know, like old informercials with the $19.99 kind of thing. It fits somewhere with that and how cheesy and good that is.
And of course the involvement of Dylan:
How hands on was Dylan with this whole first line?
We were bringing him samples in the hospital, we were driving to his house, we were Skyping nonstop. He’d go into his closet walking on a fucking cane with a fucking tube attached to his stomach just to make sure his jacket was fucking perfect. I have screenshots on my phone, that I would never show anybody, but they’re of him just struggling with life, basically dying, but caring. Clothing was so important to him. Aside from his skating, his style was one of the biggest impacts he had on people. As far as hands on went, we were lucky enough to get his opinion on the first two ranges. He definitely had the talent for that.
For the next stuff we’re trying to figure out something that would be in his best interest but not make it commercial. That’s our best friend. To everyone in the company, that’s our best friend.
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