Bobby Hundreds Ain’t All Streetwear | “Skateboarding helped me realize I could move beyond those invisible (Asian) borders… “
Bobby Hundreds is a G. After following his introspective outlooks on fashion, pop culture, skateboarding, and art/music on his blog for years I heard that he also surfed. Of course he does, everyone says they surf.
But then I started running into him in the line-up… ACTUALLY surfing. Passionately surfing! It wasn’t something he did once a month just so he could show up at the office with wet hair, surfing was what he did by himself, because he loved it, and it straightened him out for the rest of the day. Although not the greatest surfer ability wise, Bobby Hundreds is a real surfer and that’s way more important.
Fast forward a few weeks and I was given a tour of The Hundreds warehouse and photographed/interviewed Bobby for a surf magazine I co-founded. His passion and smarts for all things once again blew me away. To say Bobby is a busy man is an understatement and he couldn’t be happier to put a million important phone calls and emails on hold to talk about surfing. Plus there is one of the best mini ramps I’ve ever seen in their warehouse.
Fast forward to today. The Cintra Wilson of skateboard writing – Robert Brink – scribbled up a profile on Bobby for Playboy called Don’t Just Label Bobby Hundreds a Streetwear Guy. Read it. It’s as fabulous as both Bobby and Rob.
“During that time, skateboarding shaped my life. Through skateboarding I found music, and through music and skateboarding I discovered fashion. From as early as I can remember, I was an artist, but I was told there wasn’t a future in that. My parents told me I needed to concentrate on math and other subjects I was horrible at. Because my creativity was squelched, it manifested in strange ways. Most kids were under their blankets reading PLAYBOY; I was drawing in secret because I wasn’t allowed to in public.
All my Asian American role models were doctors or the karate guy in movies. As an Asian American, you were either the consumer or the kid in the factory making the product. You weren’t the guy running the company. White men ran the clothing brands. Skateboarding helped me realize I could move beyond those invisible borders and be whoever I wanted—an Asian who dates white girls or is loud and outspoken and can fight.”
Click over to PLAYBOY for the totally SFW feature: Don’t Just Label Bobby Hundreds a Streetwear Guy
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