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We took a trip to the bay to visit The Hundreds SF to install the new PhotoBooth. We also took this opportunity to meet up with Benny Gold. While we have been big fans of his work and followed his brand we had never met up with him. Benny is a stand up guy, and a great designer. We hope to get the opportunity to do something with Benny down the road.

…or Montreal.

Tuesday brought a visit from Jeremy Wirth and his gf Jess. We have been talking to Jeremy for a while, he an amazing Art Director and recently worked with us on a print piece you will see very soon. Jeremy also co-runs a brand called Rated Rookies who we will be doing a collaboration with soon.

In typical 530 style we treated our guests to a fine lunch at 5 Cinco de Mayo. To our knowledge they don’t have good Mexican food in Montreal, so we needed to share with our new friends. While most follow our lead with Carne Asada tacos, or the Polla a la Plancha a few decide to stray onto the inside pages of the menu. Jess moved on this dish that we have nick named the “Sal”, as the only other person we have seen get this was Sal Barbier. Jess opted to not cover the eyes with tortilla chips like Sal, but she did do damage on this fish.

Jeremy and Jess finished their visit with us, then headed to Proper and the Long Beach Aquarium to pet sharks.

Enjoyed our visit with you guys, looking forward to seeing you in March?

Based on recent blog postings, you would think The Hundreds was our only client, not the case. Recently we started became the digital AOR for Globe, including Globe Surf, and Globe Skate, along with Dwindle, Speed Demons, Enjoi, Almost, Darkstar, Blind, and Tensor. Right now we are in the process of getting the hosting for all of the sites under control with our friends at (mt) Media Temple. Once the server transition is final and we have everything running, we will start the development of many new sites. Stay tuned for more.

In this picture; Christy (530), Ryan Afdahl (mt), Paul (530), Bart (530), David (530), and Scott Desmet (mt). Photo taken and courtesy of Jason McVeary(mt)

… a little late.

Erik and I made our way up to Rosewood a while back to wish Ben and Bobby happy 6 years of The Hundreds. In typical 530 style we were there for about 25 minutes, and spent most of that time talking to Yasi about the movie Singles.

Yesterday we released our newest collaboration, 530 vs. Cultist, and this time we are catering to the ladies. Yasi from Cultist and I had talked about this for a while and when I asked what the graphic should be she suggested something along the lines of Goth / Cholla. That inspiration was handed off to 530’s own MO who came up with what you see. I was surprised by Yasi’s idea as I thought she would go with something more along the lines of Carne Asada fries / Irish Nachos, or maybe even NorCal slippers / upside down visors. The tee is now available in our online store.

Yesterday we ventured out to a city called Huntington Beach, just 3 cities south of Long Beach yet it seemed like another world. I think I grew up in that city, but it has changed since then, and by change I mean it is nothing like anything I remember. We were there to take in the Agenda show, see the sites, and say hello to our friends (Obey, The Hundreds, Mosley Tribes, Vestal, Proper, Hall of Fame). The show seemed like a huge success, this is the first time the show has been at this venue and judging by the amount of people at exhibitors there were I think they will be back.

A man with a plan, Scott Turner aka Switch. Hopefully HBPD let you get home without an escort.

So while we were at Triumivr, we were able to cop there newest goodies Ashtrays, Lighters, and Bottle Openers. The packs are were available via the Triumvir online store. The sticker sheets are still available, you better move quickly.