This is the first official collaboration with EMPI + Tiki tOny sold exclusively here on my site!!!

EMPI Manx with my Tiki!

I've been a vintage VW fan since I was a kid, I learned to drive stick on my best friend's 1967 Bug when I was 15, and have drooled over the VW ‘s at the Pomona Auto swap meet since going with my Dad growing up.

The beach VW lifestyle attracted me from an early age. I started drawing tikis when I was 15, made a skim board with a tiki on it, then, the next year I started carving small driftwood tikis with a pocket saw knife at the beach. I then built a small bamboo beach shack in my backyard where I began carving tikis non stop... I was obsessed and to date, have carved nearly 3k small driftwood tikis and countless large palm tree carvings! From 1996 carving my first tiki until today, I'm just as excited as the first and so excited to share this new design collaboration with EMPI!

PHOTOS:

Photo of me sitting in front of my first tiki shack in 2002 at 21.

Other shack photo is my work shop today.

Photo of me with tiki and a toucan… this tiki and toucan was used in the EMPI photoshoot! Photography and Video of EMPI Manx by Ray Herrera and Eduardo "Icy" Sanchez

About the shirt itself: Its a Bella Canvas,
Super Soft, looks good on anyone... size up if you like it baggy, or your size for the perfect fi!
Pre-shrunk fabric? Check. Side-seamed construction? Check. Best fit ever? Double check.

• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US

$30+ per shirt