Age Carriers | The Noir Collection

Age Carriers, an up-and-coming bag brand out of California, follow up their excellent debut with The Noir Collection, which features black versions of a duffle, backpack, briefcase, zip pouch, and key fob. Pieces are constructed from an assortment of army duck canvas, calf suede, antique brass hardware, and YKK Excella zippers.

 

Ernest Packaging | Cardboard Chaos: Surf and Skate

Hats off to Ernest Packaging Solutions for creating a space for creativity, innovation, and all-around fun. Their "Cardboard Chaos" series, in conjunction with Signal Snowboards, is all about testing the limits of cardboard through a bunch of design challenges. In the videos below, a surfboard and skateboard are designed and built from paper before being field tested by pros like Tony Hawk. 

Gant Rugger F/W 2015

Christopher Bastin, creative director of Gant Rugger, used Sonoma County as inspiration for his forthcoming Fall/Winter 2015 collection. For your money, Bastin has beautifully blended Gant's prep aesthetic with the more relaxed California wine country vibe. He describes the looks as "what you'd expect when you open your heavy, wooden, countryside closet door." 

Age Carriers | "Shelter Collection"

Age Carriers is a new California-made luggage brand.  Their debut "Shelter Collection" includes a range of bags and leather goods (backpack, briefcase, zip pouch, and key fob) made with U.S. Military tent canvas from the Vietnam War era. 

O'Neill x Pendleton | Fall 2014

There's a fair amount of history behind O'Neill and Pendleton Woolen Mills. Based in Santa Cruz, O'Neill has been making wetsuits and surf gear since the 1950s, while Pendelton has been producing woolen textiles in Oregon since 1863. It makes sense, then, that these two companies whose business is keeping people warm have teamed up on a limited capsule collection for Fall 2014.

Lowers Bonzering

Jacob passed along this little clip of Ellis Ericson doing some stylish shredding (and crowd dodging) at Trestles on an apparently well-used, early-90s era Campbell Brothers 5-fin Bonzer. 

Chopper Fever

Chopper Fever is a completely American made and produced brand featuring selvedge Japanese and Cone denim, outerwear, custom made jewelry, hats, accessories, button ups, tees, and long sleeve menswear.  They focus on quality details and styles that incorporate the new and the old using vintage dead stock fabric and limited runs.  You can easily see how they draw their inspiration from vintage Americana, heritage workwear, and custom motorcycle culture.  Chopper Fever is an offshoot of Sunrise Cycles, a Los Angeles-based full custom Harley Davidson shop.

This is the future of the motorcycle industry.  This up-and-coming generation of young builders who are bringing their own unique perspectives and experiences--skateboarding, punk rock, a hint of grunge, a sense of fashion that doesn’t consist solely of leather and fringe--to the freedom that comes with two wheels and the open road.  These days it’s not uncommon to see a lad with a big, bushy beard, cuffed blue jeans, RayBans, and flannel out and about on a rebuilt vintage Harley. This is an industry that not too long ago was saturated with extravagant bikes built for form over function, and many builders were claimed in the recession.  As a result, the years since have seen a resurgence of old school bobbers and the like.  Sunrise Cycles and their brothers in arms build bikes that are stripped down to everything but the bare essentials and make them look badass in the process.