08-26-10
Videos 11 Through 16
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08/19/10
The Dangerous Summer!!
A while back we were in San Luis Obispo... Come to think of it, it was a long while back : ) Man we've been everywhere. We ran into a couple awesome kids who were planning a big road trip for next summer. I can't remember their names, but hopefully they'll read this and get in touch. They gave us a CD by a band called The Dangerous Summer. Their parting words were along the lines of, "Take this CD, we love it cause it just gives us that feeling, you know, like it's summer time."So here we are, 4 weeks later and I've got to hand it to them, listening to The Dangerous Summer does make me feel as good as they explained. Thanks for the CD guys, it's awesome, it was a pleasure meeting you all on our trip and hope you'll get back in touch. Kavadba Bros!
The Dangerous Summer
Main Elements, Gillette, WY
We made it to Gillette, WY after Devil's Tower and we drove straight to Chris and Kelsey Wojohowski's place. Chris is a hillarious and extremely generous Polish guy that Zach and I are close friends with. We were only planning on saying hi and leaving after an hour, but it was Kelsey's birthday and they convinced us to hang out and have some fun. We ended up staying the night with them in Gillette, and the next morning we had a newspaper interview scheduled and a store to meet up with.
Zach, Brook and I drove to Gillette's finest fashion stop, Main Elements, and met the owners Jessica and Jennifer, two very cute and talented fashionistas who seemed to fall in love with Kavadba and Elevated the minute we brought it in the door. These girls hooked us up big, and vice versa. We sold a lot of product to them and before we even had the sale complete a customer came in and bought 5 Kavadba shirts. We also got a call two days later from the girls telling us how great Kavadba and Elevated was doing in their store. Pretty impressive and exciting girls, so a special thank you goes out to, obviously God for the hookup, and second, to Main Elements. If you're in the area of Gillette, WY, check out Main Elements and give them some love and support. They're a very impressive store.
08/18/10
Sioux Falls to Devil's Tower And Our Newest Store
Sioux Falls was a blast, it's always good to see Billy Volek and Johnny Mingo. Sadly, Monday rolled around too soon and we had to make tracks to Zach's old college town, Mitchell, SD. The good news was that we were meeting up with Zach's old friend Jeff, or Ffej if you will, and his cousin Diedra who is opening a clothing sotre called D's Closet, in Watertown, SD. We made it to Mitchell about lunch time and sat down with the pair to discuss some business over some pretty incredible lunchfood. Our waitress got really flustered when she learned about our trip and our Kavadba Documentary on the Good Life. She thought she was waiting on famous people, so we smiled really big and told her we were doing our best to get there : ). Hopefully she reads this cause we left her a flyer with a note for her.
On to the rest of the story; with limited convincing, we made a deal with Diedra and had her digging through our product to find a few items for her new store. If you're near Watertown, SD check it out and give her your support. D's Closet. She took some great stuff so we know she's got awesome product in. After the deal was done, we checked out Mitchell's claim to fame, the Corn Palace, which is really just a building decorated with corn, but still impressive. Zach actually won the Tough Man Competition there when he was in college.
Our stay in Mitchell was breif, only a couple of hours and then we drove straight through to Rapid City, SD and beyond to Devil's Tower. We only had a couple of days to get Dan back to Bozeman in time so that he could move out of his old appartment and into his new one for school. Devil's Tower, SD, however, was well worth the drive late into the night and the sleep in a rest stop lawn. It's a good thing we pulled over and stayed where we did, because in the morning, as I was sitting out in the sun waiting for the other guys to greet the sun, and I was reading my Bible, doing some devotionals and thinking, a lady named Ruth came up and asked me what I was doing. She introduced herself and was very kind and excited. We got to talking about our Kavadba Summer Road Trip around the United States and about Kavadba and Elevated Clothing. Ruth and her husband are involved in truck racing where they build tracks and race trucks around, jumping them hundreds of feet and so on and so forth. They are very well connected and also love the Lord, a big plus! They were on their way to Chicago to do a huge race set up and meet with some Chrysler executives and high ups to see about promotions. Ruth's husband Kenny stopped by and introduced himself, told us a few funny and inspiring stories, and we talked a little business about the posibilities of spreading Kavadba and Elevated Clothing to the markets that thier races bring. We sent them off with a farewell and God bless, and they took a stack of our flyers to hand out and use for promoting our company. God blessed us that morning with meeting them.
The next thing on our list was to go see Devil's Tower and get a good meal in us. Brook was disheartened to find that when we got to the small town of Devil's Tower, SD, they were no longer serving breakfast at the one restaraunt in town, and they wouldn't even fry an egg for his burger. But Devil's Tower was really cool to see and we got to take a few pictures. We also took the backroads out of the town and drove accross cattle guards, old river beds, rolling hills, and past tons of big antelope bucks. Let me tell you, we discovered some beauty in Wyoming, it's worth checking out.
08/15/10
Just wanted to put up a beautiful sunset for all of you. We're in Sioux Falls, SD hanging with Billy Volek and John Mingo and it's been cool here. Let me tell you, we wore our kilts last night and had the best sushi I've tasted. Weird that it was in South Dakota and not somewhere else, but it's true. The Sioux Falls roll was awesome, accompanied with a few Saki Bombs of course. : )
Pictures and more stories coming soon. Check out the rest of the website, see our products, see our Road Map and Bucket List, Picture Gallery, etc...
Congratulations Matt and Steph Waller!!
08/12/10
Videos 7, 8, 9, 10
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08/08/10
Camp Takajo
We drove into the wee hours of the morning before finding a campground to stop at in maine. Everyone setup the tent quickly and went ot bed. The next morning we went for a swim in Sebago Lake and then headed off to find camp Takajo and Kentucky Joe. The camp is on Long Lake, which was only a few miles from our campground. Kentucky Joe met us in the parking lot, origonally he had told his boss that 2 friends would be stopping by the camp for lunch. However, after some smooth talking to the boss by Joe and Machi, all 5 of us were cleared for lunch. Camp Takajo is the nation's largest all boys camp that lasts about 7 weeks during the summer; the campers participate in various athletic and outdoor activities as well as take field trips exploring the surrounding wilderness. We had a great lunch and met with some of the campers and staff before heading to the art building to help Joe setup an art show displaying some of the campers artwork.
Counselor Cory from Australia, and campers Ben and Teddy hiked up with us to the trailer to check out our products. Thanks for the support guys! We were also able to pitch Kavadba and Elevated to Hal, one of the camp heads, who is a buyer for 5 ski and snowboard shops.
Later that night, after returning to our camp on Sebago Lake, we were greeted by some friendly neighbors who bought a hoodie for their daughter, and whos son brought us over a wheelbarrow full of firewood. -DB
08/03/10
New YORK
Aunt Loie, Chincoteague, and the Sand Fleas
After we left South Carolina we went to see Dan's Aunt Loie in Hillsborough, NC. She took us and treated us to an
awesome Italian dinner. It was a nice break from driving, but we had to make it all the way to Virginia Beach, VA. By the time we got there we were all tired and sleeping except Dan and Clint, driver and navigator. Dan's been fighting off a nasty cold for the past week, so he was in no shape to keep driving and looking for a place to stay. Somehow, Virginia Beach is allusive because we drove all through the town and couldn't find the ocean. So we ended up poaching a campground near Chesapeak Bay where we were dripped on all night by the wet trees. In the morning we drove up the 13 North to the Virginia, Maryland border and stayed at Chincoteague Island on the beach. We met some cool neighbors there who bought Kavadba and Elevated shirts, and we found the shell of a huge horseshoe crab laying next to our spot. About 4 in the morning we were all peacefully sleeping in the tent when all of a sudden I woke up to Zach and Clint screaming about sand fleas. I was so tired I didn't even pay attention, but I later found out that everyone in the tent except for me got attacked by little critters in the dead of night and woke up with bumps all over them.
From Chincoteague we drove straight to Island Park, New York. Brook's friend Austin let us park our van in his driveway and we road a train up to Brooklyn. Our first stop was Maddison Sqaure Gardens where the City greeted us with bright lights and millions of people. We took the Subway to Times Square and saw where our Kavadba Advertisment was a couple of years ago on the Dell Monitor.
They say that big cities and millions of people make you notice your own insignificance in a world full of faceless people. Bright lights, loud crowds, and million dollar advertising lighting the streets in a flurry of vendors and flyer pushers can make someone feel like a number rather than a name, but in New York City, I couldn't help but feel like we wanted to aspire the heights and do it with a face and a name. Seeing millions of people in one spot excited my inspiration to take over the city, to reach the masses with a message and spread the Kavadba lifestyle. -MB
Klauss and Eric Anderson
We met up with my old roommate Klaus in Times Square and were joined by and old friend Eric Anderson literally seconds later. A few schinannigans followed as we toured the sights inside a large hotel and then found ourselves bypassing the Hard Rock in favor of an Irish pub with an all-male clientel... Well, to be fair there was a couple girls but they were over-shadowed by the 40 suit wearing lawyers doing the fist pump in the middle of the dance floor. We got made fun of for wearing t-shirts and then broke a glass while cheersing so we shoved off back to Eric's house and listened to a few of his songs. If he had a band name I'd be reccomending them here. Awesome stuff.- ZB
Island Park and Austin Watts
After lunch in Central Park and a short walk back through the city passing out flyers, we railroaded it back out to Island Park to meet up with Austin Watts. Brook met Asustin in the Coast Guard and lucky for us they had stayed in touch. The only stipulations for us staying the night were "Don't piss on the couch, and don't f&#k up the house." Austin Bbq'ed one of our best meals and took us out to the beach with his girlfriend Becca. We swam, gave out more flyers, drank some jungle juice and got our toes pinched by sea crabs. I mean really pinched... like drew-blood pinched. Lastly, we met an artist on the beach who was drawing aliens in the sand with his feet. He told us that "The images just came to him since he was little and that he felt that there was more looking down on us than God."Maybe guy... maybe. -ZB
07/31/10
Greenville, SC! Kavadba On The Radio!!
We're chilling in Ol' South Carolina guys! It's been fun here. So far on our trip we've been some pretty cool places, but I might just say that
Greenville, SC is one of the coolest cities that we've been in. There's just something about this place. There're gorgeous girls all around, there's a lot of art and culture in the city, and for the most part, the people are really friendly. We actually got on the radio today at Word 106.3 FM. Thanks Stacey Hammae and John. They had the Kavadba Team get on air and talk about our troad trip, tell some stories, and talk all about Kavadba and Elevated Clothing. We also had a full set up sale day at Anderson Jockey Lot here. The crowd was pretty diverse, but we made some good contacts and sales, and it's always great to fully set up. So here we are, 7:30 at night, about to go check out the town for one last night here and really spread the word in a place where the younger crowd seems to be very lively. I'll keep you updated on whether or not we still think this is such a great place!
Oh, and we've been staying at a few cheap hotels lately to avoid the heat in the South. We would be camping, but it's just so hot out.
Anyways, Go X-Games!!
We'll keep you updated on the radio show if we can get a copy and the video will be up soon. Until then, check out our videos below!
07/31/10
New Video: #6
Our time spent surfing in San Luis Obispo with the Holguin brothers and LA with the Suits and Melissa Snyder!
07/28/10
Greenville, SC
We're in Greenville, SC right now. It's awesome, need we say more? Ok, I will, but later! It's an awesome town and we'll be selling here all weekend.
07/23/10-
New Videos: #2, #3, #4, #5
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Kavadba Video #3
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Kavadba Video #5
07/21/10-
Where are you at San Diego and New Mexico?
San Diego, CA
We absolutely saturated San Diego with flyers and hype about the Kavadba Summer Road Trip and of course about Kavadba Clothing and Elevated Clothing. We rolled into San Diego on Monday afternoon and had a brief stop to see Brook's cousin Ryan. He was in a bad motorcycle wreck a few weeks back. If you pray, he could use it for a full recovery. After that we saw an old friend from higschool, Jessica Krantz, who fed us an amazing spaghetti dinner and then showed us around the area.
Sunset Cliffs
Our first stop was Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach. We appropriately watched the sun fade over the Pacific Ocean while waves crashed into the varied reddish brown cliffs that jutted straight up from the water. San Diego boasts one of the longest ocean piers and we wanted to walk around the area, so we drove to Ocean Beach downtown, parked the van, and went off to get our eyes full. There were various families and couples hanging out on the pier, staring into the blackness of the evening, watching distant ships sway up and down on the swell of the sea, only noticeable by thier shimmering lights. Others fished from the edges with glow in the dark hooks and glowsticks attached to their lines. We, however simply walked along, a solid group of best friends, and took it all in. Somehow, in the midst of what I've always imagined to be a huge city, San Diego felt small, friendly, and accessible. I knew we were only brushing the surface at Ocean Beach, but it was cool. Surfers coasted from one side of the pier to the other, riding large waves in, dissapearing underneath the maze of wooden pillars, and reappearing on the other side, gliding along in silent victory.
The Pier and Downtown, San Diego
The six of us walked from the pier to the oldest bar in San Diego. As an ode to one of our sponsors, New Belgium Brewing, we enjoyed cold Fat Tires and reminisced about days gone by. Since the night was still young we chilled for a bit and then went of to another crowded bar to promote Kavadba and Elevated. No one was safe on the streets this night, they all got flyers and an earful of the goodlife!! We met a cheery ex Superbowl Steeler's Star named Matt and his significant other, a gorgeous and friendly blonde with what seemed to be a softspot for 5 young adventurers when she asked if we were in the need of financial support. A local bouncer named Adam met us at the door with a friendly conversation. He too had been a traveler and seemed really excited about Kavadba, Elevated, and the Road trip. We swapped stories, said our goodbyes, and headed into another spot to watch a Greatful Dead cover band where drunken hippies had their share of dancing and fully body flails! Jerry Garcia smiled sheepishly at us from a psychadelic painting at the back of the stage, as if to say, "Eh, they're good, but they aren't me!"
Again, we tossed the place with flyers, met some cool people, and had to call it a night from downtown. However, we weren't about to retire withough catching a Mexican Burrito Joint for a midnight snack.
A Dingy Midnight Mexican Snack!
A circular drive-thru, dingy orange and white paint, and a smiling face from a young seniorita congratulated us on a night well spent. Of course a few shenanigans went down at the ordering window including a CP (Cock Punch), and a depantsed Brook flailing to get his shorts up while he did his best to pronounce some sort of Carne Asada Burrito from the menue. We chased eachother around for a bit, did some appologizing for our childish ways, said thankyou at least 5 times, rounded up our food and drove back to Jessica's to enjoy our spoils.Little did I know that it would be such a letdown! My burrito tasted like it had been hand crafted with grade D grizzle and month old beans. I stomached about 2/3 of it and had to quit. The satisfaction of the night for me was falling fast asleep on the futon with Cousin D at least a body width away.
Mission Beach, The Wave House, and The Road To Roswell
The next morning started with pancakes and a delicious skillet of hamburger, pepper, and eggs. Jessica bought a few shirts from us, put a Contour HD sticker on her Jeep, and then we headed out to meet up with a good frined of mine, Jake Breshears, on Mission Beach. We checked out The Wave House and I'm pretty sure I could be seen salivating at the thought of surfing on a manmade wave all day every day at a moments notice! We watched some pretty incredible athletes tear it up, we hooked a few of the employees up with flyers and then furthered our saturation of Saint Diego with flyers and inspiration.. Dan lost $20 to a bike gimmick for the chance to win $100, and we all watched in anticipation to see if he could pedal the tricked up bike 10 feet. He was the closest out of anyone, but only made it a little over half way. We hit up a couple of boardshops, said our goodbyes to Jake, and then set off for Roswell, NM, about 1000 miles away.
It was our first all night drive on the trip and let me tell you, it was something else! We made it to around El Centro, CA, paralleling the U.S. Mexico border, and decided to do a detour drive. The initial thought was that we'd do a fast hike up a mountain, but upon learning that there was a nudist colony at the end of the same road we couldn't help our curious selves. What we found was a gated resort community which kindly allowed us through to turn around, but that was it! We drove out, our curiosities unquenched, and were quicky sidetracked by the large number of Border Patrol officers and highway checkpoints in the area.
The drive was fairly uneventful. We drove past a few pig farms, noticeable by the smell, saw a desert fox, an owl, and later a tarantula along the road, and complained the whole way about the intense heat that Southeastern California, Arizona, and New Mexico forced on us even in the middle of the night. I can't imagine battling that heat everyday. We ate In N Out in Yuma, AZ around 11:00 P.M. and watched Dan pop a giant blister on his finger before continuing on the road, blaring music, battling sleep deprivation, playing some dominos, watching Zach edit a couple of KSRT '10 Videos for you guys, and yet again, complaining about the heat.
New Mexico greeted us in the morning with more heat, terrible Denny's food, the afformentioned tarantula, and halfway to Roswell, a giant hailstorm. Roswell, however, was intriguing. We went to the UFO Research Museum and learned all about "The Event." Honestly, it's crazy, and puts a whole new perspective on things to have known the story, but to stand in the town of Roswell and learn about it all over again with the whole story, eyewitness accounts, military records, etc... right in front of you. One way or another, it was a really interesting stop. And now, Kavadba and Elevated fans, we're all on the road yet again, driving through the night to Dallas, TX. At least it's cool out in TX right now. Oh, and, thanks God, we avoided a near rear end collision this morning, all tires locked and screaching as the van came within feet of an almost accident from a driver two cars in front of us making a last minute decision to turn wich could have gotten messy.
Adios Amigos and Amigas, You'll get more soon!!!! God bless and Best of Times..
Machi Block
07/19/10-
LA
What a B-Last! Thanks Melissa, Thanks Suits, Thanks Badfathers, and Thanks Everyone else for such a fun time. We
thrown a very cool Pool Party at the Suits House in the Holywood Hills. We got to do a full setup and sell a lot of Kavadba
and Elevated to everyone in attendance.
We showed up in LA from a full day of surfing in San Luis Obispo. We got to see Melissa, Zach's girlfriend who is always
so much fun to hang out with. Of course we were fed great food and we drank grerat wine, and then we passed out watching
Notorious on tv. The next morning we woke up and went on a 2 mile run within half an hour. It feels good to stay in shape on
the road. We need more of it. We got to the Suit's house in the Hollywood Hills aroudn 2:30. After setting up in the sweltering
heat, we immediately went for a swim in their pool, not missing a chance to bust out our waterproof HD camera courtesy of
Contour HD, and of course sip on some Fat Tire from New Belgium Brewing.
07/16/10-
Our First Video Update:
Some Group Pictures...(Click to View)
San Luis Obispo was absolutely incredible! Not only was the place cool and the surfing awesome, but we stayed with the most hospitible people ever! Thanks so much to the Holguin Brothers, you're parents raised you boys right! May God bless you all richly in your lives and interests as you give your best to Him. Thanks for everythings.
Erin, I'm sorry that we couldn't meet up! Next Time we will though for sure ; )
07/13/10-
From The Hills To The Bay, San Fran To The Streets Of LA, California's Surely Calling
We're traveling all over California! The Redwoods, Lake Tahoe, Walnut Creek, Napa Valley, and now to San Luis Obispo to do some surfing and sand duning. Then it's LA for the weekend and all the way to San Diego. We've put up some new pictures, working on figuring out our video updates, and we'll have lots of new stories coming ASAP. Thanks for all of your support, and it's been amazing meeting everyone we have so far.
07/09/10-
Quick Updates From The Road!
Exciting things on the Kavadba Summer Road Trip so far! We're slowly covering the Northwest of the USA and spreading the Kavadba and Elevated Lifestyle and excitement. I'm sitting in the back of the van right now typing, Dan's writing all of his experiences down next to me, Clint's in front of me chillin like a banana peel, however that works out, and Zach and Brook are navigating the van through a smalll town in Oregon. We're on our way to the Oregon Coast! Salt spray in in the air, I can almost taste it through the hot air that's accumulated all day in our '85 Chevy Vandura. What a comfortable ride, I'm telling you, I wish you call could experience this thing. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for loaning us your van : )
After Seattle, we traveled down to Portland, OR. Our first priority was to eat some haunted pie at Old Town Pizza, supposed to be a haunted old hotel. We didn't see any sign of the old ghost so we busted off towards The Horse Brass. No one else had been there before so I had the pleasure of watching everyone gawk over the large selection of exotic brews and the tantilizing idea of eating a Scotch Egg. Ok, well to be fair and honest, noone was excited about the Scotch Egg except me, but after it came to the table and everyone got to try it their excitement peaked! Cross one more item off of the Bucket List!
We took off to some hidden hotsprings for the night. We won't tell you where they're at, but they're amazing. You'll see some footage, and if you put a little effort into it you just might be able to find out where they are. We met a solid dude named Jake who bought a shirt and two rippers off of us at a gas station and we filmed him break dancing in the parking lot wearing his new Kavadba. The last part of the night consisted of driving over an hour into the wilderness and hiking a mile and a half in the dark through an old growth cedar forrest to get to what until that point we had only caught wind of through stories. Our expectations didn't fail us and our hike yeilded some amazingly unique hotspringing and camping for the night.
This morning we showered under a waterfall and halfway back down the trail we stopped to jump off fallen logs into a deep green pool of brisk mountain water. We spent an hour or so sliding down natural slides into waterfalls and deep pools, flipping off of logs, and diving off of cliffs. EPIC!!
We drove back to Portland through road construction, detours, and hot hot sun only to find out that Burnside Skatepark didn't yeild a single skater with the Kavadba mindset. Oh well, they'll find out what they're missing out on soon enough. Until then, best of luck with life...
And now, here we are, on the road to Seal Rock, OR on the beach to camp under the Oregon sky again! More updates to come.
Machi Block
07/08/10-
We're on the Road!!
Wow there's a lot to write about! We're on the Road, day number 4. We left good Ol' Kalispell in the morning of the 5th and worked our expecting selves out to Coeur d'Alene. We didn't know what to expect but we were anticipating great things. And then, out of nowhere, BAM!! We see a giant RV decked out, pulled over on the side of the highway next to the Clarksfork River, covered in decals that read "Contour HD, Wearable Camcorders." Of course we pulled over and had a little chat. The five of us walked over and introduced ourselves to "Doc," his girlfriend, and thier dog... and explained what we were doing. It didn't take long before Doc offered to hook us up with a couple of head mounted HD cameras to use for our
documentary. And just like that, we got a new sponsor for our Road Trip.
Special Thanks:
Thank You, Contour HD, Thank you SCS Vinylworks for making our van look incredible, and thank you New Belgium
Brewing for hooking us up with some good drinks. We just caught word that Mike Waesche from RMU Skis has printed us
out some banners, and Red Bull is sending us some Wings for our trip! Also a special thanks to our new donors: Erin Kidwell, Alex Lee, Mark G, Doc Cleeland from Contour HD, the Waller Brothers, Thang and Jennifer Pham, Allison our favorite coustomer, and all of the random people that helped us out who we don't know your name! Thanks for the time, money, encouragment, and support!
Now that that's out of the way, let's get to the stories!
- We're getting 8 mpg in our van! Not quite so user friendly is it haha. Hopefully we'll be doing better now that we cleaned out the carbureator and started filling up with Premium. So far we've had one problem overheating in the hot Seattle sun! (Oh boy, get ready South!!) We slept in a gravel pit in beautiful Coeur d'Alene because we couldn't find a camping spot in the dark. When we woke up, around 8:30 (impressive isn't it, that's a first in a while!) we all went on a mile run and did some stretching. Hey, we're the Kavadba Team, we've gotta stay in shape. We got kicked off the property of a BMX park in Coeur d'Alene, but met an aspiring BMX Olympian before we did. Next we took the jaunt to Spokane and kicked it with some chill skaters where we sold our first merchandice and got a hacky sack donated to us : )
After overheating in the van just outside the Snoqualmie Pass in Washington, we rolled into Seattle pretty late, staying at Alex Lee's house in Federal Way.
The next morning we went to Pike's Market in Seattle, chilled with homeless guy for a few minutes, gawked at a few nappy jelly fish and then hit up Golden Gardens Beach. We set up shop around 2:00 p.m. and just killed it with the locals. We met some awesome people who will be on our "Friends We've Met" page soon. We chilled with some awesome locals, hooked up a huge speaker system on the beach with the Bad Fathers blaring, and ended the night with more sales and a huge group of people hanging out around a bonfire chilling! Ah... Kavadba!!
So today we're on our way to Portland and just had to do a quick update. Pictures coming soon!
06/28/10-
One Week Until We Leave
You Heard it Right, One Week Until We Leave From Kalispell, MT And Officially Kick Off The Kavadba Summer Road Trip 2010. We're still printing shirts, putting stickers on our trailer and van (Compliments of SCS Vinyl Works), and making a few more kilts for the rest of the Road Trip Crew cause that's how we roll : )
This week we will be meeting with a couple of potential sponsors, including sitting down with a representative of New Belgium Brewing to work out some details of what our sponsorship with them looks like for this summer. Wish us luck!
A special shout goes out to all of our friends and family who have generously donated some money towards our adventures! Billy Volek, Colin Dow, Colby House, KJ Bronson, Coyla Anderson, Vladimir Ten, Brad and Theresa Empie, Joel Empie, Cole and Ashley Hadley, Melissa Snyder... hmm, anyone else? (More to be added soon) You guys are awesome and we apprecaite it so much. Also make sure to check out our Sponsors!
We'll throw up some pictures soon for you guys to browse through. Until then:
We're a modern day group version (sort of but not really) of this 15-16th Century Explorer. He was born in 1480 in Sabrosa, Portugal to Rui de Magalhaes and Alda de Mesquita, and took part in his first sea voyage in 1505 from Portugal to India.
After the Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world in half in 1494, Spain was looking for new trade routes to the Spice Islands. This explorer believed that the Spice Islands could be reached by sailing west through the New World, and after being abandoned by Portugese employment he was hired on by the Spanish King, Charles 1.
He set sail going west toward the Spice Islands in September 1519 with five ships (the Conception, the San Antonio, the Santiago, the Trinidad, and the Victoria) and 270 men. After landing in South America and facing some dificulties along the way, the group spent months exploring the area of Patagonia. After setting sail again, in the end of November, the remaining three ships exited what our explorer had named the Strait of All Saints and sailed into the Pacific Ocean.
Some other stuff happened (pretty noteworthy stuff), and then, on September 6, 1522, the Victoria and only 18 surviving crew members returned to Spain, being the first people to ever....
Ok so who is the explorer and what was his crew the first to ever do? Leave your comments below...
06/16/10-
Printing New Elevated Clothing and Kavadba Clothing Like Crazy
Right now it's 7:00 A.M. and I have yet to get sleep tonight. Zach, Brook, and I have been printing so many shirts, hoodies, shorts, and so much more that it's almost unbelievable. We're really doing our best to be fully stocked with our finest and favorite for all of you. So far we feel very successful and there's even more to come. Some of the pressure of all of this work has been relieved since we are leaving a week later now, so that's good for the small details at least. We've also begun the start to filming our Kavadba Documentary. This whole trip is going to be amazing. We can't wait for Cousin Dan to finish summer school and get up to the Flathead and help us out/hang. And sadly, this should be a headline but we don't want to shock everyone into sadness right away, so it's a side note in a blog post, but Sean Trimpe will no longer be accompanying us on our Kavadba Summer Road Trip 2010. He had some change in plans that he felt he shouldn't get away from, so at this point there are 4 of us in a van for 6 weeks, not 5. More updates to come on whether we replace the spot of Sean or not. Sean will be missed on the trip, but nevertheless we push forward and we still all feel very complete as a team.
06/16/10-
Leave Date Officially Set to July 5th
With much discussion, the Kavadba Team has decided to leave a week later than planned, setting the leave date for July 5th. We can't wait to get on the road and meet all of you, but we've got some important loose ends to tie up before we get to have all of the fun, and leaving a week later really lends a hand to that happening.
On another note, we're right smack dab in the middle of printing all of our Kavadba and Elevated Clothing product that we'll be taking with us to sell to you, our fans, as we travel. All of the apparel is turning out amazing and we can't wait to see you all rockin' it like it's your job, cause it will be your job, to look great and have the Best of Times this summer, at least as long as we're around to say anything about it.
We've also begun filming for the Kavadba Documentary. Look forward to being a part of it if we can meet you on the Road Trip.
God bless you guys, and the Kavadba Team hopes you're having an incredible start to your summer.
05/19/10-
Building Up Our Web Presence
We just bought two new web domains to expand the presence of Elevated Clothing (EL3VATED). You can now access our site through www.kavadba.com, www.el3vated.com, and www.elevatedclothingco.com. We're still working on sponsorships, new clothing products specifically for the Kavadba Summer Road Trip, and building a catalog for easy promotion while on our trip.
Keep your suggestions and comments coming to us, we want to hear from you and hear all of your "Bucket List" ideas as well as suggestions for where we need to go, what we need to see, and what we need to do in this great country of our's.
Thank You for all of your support.
God bless and Best of Times..
05/06/10-
Kavadba Week, A Huge Success.. Coming Graduation
So our week turned out really incredible. We sold tons of products Mon. through Friday, and also have a massive amount of continued orders from the week. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a success and who's helping spread the word about Kavadba and El3vated clothing.
On a side note, I (Machi Block) am graduating from Montana State University this Saturday. It's been a pretty incredible hall over these years, and I can't wait to see what this summer brings on our Road Trip. Thank you to everyone who's been sponsoring us and donating to us so far.
04/26/10-
4th Annual Kavadba Week Sale (Montana State University, April 26 - April 30)
Come find us in the SUB, located between the Bookstore and the Bobcat Grill from 9am - 5pm This Monday through Friday. It's our 4th annual Kavadba Week Sale, which means you need to rock your Kavadba and Elevated gear all this week. Come dig through our newest products, unreleased on the website, and support the company..
04/12/10-
We are now accepting sponsors for our Road Trip!! If you would like to sponsor us a tank of gas, we would so appreciate it. You could also help us out by buying product from Kavadba and Elevated Clothing; that way you get sweet Steeze for your $$. Or, even better : ) you could do both. Heck, we'd even take $5 from you if you just want to be a part of our trip somehow but can't sponsor us a full tank. We understand and think you're awesome for even considering donating to this incredible Kavadba Summer Road Trip!!
If you are a company looking to get on board with us for our trip, we welcome you. Please follow this link to the "Help Us Out" page for more details.
What we need:
- Money to fund our trip
- Products to aid us on our adventures (see the Help Us Out page for specifics)
- Publicity: If you are a magazine, newspaper, news channel, blogger, tv host, youtuber, radio host, band,
etc... we would love for you to help people in your area and beyond be informed about what this great trip
is about and what we're doing. We want to meet as many people as possible.
- Meals. We need to eat healthy on our trip.
- Places to stay. (Hotel Rooms, places to crash, and most importantly camping).
- Gas Money
- A venue or event to sell and promote Kavadba and Elevated Clothing at.
- Free car maintenance/Insurance.
- Any other ways you can think of helping us out. etc...
To all of our sponsors, we are offering our many services in return. We Do Not View This As A One Way Street!!
We're striving to return the favor to you for your gracious support to us. Details are on the "Help Us Out" page.
We are selling Advertising on our site for cheap. Thousands upon Thousands upon Tens of Thousands (Hundreds of Thousands) of people will be viewing this website and doing so because they are excited about what we have going on. That means they are also excited about the people that made this possible for us (That's all of you awesome companies out there)!! Please consider getting on board with advertising and helping us out that way.
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