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Kevin Weisbruch mobbing hard, keeping it real, and throwing down the hottest laps out at Pala

This week, we interviewed with one of our own surf athetes Luke Fuhrman to get some insite for those who dont know him. This young 15 year old hails from Hunington Beach CA. At the early age of 7 he started shredding the knar due to his friends and family who surfed. When he started getting serious, went to surf camps and got private coaches as well to improve himself. When asked what he loves most about surfing, he awnsered "just the amazing feeling of learning a new trick, or getting that perfect wave". He competes in CCSA comps as well as on his schools varsity surf team. Other things that interest Luke is skating, BMX, and riding dirt bikes. After a long good day of surfing, the best food he would choose to have would be Pick Up Stix. (And might i just say that i just went there for the first time and OMG... Amazing. Probably not healthy, but good all the same). And after a very nice interview, we asked what would be the perfect day for this kid. His response was,  Wake up, go surf his brains out, hit up Pick up Stix and end it off with some girls. Short and simple, got to like that. Well this is Luke Fuhrman everyone. Look for him in the future to come up through the ranks. Keep it up Luke.

 

 

 

Athlete Tyler Morris got into a dangerous situation while out at the North Shore of Hawaii preparing for the Pro Jr Nationals. He and Pro surf Legend Derrick Dorner were at Makaha Beach with 25 footers pounding in, it literally took them one hour and fifteen minutes of intense paddling to get to line up. 

Tyler was a bit sketched out when he heard Derrick say "go for it".  Tyler ended up missing that wave and that's where the trouble started, he looked back only to see four MASSIVE mountains of water coming at him. He was paddling for his life when he realized he had to dive for the bottom. The wave crashed and he was violently thrown around and around. Once it stopped he made it up for a gulp of air, just in time to see two more walls of water heading straight for him. He was jerked and twisted around so much he didn't know up from down anymore, that's when he saw a glimmer of light and swam for the surface. 

 Now for the bad news,   when he went to take a breath of air all he got was lungs full of sea foam. The last wave hit and he was underwater for what felt like an hour, long story short Tyler survived this "near death" experience. He was exhausted and kicked out to the left where he relaxed in still water thankful to be able surf another day.  

Please welcome London Hudson to the team! London is ten years old and has been skating for four years. He has skated in Spain and all over Canada. London's proudest moment was the time he landed his first air of about four feet, although currently, he is known to go bigger. He hopes to skate in New York this year. Look for him in the Vans Pro Pool Party at the end of summer. 

Our youngest athlete, Scout Swing age 8, is focusing on his goals for 2013. He started racing almost two years ago and is planning for a big year. In 2012 he was the Triple Crown Series champion in the super peewee class. Scout has been riding many tracks, mainly his home track at Perris Raceway, in preparation for the World Minis in Nevada. He hopes to make road trip and ride all Arizona tracks this summer.

Everyone check out Focus Apparels upcoming Motocross star RJ Wageman in Dirt Bike Magazines newest 2 Stroke video "Service Honda CR250 2 Stroke". Hope everyone enjoys it!!

Focus Apparel had our first annual gathering at the new warehouse, aka "The Nest." It was a holiday party exclusive to our athletes, however, once their friends arrived it became packed. Anyone from beginners to pros took their turn on the ramp as others watched from the chill zone enjoying food from the grill and refreshments. Superstar resident dj Darryl Mundy was also in The Nest dropping the beats for the night. Everyone had a great time and we are already looking for the next excuse to do it again. Happy holidays to you all!

New comers, in every sport there are up and comers trying to make it big in the sport they compete in. Now tell me one person who doesn’t like new comers, people that you have never heard of that just show up and blow the doors off the competition. Focus Apparel's very own Colton Aeck AKA Colt 45 is one of those people. He races in the 450 Amateur Pro class and currently trying to get his pro card to start 2013 racing the AMA Outdoor Nationals. He has recently been killing it in his races minus a few bobles here and there. I would definitely keep him in your scopes for the future. He has recently made headlines being interviewed by Transworld Motocross online. Check out this link below and see what colton has to say to the interviewer Steve Emter. http://motocross.transworld.net/1000139452/features/muscle-milktwmx-race-series-profile-colton-aeck/