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Here's a quick video edit of our time in Arizona with the AWA and the Ski Pro Rail Jam. Next we're hitting up the Beaver Lake Wake Fest down in Arkansas. We've also started working with Robert Absher of Absher Films and also Windy Moose out of the Carolinas. We're stoked to keep digging deeper into our favorite wake scene and hope that all our fans out there keep spreading the love!

How to have cool hair- for guys

So a while back I was starting new in my life. I'd just broken up with my girlfriend of 3 years, I was graduating college soon, and I just wanted to find myself in a fresh way. Who was I really now, who did I want to be, what was the next stage in my life going to bring me? These were all questions I had to ask myself. After spending 3 years of your life in a relationship and then having that not be a part of your life anymore, you learn that you've based a lot of yourself on that one person. Now that she's gone though, who was I going to reset and become?

The first thing I wanted to do was grow my hair out. Why? I don't know, I just wanted a bit of a change. I needed a cool factor to help me feel back on top of my game. So I started looking for a new hairstyle that I could try. There were tons of youtube videos on asian guys hairstyles, anime, j-rock, etc... These styles were really cool. But there wasn't much out on the web for white guys, and definitely nothing for redheads.

So taking some inspiration from the asian hairstyle tutorials I was watching, and after coming across some other really cool styles from scandinavia (Sweden and Norway mainly) I decided to give it a go. 

I began messing with my hairstyle a lot. I made a couple of hairstyle tutorial videos, and before long I had gotten tons of views from all over the world. I realized that there are a lot of guys out there looking for unique and cool hairstyles, and by uploading a few videos, I could help inspire someone like I'd been inspired, to try something new and unique. 

So there you have it, a few videos by me on how to have awesome hair. Haha, enjoy and go crazy with your own. 

There are a few more hairstyle tutorials for guys on youtube that I've done. 

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Beards

I'm thinking about growing my beard out, what do you think?
Haha

Elevated Clothing Spring/Summer 2013

New EL3VATED TANK TOPS for Summer 2013

New EL3VATED tanks. #elevated #elevatedclothing #el3vated #swag #steez #style #fresh #surf #wakeboard #snowboard #ski #skate #streetwear #actionsports #boardsports #fashion #wake #lifestyle #socal #limited #empirewake #kazbah #karmaloop #boardlife #livelifetothefullest #motox #boardculture #underground #svensk

Elevated New Tank Top Production

Today Zach and I spent most of the day out in the shop working like crazy, printing up new tank tops for the summer sports action fun. We're gearing up for the Empire Wake Collegiate Wake Championships in Vegas as well as a summer Fashion Show at the W In Westwood on April 27, a day before my birthday. Stay posted!

New EL3VATED tanks. #elevated #elevatedclothing #el3vated #swag #steez #style #fresh #surf #wakeboard #snowboard #ski #skate #streetwear #actionsports #boardsports #fashion #wake #lifestyle #socal #limited #empirewake #kazbah #karmaloop #boardlife #livelifetothefullest #motox #boardculture #underground

AS I AM Music Video Featuring Machi Block and Elevated Clothing

A while back, sometime shortly after I moved to LA, I linked up with a band called "As I Am." They were shooting a music video for their new song Mr. Anxiety and I was brought in as an actor. I never got to see the finished product as the band broke up shortly after due to hard times in LA. However, they were really a very talented group and a great bunch of guys. My friend Daizo just shared this link with me and tonight was the first time I got to see the finished product.
Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-mpiLAR6i8&feature=g-all-u

Collegiate Wake Nationals, Red Carpet Events in Hollywood, Spreading like crazy

What's up FANS!! So much going on. Kavadba and Elevated is growing like crazy, spreading all around the world, and getting in tons of new events and areas. We're blessed!

Collegiate Wake Nationals presented by Empire Wake is coming up in mid April and we're one of the top sponsors. We're so stoked to be working with the ASU Wake Devils and Sac State Wake. These guys are going to kill it at the event!










Had a red carpet event last night in Hollywood: Manifest Destiny, put on by sikmix.com and lyricalwave.com, sponsored by Elevated Clothing. Check out their sites for some of LA's hottest DJ's and artists.

Andrew Schar Rocking Elevated

The incredibly talented singer/songwriter Andrew Schar from South Africa is now rocking Elevated Clothing! My brother, Zachary Block, used "Warrior Poet," by Andrew Schar in his feature film, "Fathoms Deep" and as a result we hooked up Andrew with a few shirts and a DVD.

It's a very cool thing to have someone as awesome as Andrew wearing our product. Of course, we have people as cool as him wearing it everyday, because we value all of our fans! But we checked out one of his youtube videos and sure enough, he must be loving the shirts because he seems to be wearing them frequently. We LOVE THAT!!

If you haven't had a chance to see Fathoms Deep yet, you can pick up a copy at the website http://www.fathomsdeepmovie.com It's been getting a lot of very quality reviews and is worth the purchase.

Thanks for your support Andrew!

SMASHBOX STUDIOS- Machi Block stars in The Exchange

This last week Smashbox Studios had their FACE OFF Competition featuring close to 100 works of art including photography and video. I was blessed to have starred in a film piece titled "The Exchange," shot by Anthony Pietromonaco which premiered at the FACE OFF Competition.

The Exchange is a very cool choreographed sword fight scene showcasing the differences and similarities between Eastern Japanese Sword Fighting and Western European Fencing. Because I was a Gold medal winning fencer in college at Montana State University, I was cast as the role of the European. Working closely with Anthony, we both choreographed the entire 3 piece fight scene and then cast the Asian fencer. It was my absolute pleasure to then work along side the very well known Yoshi Ando, bringing the choreographed sword fight up to speed and finesse. - "Letters from Iwo Jima," "The Pacific," "Good Soil," "War of the Wolves." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2090377/

Here is the video of us sword fighting. It was an incredible effort, shot on two RED cameras in SmashBox Studios in Hollywood, and worked by an amazing cast. I'm very appreciative to have been a part of it, and hope that you enjoy it.

http://vimeo.com/32480268

Elevated Clothing Launches New Website

Quite a bit has happened since the last post! So, allow me to make a flurry of posts really quick.
First, our new website has arrived. I'm so stoked. Our products are killing it, we're selling like crazy, and getting more attention than ever. January will be a month for hitting up stores. Check it out. http://www.elevatedclothingco.com

KAVADBA BROS

Brotherhood of Elevated

     I've spent the last 2 weeks on and off in the studio recording the first song to be released by "The Brotherhood of Elevated." This is the name of my new group featuring your's truly, Machi Block, and my brother, Zachary Block.
     The first song, "Mayday," is a collaboration with an incredible Poland based Music Producer/DJ, Kamil Dzyr. We're incredibly lucky and blessed to be working with this talented kid, and can't wait to show the world what we've got in the works. Not only that, but special thanks are due KT Kent for sound engineering the vocals and for her incredible talent at bringing out our best performances.
     There will be many more songs to come after Mayday hits. This is simply the first of many that I have been writing, drawing influence from European jumpstyle, hip hop, rock, and some unique places that I would like to call original. Bands that you may notice we take our influence from? DJ Manian, Italio Brothers, Norlie & KKV, Lazee, Adam Tensta, Tinee Tempah, and Bad Fathers to name a few.
     It's been a really fun process, and I will keep you updated when we're finished. Should be a couple more weeks for a December release. Stay Posted.

A Little Elevated Clothing Style- Custom Sewn Elevated Jeans, New Unreleased Tee, Elevated Ripper, and Vans Shoes

Elevated Clothing Takes Over The Streetwear Scene

So aside from Extreme Sports, we've always been avant supporters of Lifestyle-Style. When I say that, I mean hip hop, streetwear, chill/laid back, look good just to look good lifestyle. There are plenty of people who rock what they rock because it defines their lifestyle of just being stylish. We've always hit that crowd, and pushed in that direction to include those fans in our demographic. Now, however, we have signed a sales rep on the East Coast who has specialized in the streetwear market for 30 years. He's good at what he does and I believe that you'll all be seeing Elevated Clothing and Kavadba Clothing having a lot more influence in the coming year as we relate to the Street Wear crowd. Keep your ears open!!

Check out this new artist I found on Youtube. His name is New Kid. Pretty sick style.

Arizona Big Surf/Wakeboard/Skate Competition

Yep, we're headed out to AZ again!! Going to see all of our good friends in the wake community out there. Check out the event on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/elevatedclothing.
If you happen to be in the Southwest of the US around this time, come check it out. Yes, Arizona does have surfing after all.

I'm stoked, our good friend Colin Pierce, who was an incredible sponsored surfer right out of highschool is going to come out to the event with us and tear it up, riding for Elevated Clothing. Also, the Bad Fathers are coming as well. This is going to be an amazing weekend. Zach and I are trying to get as many people as possible to come with us and join in the fun!

It's been a little over a month since we added anything to the website. Let me assure you that we're working extremely hard here to do some awesome stuff with Elevated and Kavadba. And man are we keeping busy at the moment. All of this being said, there's a lot to bring you up to speed on!
Quick Runthrough: We attended the U.S. Open of Surfing, Sponsored a ton of Wakeboarding Events, Ordered in new stickers and banners from Diecutstickers.com, made tons of sales, and are working on our new Fall release right now, which will no doubt be complete with a whole new website re-design. That's right, this website is going into the archives and we're unleashing a whole new level of steez on you punks. You'll be excited when you see it.
Alright, I want to show you fans 2 things.
1) Zach Block with Kavadba Ent. put together a super cool teaser video of our summer of fun, so I'm going to let you check that out and see for yourselves all of the coolness we've gotten ourselves tied up in rather than explain it to you. See Below!

2) This is a shoutout to our good friend Jon Brown who was a Rodeo Bull Fighter this summer. He ordered in a custom Jerzee and was awesome in letting us put our Elevated Clothing logo on it. I wanted you all to see Jon in action. He's a man amongst boys, a scholar amongst students, a powerhouse of awesomeness mixed with a.... well, you get the point... Many thanks to Jon Brown for his support, and furthermore, many thanks to all of you fans for your continued support of Kavadba and Elevated Clothing. We're stoked to be growing in a down economy and we are proud to have you all rocking our gear! Best of Times..