Thursday, August 26, 2010

DP Racing BITD Vegas to Reno

Congrats to the DP Racing Team for finishing well in the BITD Vegas to Reno race despite tough circumstances! Here are some pictures and a video of the race. To see more pictures and the full race report go here.
They look good rocking Kreed sunglasses!


















Spotted

Mark our Vice President of Fortress has spotted and hung out with the Kreed family members all over. Here are some of his pictures he took on his travels.


Joey Rochea spotted at the Barefoot Wine AVP Volleyball tournament in Waikiki in his KREED Imperial’s










































Cody and Sara spotted in Pismo Beach with her “way cool” 63 Volvo in her CRUSH Brooklyn’s and her friend Cody is wearing his KREED Zeus shades


 








































Randy Nemchock and Nino Camillo were spotted at Clark Little’s new gallery opening in Laguna Beach a few weeks ago
 







































Chad was spotted at the ASR show in San Diego hanging at the Veeco disco booth in his KREED Mak’in it Big sunnies








































 Clark Little at his gallery opening in Laguna Beach
































KREED team rider Jeremy Wright with his friend Natalie at Clark’s gallery opening
                                  










































SUP Team riders EJ and Brandi downtown Laguna Beach at the SUP shop open house











































Our own Hawaii CRUSH girl, Brooke and her fiance’ Kaiwi Berry on the North Shore with the KREED and CRUSH crew


Brian Haag in Indo

Here are some pics of our team rider Brian Haag riding waves on a SUP in Indo.



Clark Little Gallery Grand Opening in Laguna Beach

Earlier this month, world renowned surf photographer and Kreed eyewear family member, Clark Little opened his own gallery right in Laguna Beach. Here are some pictures of the event. Congrats Clark!































Jeremy Wright, our bodyboard team rider, was also there that night. Here are some photos that he took compliments of his blog.
























Jeremy Wright at the Kreed Office

Check it out, Jeremy Wright and his buddy Joel Piper (drummer for the band Confide) stopped by the Kreed's headquarters recently. See more of the happenings with Jeremy Wright go to his blog.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Kreed Team rider Brennan rips the waves and school grades



School is tough enough but when you are a young middle schooler and a competing surfer things can get sticky. Brennan Aubol has over come this and with flying colors. Listed below is the NSSA press-release showing Brennan as one of the many student athletes who excelled in school (he’s listed on the top of the 4.) group.

NSSA Announces the 2010 Surfer Scholar Award Recipients!

Also, Brennan has been invited to compete this year in the Surfing America Prime series which is the gateway to possibly earning a position on the US Surf team if successful, a goal any young surfer would aspire to accomplish.

Way to go Brennan! We are excited to so that you are achieving great things inside and out of the classroom!

Are Designer Sunglasses Worth the Price? Wall Street Journal article

  We all have wondered from time to time about designer sunglasses and what is so special about them. When I say designer brands I mean high end brands like Louis Vuitton, Prada, etc. which a pair can run nearly $500 give or take a hundred or so and that is not even with prescription lenses. Celebrities wear them, no surprise because they have the money or the brands give it to them, along with well to do socialites who can afford a pair. To an average person, like you and I, is it really worth it to buy a pair? What can we gain from it?

The only two reasons I can think of is that first of all, they are designer name brand. People buy them because they are associated with a certain brand and that association perhaps denotes a certain 'social status' or an elevated 'style.' The second reason, is the quality of the sunglasses themselves. I can maybe understand the price if the pair of shades is constructed of gold plated titanium, with turtle shell details, and the highest quality light-weight polarized lenses. All complete with a leather case with suede on the inside and lifetime warranty. Even then that is a stretch and the quality will not matter they are so happened to be stepped or sat on.

Here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about the value of the designer sunglasses. Here

Honestly speaking, there isn't a single brand that comes to mind that has the same prices and quality as Kreed and Crush sunglasses do. Nothing better than a great quality return for the price!
See for yourself: Kreed