It’s funny, delightful and never surprising how we meet people. Not just us, everyone. We don’t believe in coincidences, either. As is often the case, Spotify was playing on a cold, early Saturday morning. Probably the Calexico Radio channel, where we discover so many new (to us) artists. A song came on: mournful, gritty and different from what we’re used to hear. A click or two, and we discovered Micah P. Hinson. He played to us all morning as we were catching up on hat orders, and then into the afternoon, and early evening. We checked out his Instagram feed and left a <3 in his DM. Fast forward a few weeks. Micah, a Texas-native living in Madrid stopped by...
Our photographer was supposed to be headed to Costa Rica this week to shoot a video for an upcoming publication at Overland Journal. It didn't happen; he slipped on an icy patch, went down and cracked 3 ribs and has no interest at this point to get on a plane... Nevertheless, we pimped out our Surfista for him with a custom leather/seashell hatband and look forward to seeing it in his next video!
If interested in the Surfista, look for it on our site. For a custom hatband of any kind, drop us a note at info@bigdspeedshop.com or leave us a message on social media.
Our sweatshop abuts Dallas's best wicker and cane repair shop, where Bill and Bill resurrect some amazing furniture. We stopped by to say "hi" and raid the cooler when we saw this amazing piece: a 1950s wicker rocking-horse from the Nissen Company. We borrowed it for a quick shoot before they restore it to its glory.
We actually had other plans for today, specifically testing the onboard compressor on the wagon. But it started raining hard and we would have had a miserable time, so it will have to wait. As we were sitting on the porch bemoaning the weather, an absolutely gorgeous view developed to the west of us. The water under us was rough, and from this angle would have looked fucky, so we decided on a long exposure to smooth it out. We had the tools: Sturdy tripod with leveling head (RRS), capable sensor and optics (Fujifilm XT4 and a standard zoom), shutter release cable, a 10-stop ND filter (Lee Filter Big Stopper), beer (Pilsen) and smokes (Romeo Y Julieta). One minute exposure, F22,...
Last day as a stock! After a month of driving her, she is headed into the shop for new tires, suspension, lights, lockers and a few other goodies. She is really perfect as is, but we can't help it...
