07/27/2026
āWe are measured by the contribution we make to the community.ā - Rodney Mullen
I recently started reading Agents of Change The Story of DC Shoes and its Athletes by Eric Blehm
I started reading it because of the ties to Hoonigan and to learn more about the creativity that ultimately led to them doing cool s**t with cars.
The book introduced me to a world that I thought I knew a bit about but was never truly involved in and that is the world of skateboarding. I have always loved creativity and cars and knew that Ken tied in a lot of skate culture to car culture but didnāt realize how deep that went.
A lot of skateboarding was being creative for yourself and then giving that creativity back to the community so they can tweak it and make it their own and give more back to the community. A lot of people called Rodney Mullen the godfather of skate because he invented so many tricks that became staples and at least from my perspective he just loved creating and sharing that creativity with his community.
That really resonated with me, if you know me in real life you know everything I have worked on has been based around improving community. I built a media business around capturing rad car culture and sharing it, I built a merchandise business around giving back to the car community, in a world pandemic I showed the world that anyone could work on and modify their own car and make it unique to them, I am currently working on showing that anyone can go racing and am working on a project with my wife showing that you can build a business around supporting your local community (and while the business isnāt entirely car related it will be sure to also support the car community in a creative way)
I wish more people would look at the world this way, be creative, do cool s**t, and contribute to your community!
Anyway, hereās some photos from the winter of some rad cars on Iāve owned by people that I believe contribute to their communities in creative and rad ways, thank you!