280 - The Frog House: TK Brimer

TK Brimer, owner of the iconic Newport Beach surf shop The Froghouse, joins us to talk about surf retail’s importance to surf culture. He discusses juggling debt, managing millennial employees, ignoring eComm, and helping birth surf brands (like Volcom). This is part 1 of 5 of our limited run series #TemplesOfStoke presented by @SurfingHeritage Enjoy!

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The Temples of Stoke series is presented by SHACC. Learn more about SHACC and their Temples of Stoke exhibit here.

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? Look out all you fast and furious race car drivers ? There is a speed trap on PCH by the shop. We all know by the size of your spoiler on your Mazda Miata that you’re packing heat under your hood but slow it down turbo, this is a neighborhood. Everyone knows the biggest dudes get tickets for driving 30mph below the speed limit and love using turn signals. #bigjohnson #drivesslow #slowdownturbo #publicserviceannouncement

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If you ever get the opportunity to advertise at a golf course do yourself a favor and go the standard real estate format, but include all the vandalism that will inevitably happen to your ad. You will have taken all the fun out of the vandalism and the vandals will move along. The only bummer is they wouldn’t let us draw penises. #dontcensorme #itsart

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