Often folks will ask what this abbreviation is for and why we often place it into design. For the educated ,its obvious --this is an abbreviation for Guam's latitude and longitude for 13 degrees North 144 degrees East. We added this to our campaign as a recommendation from a longtime surfing brother, founder of Freedom Surf clothing cmpany and owner of Lotus Surf Shop, -Fred Mendiola. 13N144E is...
We got into the clothing venture because we saw that Guam needed a dedicated label and tasteful product that could present Guam to the world Respectfully. That was in 1997. Time has flown and almost 20years later, we have seen more than 100 local clothing label s rise since then with over 60currently in operation, 30 of these still extremely active with several of them...
1008 is the physical manifestation of the guiding and overseeing forces at work in the unfolding of Fokai's call-to-duty. ...
ONRA: Fokai&theMarianasOpen Hafa Adai, Brazilian Jiujitsu arrived on Guam at a time when No Holds Barred Fighting and Gracie Jiujitsu were virtually synonymous. It was a time when fighting proficiency was previously defined almost exclusively by kicks and punches. It was a time where the surprise onslaught of Jiujitsu’s combat worth had its representatives hardly ever losing in professional and amateur full-contact fighting competition. Jiujitsu had flipped...
We have watched Frank grow tremendously through his career in combat sports and his life as a martial artist. Making headlines from Saipan to Maryland, throughout Guam and the Philippines, Camacho has carried the flags of our islands proudly across podiums with title victories through Submission Grappling, Braziian Jiujitsu, and Mixed Martial arts in Asia, mainland America, and of course in the islands of Guam...
Guam is almost 20 years into its timeline with Brazilian Jiujitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. From humble beginnings in the garages of Jiujitsu admirers lookign to learn the gentle art--the momentum has since spiraled above and beyond producing a growing submission grappling community, a by-product of a resurgence in Guam wrestling, Regional Champions, World Champions and children and women that can kick more ass than...
Heres a video edit from the Fokai SoCal Project with Cros One of Freestyle Sessions, one of the World's most recognized and established breakdancing / B-Boy events. Watch this breakdown as he talks about the elevation of the game, its past, present, and future, and bringing the big show to his backyard, San Diego. ...
Hafa Adai, Not too sure if anyone follows this blog anymore --with good reason. Its been more difficult to maintain than anticipated. Tons of things have happened since our last post and the reality of it is that while we wanted to created ablog that would share everythign from product development to life adventure.we got so caught up in deveopling product and adventuring in life that...
Very little has been said about this…..On December 2, Basque athlete Iván Fernández Anaya was competing in a cross-country race in Burlada, Navarre. He was running second, some distance behind race leader Abel Mutai - bronze medalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the London Olympics. As they entered the finishing straight, he saw the Kenyan runner - the certain winner of the race - mistakenly...