Look of Sport: LA

Last year, we visited New York City, London and Tokyo to find 77 people who represented the maverick spirit of the running club. This year, we visited Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles to find young athletes who distinguish style through sportswear.

This week, we are visiting Los Angeles to share images daily from a creative group of people who call LA home. All are styled in both spring and summer looks.

Photographed by a Olivia Crawford, a young photographer originally from Pasadena, CA, she captured all shots using only 35mm film cameras. All photographs in the Look of Sport were shot using film and all photographers were found on Flickr.

  • Angela Choi

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running, Dance

    I dance and I have to stretch and run a lot in order to warm up. I dance to relieve stress from a lot of different things; I make a lot of mistakes and I tend to learn things the hard way. I listen to a lot of hip-hop when I run. You know how each song is like, 3–4 minutes? So you know how long you’ve been running by how many songs you’ve listened to. I’m studying to be a veterinarian. I actually used to have 6 dogs! I love animals! Only problem is I’m allergic to cats.

    Angela wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletics West t-shirt and gym cuff pants.

    Angela Choi

  • Angela Choi

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running, Dance

    I dance and I have to stretch and run a lot in order to warm up. I dance to relieve stress from a lot of different things; I make a lot of mistakes and I tend to learn things the hard way. I listen to a lot of hip-hop when I run. You know how each song is like, 3–4 minutes? So you know how long you’ve been running by how many songs you’ve listened to. I’m studying to be a veterinarian. I actually used to have 6 dogs! I love animals! Only problem is I’m allergic to cats.

    Angela wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletics West t-shirt and gym cuff pants.

    Angela Choi

  • Angela Choi

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running, Dance

    I dance and I have to stretch and run a lot in order to warm up. I dance to relieve stress from a lot of different things; I make a lot of mistakes and I tend to learn things the hard way. I listen to a lot of hip-hop when I run. You know how each song is like, 3–4 minutes? So you know how long you’ve been running by how many songs you’ve listened to. I’m studying to be a veterinarian. I actually used to have 6 dogs! I love animals! Only problem is I’m allergic to cats.

    Angela wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletics West t-shirt and gym cuff pants.

    Angela Choi

  • Angela Choi

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running, Dance

    I dance and I have to stretch and run a lot in order to warm up. I dance to relieve stress from a lot of different things; I make a lot of mistakes and I tend to learn things the hard way. I listen to a lot of hip-hop when I run. You know how each song is like, 3–4 minutes? So you know how long you’ve been running by how many songs you’ve listened to. I’m studying to be a veterinarian. I actually used to have 6 dogs! I love animals! Only problem is I’m allergic to cats.

    Angela wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletics West t-shirt and gym cuff pants.

    Angela Choi

  • Avriel Epps

    Occupation: Model
    Sport: Running

    I love group exercise because I feel obligated to go! You have to go with a group at a certain time, and there’s an instructor who knows who you are and makes you feel bad next week if you don’t go — that’s what I love about yoga. I also like the social aspect of being in gyms. I usually run for about 45 to an hour on the treadmill then I’ll do yoga or some kind of strength training after. I experience workout highs all the time, that’s what keeps me going, the good feeling afterwards.
    Avriel wears the Athletics West t-shirt and shorts.

    Avriel Epps

  • Avriel Epps

    Occupation: Model
    Sport: Running

    I love group exercise because I feel obligated to go! You have to go with a group at a certain time, and there’s an instructor who knows who you are and makes you feel bad next week if you don’t go — that’s what I love about yoga. I also like the social aspect of being in gyms. I usually run for about 45 to an hour on the treadmill then I’ll do yoga or some kind of strength training after. I experience workout highs all the time, that’s what keeps me going, the good feeling afterwards.
    Avriel wears the Athletics West t-shirt and shorts.

    Avriel Epps

  • Avriel Epps

    Occupation: Model
    Sport: Running

    I love group exercise because I feel obligated to go! You have to go with a group at a certain time, and there’s an instructor who knows who you are and makes you feel bad next week if you don’t go — that’s what I love about yoga. I also like the social aspect of being in gyms. I usually run for about 45 to an hour on the treadmill then I’ll do yoga or some kind of strength training after. I experience workout highs all the time, that’s what keeps me going, the good feeling afterwards.
    Avriel wears the Athletics West t-shirt and shorts.

    Avriel Epps

  • Avriel Epps

    Occupation: Model
    Sport: Running

    I love group exercise because I feel obligated to go! You have to go with a group at a certain time, and there’s an instructor who knows who you are and makes you feel bad next week if you don’t go — that’s what I love about yoga. I also like the social aspect of being in gyms. I usually run for about 45 to an hour on the treadmill then I’ll do yoga or some kind of strength training after. I experience workout highs all the time, that’s what keeps me going, the good feeling afterwards.
    Avriel wears the Athletics West t-shirt and shorts.

    Avriel Epps

  • Brett Washington

    Occupation: Model, Actor
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    I’ve been playing basketball since…it was the first ball I ever picked up. Basketball is something you can do by yourself, all you need is the ball. You can do dribbling drills, no need for a basket. I was never able to become pro, but it’s something I genuinely enjoy doing, and I play a ton now. On days when I’m not playing or lifting at the gym, I like to run to Venice or Santa Monica — it’s about a 5 or 6 mile run, so it’s gotta be something I really wanna do. I love LA — in winter, it’s 70 degrees outside and sunny.

    Brett wears the Athletic West t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts, and cut-off grey sweats.

    Brett Washington

  • Brett Washington

    Occupation: Model, Actor
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    I’ve been playing basketball since…it was the first ball I ever picked up. Basketball is something you can do by yourself, all you need is the ball. You can do dribbling drills, no need for a basket. I was never able to become pro, but it’s something I genuinely enjoy doing, and I play a ton now. On days when I’m not playing or lifting at the gym, I like to run to Venice or Santa Monica — it’s about a 5 or 6 mile run, so it’s gotta be something I really wanna do. I love LA — in winter, it’s 70 degrees outside and sunny.

    Brett wears the Athletic West t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts, and cut-off grey sweats.

    Brett Washington

  • Brett Washington

    Occupation: Model, Actor
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    I’ve been playing basketball since…it was the first ball I ever picked up. Basketball is something you can do by yourself, all you need is the ball. You can do dribbling drills, no need for a basket. I was never able to become pro, but it’s something I genuinely enjoy doing, and I play a ton now. On days when I’m not playing or lifting at the gym, I like to run to Venice or Santa Monica — it’s about a 5 or 6 mile run, so it’s gotta be something I really wanna do. I love LA — in winter, it’s 70 degrees outside and sunny.

    Brett wears the Athletic West t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts, and cut-off grey sweats.

    Brett Washington

  • Brett Washington

    Occupation: Model, Actor
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    I’ve been playing basketball since…it was the first ball I ever picked up. Basketball is something you can do by yourself, all you need is the ball. You can do dribbling drills, no need for a basket. I was never able to become pro, but it’s something I genuinely enjoy doing, and I play a ton now. On days when I’m not playing or lifting at the gym, I like to run to Venice or Santa Monica — it’s about a 5 or 6 mile run, so it’s gotta be something I really wanna do. I love LA — in winter, it’s 70 degrees outside and sunny.

    Brett wears the Athletic West t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts, and cut-off grey sweats.

    Brett Washington

  • Candace Celmer

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Running

    I like to feel sore. I like sweating. Growing up as a dancer I’m used to physically pushing myself. It makes you feel alive and gets all the stress out, and whatever you’re thinking about, just putting on loud music on your headphones and running allows you to put the world on pause for a bit, you know what I mean? I like to run on the trails of Playa del Rey, it’s a little hidden environment in the middle of the city, this concrete jungle.

    Candace wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, hoodie tank, and Gladiator thongs.

    Candace Celmer

  • Candace Celmer

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Running

    I like to feel sore. I like sweating. Growing up as a dancer I’m used to physically pushing myself. It makes you feel alive and gets all the stress out, and whatever you’re thinking about, just putting on loud music on your headphones and running allows you to put the world on pause for a bit, you know what I mean? I like to run on the trails of Playa del Rey, it’s a little hidden environment in the middle of the city, this concrete jungle.

    Candace wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, hoodie tank, and Gladiator thongs.

    Candace Celmer

  • Candace Celmer

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Running

    I like to feel sore. I like sweating. Growing up as a dancer I’m used to physically pushing myself. It makes you feel alive and gets all the stress out, and whatever you’re thinking about, just putting on loud music on your headphones and running allows you to put the world on pause for a bit, you know what I mean? I like to run on the trails of Playa del Rey, it’s a little hidden environment in the middle of the city, this concrete jungle.

    Candace wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, hoodie tank, and Gladiator thongs.

    Candace Celmer

  • Candace Celmer

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Running

    I like to feel sore. I like sweating. Growing up as a dancer I’m used to physically pushing myself. It makes you feel alive and gets all the stress out, and whatever you’re thinking about, just putting on loud music on your headphones and running allows you to put the world on pause for a bit, you know what I mean? I like to run on the trails of Playa del Rey, it’s a little hidden environment in the middle of the city, this concrete jungle.

    Candace wears the Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, hoodie tank, and Gladiator thongs.

    Candace Celmer

  • Charlie Brianna

    Occupation: Dancer, Stylist, Designer
    Sport: Dancing

    Dance is very painful! Especially if you take a couple of days off, when you come back you feel really rusty. But it’s a good painful, it’s like, "I needed this." I like the feeling of being on stage, I’m a performer at heart. I love putting on shows for audiences. I don’t hate anything about Los Angeles because it’s all I know, I love the fancy cars, all the different styles and the different personalities. It’s so diverse, and there’s a lot to do here.

    Charlie wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike Free Mary Jane II, tank, vest and sneakers.

    Charlie Brianna

  • Charlie Brianna

    Occupation: Dancer, Stylist, Designer
    Sport: Dancing

    Dance is very painful! Especially if you take a couple of days off, when you come back you feel really rusty. But it’s a good painful, it’s like, "I needed this." I like the feeling of being on stage, I’m a performer at heart. I love putting on shows for audiences. I don’t hate anything about Los Angeles because it’s all I know, I love the fancy cars, all the different styles and the different personalities. It’s so diverse, and there’s a lot to do here.

    Charlie wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike Free Mary Jane II, tank, vest and sneakers.

    Charlie Brianna

  • Charlie Brianna

    Occupation: Dancer, Stylist, Designer
    Sport: Dancing

    Dance is very painful! Especially if you take a couple of days off, when you come back you feel really rusty. But it’s a good painful, it’s like, "I needed this." I like the feeling of being on stage, I’m a performer at heart. I love putting on shows for audiences. I don’t hate anything about Los Angeles because it’s all I know, I love the fancy cars, all the different styles and the different personalities. It’s so diverse, and there’s a lot to do here.

    Charlie wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike Free Mary Jane II, tank, vest and sneakers.

    Charlie Brianna

  • Charlie Brianna

    Occupation: Dancer, Stylist, Designer
    Sport: Dancing

    Dance is very painful! Especially if you take a couple of days off, when you come back you feel really rusty. But it’s a good painful, it’s like, "I needed this." I like the feeling of being on stage, I’m a performer at heart. I love putting on shows for audiences. I don’t hate anything about Los Angeles because it’s all I know, I love the fancy cars, all the different styles and the different personalities. It’s so diverse, and there’s a lot to do here.

    Charlie wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike Free Mary Jane II, tank, vest and sneakers.

    Charlie Brianna

  • Claire Mittleman

    Occupation: Teacher
    Sport: Running

    I think for most of my life I’ve always had three loves: running, music, and literature. My job has to do with reading, the running takes care of itself and the music is what’s left as my hobby. But running always feels like hard work. It became such a big part of how I could get through my days, even as a teenager. It’s important for me to be alone for part of the day and to be active. More than just a mental challenge it’s a physical challenge. In the last year or so I’ve had to step back a bit from running because I’m injured, I was recovering from a stress fracture in my hip…it’s very hard, it’s like breaking up with somebody, when you can’t run like you used to.

    Claire wears the racerback tank, a Windrunner jacket, gym cuff pants, leggings and Tenkay sneakers.

    Claire Mittleman

  • Claire Mittleman

    Occupation: Teacher
    Sport: Running

    I think for most of my life I’ve always had three loves: running, music, and literature. My job has to do with reading, the running takes care of itself and the music is what’s left as my hobby. But running always feels like hard work. It became such a big part of how I could get through my days, even as a teenager. It’s important for me to be alone for part of the day and to be active. More than just a mental challenge it’s a physical challenge. In the last year or so I’ve had to step back a bit from running because I’m injured, I was recovering from a stress fracture in my hip…it’s very hard, it’s like breaking up with somebody, when you can’t run like you used to.

    Claire wears the racerback tank, a Windrunner jacket, gym cuff pants, leggings and Tenkay sneakers.

    Claire Mittleman

  • Claire Mittleman

    Occupation: Teacher
    Sport: Running

    I think for most of my life I’ve always had three loves: running, music, and literature. My job has to do with reading, the running takes care of itself and the music is what’s left as my hobby. But running always feels like hard work. It became such a big part of how I could get through my days, even as a teenager. It’s important for me to be alone for part of the day and to be active. More than just a mental challenge it’s a physical challenge. In the last year or so I’ve had to step back a bit from running because I’m injured, I was recovering from a stress fracture in my hip…it’s very hard, it’s like breaking up with somebody, when you can’t run like you used to.

    Claire wears the racerback tank, a Windrunner jacket, gym cuff pants, leggings and Tenkay sneakers.

    Claire Mittleman

  • Claire Mittleman

    Occupation: Teacher
    Sport: Running

    I think for most of my life I’ve always had three loves: running, music, and literature. My job has to do with reading, the running takes care of itself and the music is what’s left as my hobby. But running always feels like hard work. It became such a big part of how I could get through my days, even as a teenager. It’s important for me to be alone for part of the day and to be active. More than just a mental challenge it’s a physical challenge. In the last year or so I’ve had to step back a bit from running because I’m injured, I was recovering from a stress fracture in my hip…it’s very hard, it’s like breaking up with somebody, when you can’t run like you used to.

    Claire wears the racerback tank, a Windrunner jacket, gym cuff pants, leggings and Tenkay sneakers.

    Claire Mittleman

  • Daniela Jimenez

    Occupation: Student, Musician
    Sport: Running

    People here are just so ambitious to the point that it could even be self-destructive, but also to the point where they can accomplish really amazing, amazing things. I’m from LA but I’ve been going to school in Portland, Oregon the past 3 months. I try to run a couple times a week. It’s kind of hard in Portland because it rains so much but it’s really awesome because there’s a big wooded forest area right near my school. And once you get into the rhythm of it, the rain seems to not really matter. A lot of times I’ll just ask myself really big questions about my life and what I’m doing. I won’t try to think about them, I’ll just ask myself. And if an answer comes, then I’ll feel really good and really happy. And if an answer doesn’t come, I’ll just keep running till it does!

    Daniela wears the Move Your A** tee, Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, sweats and Tenkay shoes.

    Daniela Jimenez

  • Daniela Jimenez

    Occupation: Student, Musician
    Sport: Running

    People here are just so ambitious to the point that it could even be self-destructive, but also to the point where they can accomplish really amazing, amazing things. I’m from LA but I’ve been going to school in Portland, Oregon the past 3 months. I try to run a couple times a week. It’s kind of hard in Portland because it rains so much but it’s really awesome because there’s a big wooded forest area right near my school. And once you get into the rhythm of it, the rain seems to not really matter. A lot of times I’ll just ask myself really big questions about my life and what I’m doing. I won’t try to think about them, I’ll just ask myself. And if an answer comes, then I’ll feel really good and really happy. And if an answer doesn’t come, I’ll just keep running till it does!

    Daniela wears the Move Your A** tee, Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, sweats and Tenkay shoes.

    Daniela Jimenez

  • Daniela Jimenez

    Occupation: Student, Musician
    Sport: Running

    People here are just so ambitious to the point that it could even be self-destructive, but also to the point where they can accomplish really amazing, amazing things. I’m from LA but I’ve been going to school in Portland, Oregon the past 3 months. I try to run a couple times a week. It’s kind of hard in Portland because it rains so much but it’s really awesome because there’s a big wooded forest area right near my school. And once you get into the rhythm of it, the rain seems to not really matter. A lot of times I’ll just ask myself really big questions about my life and what I’m doing. I won’t try to think about them, I’ll just ask myself. And if an answer comes, then I’ll feel really good and really happy. And if an answer doesn’t come, I’ll just keep running till it does!

    Daniela wears the Move Your A** tee, Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, sweats and Tenkay shoes.

    Daniela Jimenez

  • Daniela Jimenez

    Occupation: Student, Musician
    Sport: Running

    People here are just so ambitious to the point that it could even be self-destructive, but also to the point where they can accomplish really amazing, amazing things. I’m from LA but I’ve been going to school in Portland, Oregon the past 3 months. I try to run a couple times a week. It’s kind of hard in Portland because it rains so much but it’s really awesome because there’s a big wooded forest area right near my school. And once you get into the rhythm of it, the rain seems to not really matter. A lot of times I’ll just ask myself really big questions about my life and what I’m doing. I won’t try to think about them, I’ll just ask myself. And if an answer comes, then I’ll feel really good and really happy. And if an answer doesn’t come, I’ll just keep running till it does!

    Daniela wears the Move Your A** tee, Windrunner jacket, Athletic West leggings, sweats and Tenkay shoes.

    Daniela Jimenez

  • Eric Miranda

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Snowboarding, Skateboarding

    What I love about snowboarding? The friends, I dunno. It’s beautiful and it just flows with me well. I have good feelings when I ride. When I ride, I feel like I’m more balanced than walking. I skateboard as a way to pass the time in the summer, but snowboarding takes up most of my winter and spring. I grew up in LA but I'm in art school in Vancouver, Canada. In high school, art was all that really interested me. And I was never really that good, but I had good teachers, they gave me confidence and I just stepped it up.

    Eric wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt and board shorts.

    Eric Miranda

  • Eric Miranda

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Snowboarding, Skateboarding

    What I love about snowboarding? The friends, I dunno. It’s beautiful and it just flows with me well. I have good feelings when I ride. When I ride, I feel like I’m more balanced than walking. I skateboard as a way to pass the time in the summer, but snowboarding takes up most of my winter and spring. I grew up in LA but I'm in art school in Vancouver, Canada. In high school, art was all that really interested me. And I was never really that good, but I had good teachers, they gave me confidence and I just stepped it up.

    Eric wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt and board shorts.

    Eric Miranda

  • Eric Miranda

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Snowboarding, Skateboarding

    What I love about snowboarding? The friends, I dunno. It’s beautiful and it just flows with me well. I have good feelings when I ride. When I ride, I feel like I’m more balanced than walking. I skateboard as a way to pass the time in the summer, but snowboarding takes up most of my winter and spring. I grew up in LA but I'm in art school in Vancouver, Canada. In high school, art was all that really interested me. And I was never really that good, but I had good teachers, they gave me confidence and I just stepped it up.

    Eric wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt and board shorts.

    Eric Miranda

  • Eric Miranda

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Snowboarding, Skateboarding

    What I love about snowboarding? The friends, I dunno. It’s beautiful and it just flows with me well. I have good feelings when I ride. When I ride, I feel like I’m more balanced than walking. I skateboard as a way to pass the time in the summer, but snowboarding takes up most of my winter and spring. I grew up in LA but I'm in art school in Vancouver, Canada. In high school, art was all that really interested me. And I was never really that good, but I had good teachers, they gave me confidence and I just stepped it up.

    Eric wears the Windrunner jacket, Nike t-shirt, Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt and board shorts.

    Eric Miranda

  • Giffen Clark Ott

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I try and run 4 or 5 days a week. I have a pretty busy schedule — I study architecture and do freelance design, photography, and play music — so I run between the hours of 2 and 4 in the morning. I feel like it’s not the actual act of running, but what comes after it. The knowing that you are challenging yourself. And running alone late at night, it’s kind of an experiment to see how much you can take, how fast you can push yourself and see how cold you can go. How little you need to stay alive and well.

    Giffen wears the N98 jacket, Athletics West t-shirt, shorts, and Nike Air Vortex Vintage shoes.

    Giffen Clark Ott

  • Giffen Clark Ott

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I try and run 4 or 5 days a week. I have a pretty busy schedule — I study architecture and do freelance design, photography, and play music — so I run between the hours of 2 and 4 in the morning. I feel like it’s not the actual act of running, but what comes after it. The knowing that you are challenging yourself. And running alone late at night, it’s kind of an experiment to see how much you can take, how fast you can push yourself and see how cold you can go. How little you need to stay alive and well.

    Giffen wears the N98 jacket, Athletics West t-shirt, shorts, and Nike Air Vortex Vintage shoes.

    Giffen Clark Ott

  • Giffen Clark Ott

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I try and run 4 or 5 days a week. I have a pretty busy schedule — I study architecture and do freelance design, photography, and play music — so I run between the hours of 2 and 4 in the morning. I feel like it’s not the actual act of running, but what comes after it. The knowing that you are challenging yourself. And running alone late at night, it’s kind of an experiment to see how much you can take, how fast you can push yourself and see how cold you can go. How little you need to stay alive and well.

    Giffen wears the N98 jacket, Athletics West t-shirt, shorts, and Nike Air Vortex Vintage shoes.

    Giffen Clark Ott

  • Giffen Clark Ott

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I try and run 4 or 5 days a week. I have a pretty busy schedule — I study architecture and do freelance design, photography, and play music — so I run between the hours of 2 and 4 in the morning. I feel like it’s not the actual act of running, but what comes after it. The knowing that you are challenging yourself. And running alone late at night, it’s kind of an experiment to see how much you can take, how fast you can push yourself and see how cold you can go. How little you need to stay alive and well.

    Giffen wears the N98 jacket, Athletics West t-shirt, shorts, and Nike Air Vortex Vintage shoes.

    Giffen Clark Ott

  • Andre Merritt

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    Basketball has always been my favorite and my best sport. I like the competitiveness, I don't know, there’s something about it, like, making the last shot, or crossing somebody over. In my business [Andre wrote the song Disturbia for which he won a Grammy Award], it gets stressful so it’s like my getaway, my therapy kind of. I also work out a lot. I do a lot of running. I like running more in the streets because it seems like I have a destination. I like to eat, a lot. And I like buying shoes. I just love shoes. I bought my apartment just for my shoes!

    Andre wears the San Francisco runners t-shirt, Grand Slam polo, N98 jacket and shorts.

    Andre Merritt

  • Andre Merritt

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    Basketball has always been my favorite and my best sport. I like the competitiveness, I don't know, there’s something about it, like, making the last shot, or crossing somebody over. In my business [Andre wrote the song Disturbia for which he won a Grammy Award], it gets stressful so it’s like my getaway, my therapy kind of. I also work out a lot. I do a lot of running. I like running more in the streets because it seems like I have a destination. I like to eat, a lot. And I like buying shoes. I just love shoes. I bought my apartment just for my shoes!

    Andre wears the San Francisco runners t-shirt, Grand Slam polo, N98 jacket and shorts.

    Andre Merritt

  • Andre Merritt

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    Basketball has always been my favorite and my best sport. I like the competitiveness, I don't know, there’s something about it, like, making the last shot, or crossing somebody over. In my business [Andre wrote the song Disturbia for which he won a Grammy Award], it gets stressful so it’s like my getaway, my therapy kind of. I also work out a lot. I do a lot of running. I like running more in the streets because it seems like I have a destination. I like to eat, a lot. And I like buying shoes. I just love shoes. I bought my apartment just for my shoes!

    Andre wears the San Francisco runners t-shirt, Grand Slam polo, N98 jacket and shorts.

    Andre Merritt

  • Andre Merritt

    Occupation: Singer, Songwriter
    Sport: Basketball, Running

    Basketball has always been my favorite and my best sport. I like the competitiveness, I don't know, there’s something about it, like, making the last shot, or crossing somebody over. In my business [Andre wrote the song Disturbia for which he won a Grammy Award], it gets stressful so it’s like my getaway, my therapy kind of. I also work out a lot. I do a lot of running. I like running more in the streets because it seems like I have a destination. I like to eat, a lot. And I like buying shoes. I just love shoes. I bought my apartment just for my shoes!

    Andre wears the San Francisco runners t-shirt, Grand Slam polo, N98 jacket and shorts.

    Andre Merritt

  • Natalia Szaniawski

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I was born here and I definitely like that I have the ocean, and the city, and an hour or two away I can go snowboarding. I've been riding now for about 8 years, and I go hit the parks when I can. In LA there is a great artist community — I have friends that are artists and there are lots of amazing galleries, in Culver City and up in Hollywood. I run a lot. I have a lot of friends who don't understand why I run. So I'm like, "I'm just gonna run because you don't understand!" It's an addiction; I run with a friend for at least an hour like 3 times a week.

    Natalia wears the Athletics West t-shirt, N98 jacket, board shorts, and Tenkay shoes.

    Natalia Szaniawski

  • Natalia Szaniawski

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I was born here and I definitely like that I have the ocean, and the city, and an hour or two away I can go snowboarding. I've been riding now for about 8 years, and I go hit the parks when I can. In LA there is a great artist community — I have friends that are artists and there are lots of amazing galleries, in Culver City and up in Hollywood. I run a lot. I have a lot of friends who don't understand why I run. So I'm like, "I'm just gonna run because you don't understand!" It's an addiction; I run with a friend for at least an hour like 3 times a week.

    Natalia wears the Athletics West t-shirt, N98 jacket, board shorts, and Tenkay shoes.

    Natalia Szaniawski

  • Natalia Szaniawski

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I was born here and I definitely like that I have the ocean, and the city, and an hour or two away I can go snowboarding. I've been riding now for about 8 years, and I go hit the parks when I can. In LA there is a great artist community — I have friends that are artists and there are lots of amazing galleries, in Culver City and up in Hollywood. I run a lot. I have a lot of friends who don't understand why I run. So I'm like, "I'm just gonna run because you don't understand!" It's an addiction; I run with a friend for at least an hour like 3 times a week.

    Natalia wears the Athletics West t-shirt, N98 jacket, board shorts, and Tenkay shoes.

    Natalia Szaniawski

  • Natalia Szaniawski

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Running

    I was born here and I definitely like that I have the ocean, and the city, and an hour or two away I can go snowboarding. I've been riding now for about 8 years, and I go hit the parks when I can. In LA there is a great artist community — I have friends that are artists and there are lots of amazing galleries, in Culver City and up in Hollywood. I run a lot. I have a lot of friends who don't understand why I run. So I'm like, "I'm just gonna run because you don't understand!" It's an addiction; I run with a friend for at least an hour like 3 times a week.

    Natalia wears the Athletics West t-shirt, N98 jacket, board shorts, and Tenkay shoes.

    Natalia Szaniawski

  • Nathan Dam

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Cycling

    I can't run as much as I used to because of my knees, but I do run 2-3 times a week and I walk a lot. If I'm in New York, where I go to school, my friends will call me and say, “Let's go on a walk,” and we'll walk from the Lower East Side to the tiptop of Central Park and then come down and that's almost 200 blocks. I played a lot of sports growing up, and my knees have just not been great, ever. The reason I bike is because I can't run as much, but also there's a huge community around biking. You can always find someone like you in biking and it's just fun, if you want to do anything with your friends you just pick up your bike and go.

    Nathan wears the Compete Conquer t-shirt and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Nathan Dam

  • Nathan Dam

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Cycling

    I can't run as much as I used to because of my knees, but I do run 2-3 times a week and I walk a lot. If I'm in New York, where I go to school, my friends will call me and say, “Let's go on a walk,” and we'll walk from the Lower East Side to the tiptop of Central Park and then come down and that's almost 200 blocks. I played a lot of sports growing up, and my knees have just not been great, ever. The reason I bike is because I can't run as much, but also there's a huge community around biking. You can always find someone like you in biking and it's just fun, if you want to do anything with your friends you just pick up your bike and go.

    Nathan wears the Compete Conquer t-shirt and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Nathan Dam

  • Nathan Dam

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Cycling

    I can't run as much as I used to because of my knees, but I do run 2-3 times a week and I walk a lot. If I'm in New York, where I go to school, my friends will call me and say, “Let's go on a walk,” and we'll walk from the Lower East Side to the tiptop of Central Park and then come down and that's almost 200 blocks. I played a lot of sports growing up, and my knees have just not been great, ever. The reason I bike is because I can't run as much, but also there's a huge community around biking. You can always find someone like you in biking and it's just fun, if you want to do anything with your friends you just pick up your bike and go.

    Nathan wears the Compete Conquer t-shirt and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Nathan Dam

  • Nathan Dam

    Occupation: Student
    Sport: Cycling

    I can't run as much as I used to because of my knees, but I do run 2-3 times a week and I walk a lot. If I'm in New York, where I go to school, my friends will call me and say, “Let's go on a walk,” and we'll walk from the Lower East Side to the tiptop of Central Park and then come down and that's almost 200 blocks. I played a lot of sports growing up, and my knees have just not been great, ever. The reason I bike is because I can't run as much, but also there's a huge community around biking. You can always find someone like you in biking and it's just fun, if you want to do anything with your friends you just pick up your bike and go.

    Nathan wears the Compete Conquer t-shirt and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Nathan Dam

  • Ron Holden

    Occupation: EMT, Musician
    Sport: Basketball

    My grandmother had a basketball court in her house and she would teach me, she freethrows grandma-style, that's how I first started playing basketball. To train, I run at the dunes [Sand Dune Park]. I usually sprint up. Last time I went I did 7 sprints. Going up those hills is no joke! Every other night I try to get my running in, I run a few miles at night, just around the city. A lot of my friends play ball so we'll do pick up games usually early Sunday mornings. For me every time I get on the court and play, I don't worry about anything else. It's just me and the game. It's a freeing feeling, just being there and doing something I love to do.

    Ron wears the Athletics West t-shirt and Windrunner jacket.

    Ron Holden

  • Ron Holden

    Occupation: EMT, Musician
    Sport: Basketball

    My grandmother had a basketball court in her house and she would teach me, she freethrows grandma-style, that's how I first started playing basketball. To train, I run at the dunes [Sand Dune Park]. I usually sprint up. Last time I went I did 7 sprints. Going up those hills is no joke! Every other night I try to get my running in, I run a few miles at night, just around the city. A lot of my friends play ball so we'll do pick up games usually early Sunday mornings. For me every time I get on the court and play, I don't worry about anything else. It's just me and the game. It's a freeing feeling, just being there and doing something I love to do.

    Ron wears the Athletics West t-shirt and Windrunner jacket.

    Ron Holden

  • Ron Holden

    Occupation: EMT, Musician
    Sport: Basketball

    My grandmother had a basketball court in her house and she would teach me, she freethrows grandma-style, that's how I first started playing basketball. To train, I run at the dunes [Sand Dune Park]. I usually sprint up. Last time I went I did 7 sprints. Going up those hills is no joke! Every other night I try to get my running in, I run a few miles at night, just around the city. A lot of my friends play ball so we'll do pick up games usually early Sunday mornings. For me every time I get on the court and play, I don't worry about anything else. It's just me and the game. It's a freeing feeling, just being there and doing something I love to do.

    Ron wears the Athletics West t-shirt and Windrunner jacket.

    Ron Holden

  • Ron Holden

    Occupation: EMT, Musician
    Sport: Basketball

    My grandmother had a basketball court in her house and she would teach me, she freethrows grandma-style, that's how I first started playing basketball. To train, I run at the dunes [Sand Dune Park]. I usually sprint up. Last time I went I did 7 sprints. Going up those hills is no joke! Every other night I try to get my running in, I run a few miles at night, just around the city. A lot of my friends play ball so we'll do pick up games usually early Sunday mornings. For me every time I get on the court and play, I don't worry about anything else. It's just me and the game. It's a freeing feeling, just being there and doing something I love to do.

    Ron wears the Athletics West t-shirt and Windrunner jacket.

    Ron Holden

  • Sean Kilgore-Han

    Occupation: Photo Equipment Specialist
    Sport: Hockey

    I grew up playing hockey. My hobbies back then were hockey and Japanese toys and stuff. My grandpa would bring back a lot of toys from Japan so I have quite a collection. Hockey was the only sport I've ever been really good at. The worst injury I can remember is a concussion, maybe. I broke my tailbone too. People always ask me about my crazy socks. I just think it's fun. White socks never appealed to me they seemed too sterile or clinical, so I wear argyle and striped ones a lot. My friends are down with it.

    Sean wears the Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, hoodie, rugby and board shorts.

    Sean Kilgore-Han

  • Sean Kilgore-Han

    Occupation: Photo Equipment Specialist
    Sport: Hockey

    I grew up playing hockey. My hobbies back then were hockey and Japanese toys and stuff. My grandpa would bring back a lot of toys from Japan so I have quite a collection. Hockey was the only sport I've ever been really good at. The worst injury I can remember is a concussion, maybe. I broke my tailbone too. People always ask me about my crazy socks. I just think it's fun. White socks never appealed to me they seemed too sterile or clinical, so I wear argyle and striped ones a lot. My friends are down with it.

    Sean wears the Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, hoodie, rugby and board shorts.

    Sean Kilgore-Han

  • Sean Kilgore-Han

    Occupation: Photo Equipment Specialist
    Sport: Hockey

    I grew up playing hockey. My hobbies back then were hockey and Japanese toys and stuff. My grandpa would bring back a lot of toys from Japan so I have quite a collection. Hockey was the only sport I've ever been really good at. The worst injury I can remember is a concussion, maybe. I broke my tailbone too. People always ask me about my crazy socks. I just think it's fun. White socks never appealed to me they seemed too sterile or clinical, so I wear argyle and striped ones a lot. My friends are down with it.

    Sean wears the Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, hoodie, rugby and board shorts.

    Sean Kilgore-Han

  • Sean Kilgore-Han

    Occupation: Photo Equipment Specialist
    Sport: Hockey

    I grew up playing hockey. My hobbies back then were hockey and Japanese toys and stuff. My grandpa would bring back a lot of toys from Japan so I have quite a collection. Hockey was the only sport I've ever been really good at. The worst injury I can remember is a concussion, maybe. I broke my tailbone too. People always ask me about my crazy socks. I just think it's fun. White socks never appealed to me they seemed too sterile or clinical, so I wear argyle and striped ones a lot. My friends are down with it.

    Sean wears the Nike Sportswear Swoosh t-shirt, hoodie, rugby and board shorts.

    Sean Kilgore-Han

  • Tristan Keller-Finn

    Occupation: Motion Graphics Designer
    Sport: Soccer

    I've been playing soccer since I was about 5 or 6. All of my other friends were playing so we did that together and we've been playing ever since. Now it's just more casual, we play more pick up games. I like running, but running gets kind of boring, but if you can run and still get your competitive edge out, that's what I like. Plus I think it's the best sport in the world. I usually play center back, in defense mostly. I don't get the glory goals but I scare people away. If there is one part of my game that I wish I could be better at, that would be fancy footwork. My footwork is terrible. I'd love to do the stuff that pros do. It's so easy to be moderately good at soccer but so hard to be pro.

    Tristan wears the Athletics West t-shirt, soccer shorts, and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Tristan Keller-Finn

  • Tristan Keller-Finn

    Occupation: Motion Graphics Designer
    Sport: Soccer

    I've been playing soccer since I was about 5 or 6. All of my other friends were playing so we did that together and we've been playing ever since. Now it's just more casual, we play more pick up games. I like running, but running gets kind of boring, but if you can run and still get your competitive edge out, that's what I like. Plus I think it's the best sport in the world. I usually play center back, in defense mostly. I don't get the glory goals but I scare people away. If there is one part of my game that I wish I could be better at, that would be fancy footwork. My footwork is terrible. I'd love to do the stuff that pros do. It's so easy to be moderately good at soccer but so hard to be pro.

    Tristan wears the Athletics West t-shirt, soccer shorts, and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Tristan Keller-Finn

  • Tristan Keller-Finn

    Occupation: Motion Graphics Designer
    Sport: Soccer

    I've been playing soccer since I was about 5 or 6. All of my other friends were playing so we did that together and we've been playing ever since. Now it's just more casual, we play more pick up games. I like running, but running gets kind of boring, but if you can run and still get your competitive edge out, that's what I like. Plus I think it's the best sport in the world. I usually play center back, in defense mostly. I don't get the glory goals but I scare people away. If there is one part of my game that I wish I could be better at, that would be fancy footwork. My footwork is terrible. I'd love to do the stuff that pros do. It's so easy to be moderately good at soccer but so hard to be pro.

    Tristan wears the Athletics West t-shirt, soccer shorts, and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Tristan Keller-Finn

  • Tristan Keller-Finn

    Occupation: Motion Graphics Designer
    Sport: Soccer

    I've been playing soccer since I was about 5 or 6. All of my other friends were playing so we did that together and we've been playing ever since. Now it's just more casual, we play more pick up games. I like running, but running gets kind of boring, but if you can run and still get your competitive edge out, that's what I like. Plus I think it's the best sport in the world. I usually play center back, in defense mostly. I don't get the glory goals but I scare people away. If there is one part of my game that I wish I could be better at, that would be fancy footwork. My footwork is terrible. I'd love to do the stuff that pros do. It's so easy to be moderately good at soccer but so hard to be pro.

    Tristan wears the Athletics West t-shirt, soccer shorts, and Nike Air Venture Vintage shoes.

    Tristan Keller-Finn