CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As we beforehand reported, Kai Chavis a 17-year-old who can also be the proprietor/CEO of Slumber Skate Co.
Chavis spoke about his expertise on the New York trend present when he first arrived just a few weeks in the past.
“They did not assume I used to be the proprietor, as a result of I look actually younger. So all people simply sort of assumed perhaps I used to be there to spectate the style present,” Chavis mentioned.
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Chavis mentioned he did not know he was going to pick the mannequin’s outfits till the day of the present. “I acquired to decorate my very own fashions, so I used to be fairly shocked about that. It was one thing new so as to add, one thing I’ve by no means skilled earlier than. In order that was fairly cool to me.”
He mentioned the expertise was priceless and it additionally motivated him to take his model to the following degree.
“I already knew it was a extremely aggressive business and it takes numerous being distinctive. Not solely as a designer however it’s important to have distinctive clothes. As a result of when you’re the identical as all people else, you are not going to enhance, you are not going to develop, and you are not going to get gross sales from it most significantly,” Chavis mentioned.
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Chavis is aware of he has folks trying as much as him. However he additionally has lofty targets for the Corpus Christi skateboarding scene, hoping to vary the unfavourable narrative round skating communities for the higher.
“The extra that individuals get into skateboarding, the extra different stuff will construct up for skateboarding. Not solely extra skate parks, we’ll construct extra of a neighborhood. And perhaps that’ll open folks’s eyes that weren’t right here to trigger hassle,” Chavis mentioned.
Chavis beforehand held a free skate competitors at Cole Park, which he mentioned was an enormous success. He tells us there are preliminary plans in place for his model to host one other free competitors within the coming months.
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