Obviously, you have probably heard by now that the FRSH brand as we know it has reached the end of its time. It was like a smack in the face when I finally realized what decision had been made. I live in Kentucky, and I know that I didn’t play a crucial role in FRSH or anything, but all of the guys feel like family to me and I’m proud to say that I got to help FRSH to be one of the sickest brands out there while it lasted.
I first contacted Joe back in 2006 to let him know that I was a big fan and that I’d love to help out in any way that I could. Being in Kentucky, I was limited to doing online promoting and I made a few attempts at direct calling to shops, resulting in a couple of stores picking up the FRSH line. I suppose that in whatever way I helped, Joe figured that I was doing something right and decided to fly me out to Orange County to hang out with the FRSH crew for a week. They taught me many lessons while I was out there. For example, I learned that Joe, Jeremy, and Tui are all neat freaks, as you can tell from this picture:
I learned to work for my free clothes (I suppose that made them not free then):
I learned the value of spending time with your family, even when that means going grocery shopping:
I learned that Joe loved to see how much meat he could wrap his mouth around:
I also learned that you don’t mess with big, scary Samoans:
I even learned about educational TV shows:
Eventually my trip to FRSH headquarters came to an end and it was time to return home back in Kentucky.
For the next few years I just continued to help Joe and FRSH through online communications and promoting them wherever I could. I even got things together for the Franco Shade x SlamXHype t-shirt collab:
I was so happy to be involved with FRSH, no matter how minor my role was, that I decided to wear one of our shirts in one of my senior pictures:
Then, back in March of this year (2009) I decided to take another trip out to Orange County for my spring break. Of course Joe had learned his lesson by now that I am not fun to have around for very long so I had to stay with my cousins out there. Fortunately for me, Joe let me crash at his place one night during my trip (I had to beg him for that much). I was so happy to be there and all I had to do was take Bronx for walks and pick up his poop!
I was even privileged enough to chauffeur Joe around while he ran errands!
I loved getting to be out in California and actually feeling like I was there to do something more than just writing blog posts and stuff. After a while it came down to just Bronx and me hanging out while everyone else got their daily duties done.
It was time for me to return back home to Kentucky. I haven’t been back out since March but I do hope to make it out there again in the future. I will no longer be hanging out at the FRSH offices, but I do feel that I will be welcomed back by everyone there who have treated me like family throughout this whole adventure (your family is supposed to make fun of you and be annoyed by you, right?).
So yeah, it is kind of sad to see FRSH go but I’m excited to see what will come in the future for Joe, Jeremy, Tui, Thomas, Chris, Monch, Derek, Bronx, and everyone else who has been a part of making FRSH the greatest thing since frozen bananas.
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