Dane Reynolds Full-length “Copacetic” Interview + Part | Family, FORMER, + naps
Dane Reynolds speaks. FORMER is releasing a new Dane part that was filmed in-between naps while taking care of his little kids during the worst California winter in decades. Still though, expectations are high and no doubt Dane won’t disappoint. His interviews are almost as entertaining as his surfing.
Sample:
And the Dylan [Rieder] subject can’t be easy, especially with Former, though it seems like you guys are finally moving forward.
Yes, it’s a tricky sort of subject to navigate, because we started this with Dylan.
Right after Quiksilver was done, I met up with Damon Way and we talked about doing a brand. At the same time Dylan and Austyn happen to be talking to Campbell from Monster Children about starting a brand. We were all friends and it seemed like a crazy assortment of people to bring together so we merged and shit started gaining momentum…
Then I freaked out and threw a grenade at it. Because when shit started to get real, some major factors weren’t in favor of the riders. It didn’t feel like it was ‘ours.’
After that, I met with Dylan and Austyn in LA and was like, ‘Well, what are we doing? Is it over?’
Dylan was like ‘What do you mean? Why would we NOT still do this?’
At the time, Dylan was better. He was cancer-free. Then it got him again, and the whole time that we were developing the brand, he was getting sick.
When he passed away, we didn’t know how to really move forward from there, because we didn’t want to exploit the fact that he was a part of it. I feel like we’ve done a good job of not doing that.
People are really protective of his legacy, and we definitely didn’t want to exploit the fact that he was a part of it, but…
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