My visit to Evolv corporate was in 2017 and was a adventure trip provided by the Phoenix Rock Gym.
Tucked away back in a Buena Park California industrial park I finally arrived at my destination. Heck yeah Evolv corporate. I entered the building expecting confetti and sparklers or something…. but it was silent. Like nobody around. However on the table next to the front door I notice there is a photo of Justin, Myself and Robert displayed! Now that’s true sponsor love!!! I walked back further in the building and hooked up with the big guys of Evolv; Kiyoshi, Jacob Jefferies, and Brian Chung. From there then the confetti and sparklers were happening!!! Full tour of the company warehouse, Yosemite Bum resole department, and I saw a lot of shoes!!!! I am amazed on how many hundreds of shoe style ideas and prototypes Brian has created. That’s total passion! I have been with team Evolv since 2007, and it was really exciting to visit my sponsors home! After the tour I went back and hung out with the guys that were resoling the shoes for Yosemite Bum. I must say these guys weren’t fooling around and were ripping through the shoes at a amazing pace. These guys knew every trick with every shoe of every manufacturer and knew the size of every part and every piece of the shoe. I know its a job but dang, I gotta give props to these guys for their skills!!! I was able to get some shoe sole samples from the cobblers, stickers from the shipping department, complimentary pair of shoes, then they piled on the banners, signs, t-shirt schwag until my bags were so filled I wasn’t sure if my bags were overweight to get on the plane back to Arizona. The “Struggle of the reward!!!” Many thanks to Brian and Evolv for the fun, and sponsoring me all of these years! Evolv Rules!!! |
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