Strap your watch

Just made some bad ass leather straps for your bad ass time piece!  For now I made just raw veg tanned straps since I am a huge fan seeing the leather change on it's own, naturally through the wearer.  Why should I color your collection when you can do it on your own, right?  Check out the below pics and if you like what you see hop on over to the LEATHER tab and pick yourself up one.
   

 

NIXON, the private watch, leather craft, hand made

Vans are cool man

When I was a kid living in Lake Havasu my parents owned a 1975 Harvest Gold Ford Econoline 150 Van.  It had the kitchen with table and bench seats all set up.  The little window on the sides at the rear had a a copper flower painted around it.  So awesome!  That Van was perfect for families such as mine who looked to road trip or even live out of.  Looked something like this minus the paint color and flower:

 

My homie and I were just talking about old 1970's Vans the other day as he wants to get himself one.  Make it a second "home on wheels" where he could cruise it where ever with surfboards, snowboards, bikes, chopper accessories and whatever else.  Old school vans are super cool so I thought I would drop a few here in a blog post.

Enjoy:

“The medieval knight stands bold in its shining armour as Miss World of Wheels, Dorothy Hoogstraten (Dorothy Straten) dubs Ron Bergsma, who is one of the ‘Macho Man’ contestants from Universal Olympic Gym at the World of Wheels Custom Car Show, August 16th, 1978.” –Photo by Paul Snider.

And this last one just ties it all together.  A dope Van and Choppers!  WTF?!  Well shit!  Now I think I too will have to get me a Van.  Let's start a Chopper Van club!

Thank You Jamie Lynn!

I started riding in 1989 in a small mountain town in Arizona (Flagstaff). I was so into riding as I still am today, 25 years later. You'd walk into my bedroom and I'd have all 4 walls covered (floor to ceiling) in snowboard posters or torn out Transworld pages. (Sorry Snowboard, you weren't an option back then).

My dream was to move to Oregon and ride the gnarliest powder and get mad sponsors, ha! I was that kid building my own park on the golf course or ditching school a couple times a week to catch some fresh pow at the Snowbowl.

Of the few riders that created this level of stoke for me, Jamie Lynn was one of them. His eclectic, radical style and ability to kick out such an epic Method was something that I will always admire. Fast forward to today and he's still slaying it and keeping things original. One of the Godfathers of the sport for sure. Another reason why I admire Jamie is that his artistic ability is so rad and being a huge art advocate myself, it's something I truly appreciate. His style is so unique it's in a category all it's own. 

After reading Snowboard's the "Timeless Issue" with Jamie on the cover, it brought back all these nostalgic feelings of being a kid and wanting to see on my wall of stoke, the epic photo that photography legend Chris Brunkhart was able to capture. 

At the end of the interview, Jamie says it best and is definitely words that I've been living by in both my personal & Shift'D biz life: 

"I think truly if you have a positive outlook, direction or path it will lead to just happiness in life. Just getting a chance to do what you love to do and want to do without harming or hurting others and maybe passing on some stoke or gifting people with inspiration... I mean that's a truly special situation in life." 

So thank you Jamie Lynn for being so rad and keeping that stoke alive!

The Dapper Wallet!

Heading into the new year I decided to add a new bi-fold wallet to the product line.  Introducing the Dapper wallet!  This two tone super stylee bi-fold is designed to hold all your cards/cash providing quick & easy access either inside or on the backside. Color is Evening Blue and Raw Veg Tanned leather allowing you to fully customize your own wallet through the natural Patina (aging/usage) process.

Check it out and if you like what you see, show that support and pick one up HERE.

Cheers and thanks for the support!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Abdominal Snowman!

Just me..

Still time!

There's still time to score that special something for yourself or your loved one. Don't get the beatdown if you don't need to. 

Plug discount code "QUALITY" at checkout for 15% off your order. 

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