BONUS EPISODE - Subie Events & RevMatch Clothing

[00:00:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Hey, this is Chris and you can find me on Instagram at cwallst25 or revmatchclothingco.

[00:00:17] [SPEAKER_01]: You're listening to a bonus episode of the Subie and You podcast.

[00:00:21] [SPEAKER_02]: Hello everybody, welcome to a bonus episode of the Subie and You podcast.

[00:00:25] [SPEAKER_02]: Chris reached out to me and asked if he could come on here and record to talk about Subie

[00:00:30] [SPEAKER_02]: events and setting up at Subie events as a vendor and also talk about his company

[00:00:36] [SPEAKER_02]: and his brand RevMatch Clothing.

[00:00:38] [SPEAKER_02]: So that's what this is today.

[00:00:41] [SPEAKER_02]: So because it's a bonus episode, there are no ads or any extra stuff really.

[00:00:47] [SPEAKER_02]: So I'll keep this intro short and we can get into the conversation with Chris and

[00:00:53] [SPEAKER_02]: talk about Subie events, RevMatch Clothing, and just some other things all Subie related.

[00:01:00] [SPEAKER_02]: So let's go ahead and get into this conversation.

[00:01:16] [SPEAKER_02]: Hey Chris, how's it going?

[00:01:18] [SPEAKER_02]: Hey, what's up?

[00:01:19] [SPEAKER_02]: So nice to have you back on.

[00:01:21] [SPEAKER_02]: Before we started recording, I think you said it had been about two years because

[00:01:24] [SPEAKER_02]: I think we did this about two years ago because I know we didn't do it last year.

[00:01:29] [SPEAKER_02]: Gosh yeah, you're right.

[00:01:30] [SPEAKER_01]: It has been two years.

[00:01:32] [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.

[00:01:32] [SPEAKER_01]: Time flies.

[00:01:33] [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.

[00:01:34] [SPEAKER_01]: So how have you been?

[00:01:36] [SPEAKER_01]: Been really good.

[00:01:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's been a hot busy summer.

[00:01:41] [SPEAKER_01]: I just came back from Boxer Fest and that was a blast.

[00:01:45] [SPEAKER_01]: Actually the weather wasn't that bad.

[00:01:47] [SPEAKER_01]: We were expecting rain and it just kind of missed us, but we definitely got pummeled with

[00:01:53] [SPEAKER_01]: the heat.

[00:01:54] [SPEAKER_02]: I saw that people were...

[00:01:56] [SPEAKER_02]: Somebody was telling me, I can't remember who it was, they were like, I may or

[00:01:59] [SPEAKER_02]: may not go depending on the weather because they said they were supposed to get hit

[00:02:04] [SPEAKER_02]: with some pretty bad rain potentially.

[00:02:07] [SPEAKER_02]: So it's good that it held off.

[00:02:09] [SPEAKER_01]: That was a lot of people, but honestly the ticket sales looked pretty great.

[00:02:13] [SPEAKER_01]: There was a huge crowd.

[00:02:15] [SPEAKER_01]: People were having a lot of fun and yeah, I was looking at the weather even though I

[00:02:21] [SPEAKER_01]: try not to because I think that's...

[00:02:24] [SPEAKER_01]: I don't believe in bad luck.

[00:02:26] [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, the day before it said it might rain around four or five.

[00:02:32] [SPEAKER_01]: I was like, oh, that's fine.

[00:02:33] [SPEAKER_01]: It's around quitting time anyways.

[00:02:34] [SPEAKER_01]: Then throughout the day it just said it was all gone and we had a little overcast,

[00:02:39] [SPEAKER_01]: but you could feel that humidity.

[00:02:42] [SPEAKER_01]: You don't have it a lot out there, but on the East Coast it's bad.

[00:02:47] [SPEAKER_01]: It just pummels you.

[00:02:48] [SPEAKER_02]: Oh no, it gets really humid in Houston.

[00:02:51] [SPEAKER_02]: Oh yeah.

[00:02:53] [SPEAKER_02]: There's been times where I will walk outside and I just instantly start sweating.

[00:02:58] [SPEAKER_02]: I can always tell when it's humid and when it's not because the walk from my

[00:03:05] [SPEAKER_02]: apartment to my car is probably...

[00:03:07] [SPEAKER_02]: It's just a few minutes, less than five minutes.

[00:03:10] [SPEAKER_02]: By the time I get to my car, I can definitely tell that it's either humid or it's not humid.

[00:03:17] [SPEAKER_01]: That's never fun.

[00:03:19] [SPEAKER_01]: When you get in your car, you're already sticky.

[00:03:21] [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.

[00:03:21] [SPEAKER_02]: Lately I've been wearing dry fit shirts as much as possible when I go out because

[00:03:27] [SPEAKER_02]: it's like, I don't want to wear a cotton shirt and then get all sweaty and then

[00:03:32] [SPEAKER_02]: have it sticking to me and stuff.

[00:03:34] [SPEAKER_02]: So dry fit shirts been the way to go.

[00:03:36] [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.

[00:03:37] [SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, so you got three SUB events down, got a few more to go.

[00:03:42] [SPEAKER_02]: So how did you get started with SUB events to begin with?

[00:03:47] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so a couple of years ago I was offered a position to help with sponsorship,

[00:03:53] [SPEAKER_01]: coordination for SUB events.

[00:03:57] [SPEAKER_01]: Last year they brought me back on and this year as well.

[00:04:03] [SPEAKER_01]: And yeah, so I'm basically doing just behind the scenes stuff right now,

[00:04:08] [SPEAKER_01]: helping vendors get set up as far as coming to these events and

[00:04:14] [SPEAKER_01]: answering whether they're simple questions or difficult questions.

[00:04:18] [SPEAKER_01]: Basically just making the process easier for wondering what it's like at setting

[00:04:23] [SPEAKER_01]: up these events to actually come to these events and being like, Chris,

[00:04:26] [SPEAKER_01]: that was awesome.

[00:04:27] [SPEAKER_01]: We had the best time.

[00:04:28] [SPEAKER_01]: We made some cool connections.

[00:04:30] [SPEAKER_01]: We met customers that we've already had.

[00:04:31] [SPEAKER_01]: We earned new customers and Wicked Big Meat was awesome as it always is.

[00:04:38] [SPEAKER_01]: SUB Fest California, we actually sold out of vendor spots probably about two,

[00:04:43] [SPEAKER_01]: maybe even three weeks before the event.

[00:04:46] [SPEAKER_01]: That's good.

[00:04:47] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:04:47] [SPEAKER_01]: And I heard I didn't go to that event in person, but I've heard nothing but

[00:04:52] [SPEAKER_01]: good things other than it being hot.

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:04:55] [SPEAKER_01]: California plus middle of summer equals super hot.

[00:04:58] [SPEAKER_01]: And then Boxer Fest.

[00:05:00] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Boxer Fest is kind of like my hometown event.

[00:05:02] [SPEAKER_01]: It's only about three hours from me and I've been going since the beginning

[00:05:07] [SPEAKER_01]: and it was great.

[00:05:09] [SPEAKER_01]: Boxer Fest is one of my favorite shows.

[00:05:11] [SPEAKER_01]: It's got a great layout and a lot of cool vendors and a lot of cool

[00:05:17] [SPEAKER_01]: people.

[00:05:17] [SPEAKER_01]: It's a lot of fun.

[00:05:18] [SPEAKER_01]: And I set up with my company, Redmash Clothing Company,

[00:05:21] [SPEAKER_01]: and I've been setting up for two years now.

[00:05:25] [SPEAKER_01]: I went last year and I sold just about everything I had.

[00:05:27] [SPEAKER_01]: I came home with like two, three, three extra large shirts and that's it.

[00:05:32] [SPEAKER_01]: And this year I brought a little more.

[00:05:34] [SPEAKER_01]: Sold a lot of shirts, met a lot of cool people.

[00:05:37] [SPEAKER_01]: It's cool coming to these events, setting up for maybe like two or three

[00:05:41] [SPEAKER_01]: years and then seeing people walk by that bought your shirt last year.

[00:05:45] [SPEAKER_01]: You know what I mean?

[00:05:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:05:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Or like, you know, maybe somebody that I sponsor or somebody that I

[00:05:52] [SPEAKER_01]: know has bought a lot of stuff for me.

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_01]: I'll see him walk by.

[00:05:55] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm like, I'm going to go to the booth and I'll kind of wait for him to come

[00:05:55] [SPEAKER_01]: I'll kind of wait that he whether they come to the booth or come back to

[00:05:58] [SPEAKER_01]: the booth and see what we have to offer.

[00:06:00] [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, it's cool walking around.

[00:06:03] [SPEAKER_01]: And at one point before the show started, I left the booth to go say

[00:06:07] [SPEAKER_01]: hi to a few vendor friends.

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_01]: And I saw people wearing the shirt.

[00:06:10] [SPEAKER_01]: And of course, they don't know my face or know that I'm the owner.

[00:06:14] [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm wearing a red shirt.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just like, hey, nice shirt.

[00:06:17] [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks.

[00:06:18] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:06:19] [SPEAKER_01]: It's a cool company.

[00:06:20] [SPEAKER_01]: And I was like, oh, cool.

[00:06:21] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad you think so.

[00:06:21] [SPEAKER_01]: It's my company.

[00:06:22] [SPEAKER_01]: They're like, oh, yeah, they come by the booth and check things out.

[00:06:28] [SPEAKER_01]: And yeah, Boxer Fest was was great.

[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_01]: I would recommend anybody in the Mid-Atlantic to to check it out

[00:06:34] [SPEAKER_01]: next year.

[00:06:35] [SPEAKER_01]: It's one of my favorite events.

[00:06:36] [SPEAKER_01]: And then we have Midwest happening a couple weeks in the Chicago area.

[00:06:41] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:06:41] [SPEAKER_02]: So are you is Boxer Fest the only one that you set up with or set

[00:06:47] [SPEAKER_02]: up at with rev match clothing?

[00:06:49] [SPEAKER_01]: So far, yes.

[00:06:51] [SPEAKER_01]: Just because it's so close for me.

[00:06:53] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, makes sense.

[00:06:54] [SPEAKER_01]: In the future, I think I would go to California just because it's one of

[00:07:00] [SPEAKER_01]: the largest events.

[00:07:02] [SPEAKER_01]: And I mean, it's California, man, right outside Los Angeles.

[00:07:06] [SPEAKER_01]: I've got a lot of friends out there and I have only been to

[00:07:10] [SPEAKER_01]: California once.

[00:07:11] [SPEAKER_01]: And it was when I was working to be events and I didn't really get a

[00:07:13] [SPEAKER_01]: chance to check out the area or explore or hang out with friends.

[00:07:17] [SPEAKER_01]: So what I would probably do is I would probably ship my stuff out to

[00:07:22] [SPEAKER_01]: somebody that I know and trust in California and then maybe fly out

[00:07:27] [SPEAKER_01]: there and run the run the booth.

[00:07:29] [SPEAKER_01]: So hopefully I can do this California next year, but it all depends on

[00:07:34] [SPEAKER_01]: where the date lies.

[00:07:35] [SPEAKER_01]: And we have like no say in that.

[00:07:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Really?

[00:07:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's all it's all about the venue.

[00:07:40] [SPEAKER_01]: So the venues back to back Boxer Fest or if it's a bad time of year

[00:07:44] [SPEAKER_01]: and our area is on plan.

[00:07:45] [SPEAKER_01]: So I would love to do it.

[00:07:47] [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, Boxer Fest is so far the only one that actually set up that.

[00:07:50] [SPEAKER_01]: But I've gone to all the events except for Texas because Texas was new

[00:07:53] [SPEAKER_01]: to last year and I didn't travel to any of them last year, which

[00:07:56] [SPEAKER_01]: is a bummer because I wanted to come to come see you.

[00:07:59] [SPEAKER_01]: Are you coming to Texas this year?

[00:08:02] [SPEAKER_01]: No, I don't.

[00:08:02] [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think so.

[00:08:04] [SPEAKER_01]: No, I mean, I would if they if they flew me out there, but if

[00:08:07] [SPEAKER_01]: not, maybe next year because I definitely want to check it out.

[00:08:10] [SPEAKER_01]: I heard a lot of positive feedback from vendors and attendees for Texas

[00:08:15] [SPEAKER_01]: last year.

[00:08:16] [SPEAKER_01]: It was good.

[00:08:17] [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, Texas has been one that's to come down there for years.

[00:08:21] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, they're so far away from everywhere.

[00:08:23] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah.

[00:08:24] [SPEAKER_02]: That's what's tough about being here because being in Texas, you

[00:08:29] [SPEAKER_02]: know, you've got the East Coast and the West Coast and you've got

[00:08:31] [SPEAKER_02]: all these beautiful spots.

[00:08:33] [SPEAKER_02]: And again, as I mentioned before we started recording, Texas is

[00:08:37] [SPEAKER_02]: beautiful.

[00:08:38] [SPEAKER_02]: There's a lot of really beautiful spots.

[00:08:40] [SPEAKER_02]: And when you go out West, it's hilly but there's really no

[00:08:43] [SPEAKER_02]: mountains.

[00:08:44] [SPEAKER_02]: But like in order to get to what I would consider to be like

[00:08:48] [SPEAKER_02]: some really epic spots to go hit some trails or just visit.

[00:08:52] [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, it's so far away.

[00:08:54] [SPEAKER_02]: And as we were mentioning earlier, when I drove out to

[00:08:57] [SPEAKER_02]: Colorado for my first off road experience, which was awesome

[00:09:01] [SPEAKER_02]: right after I bought Pearl, we drove for like nine hours and

[00:09:06] [SPEAKER_02]: we were still in Texas.

[00:09:08] [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, it's crazy.

[00:09:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah.

[00:09:10] [SPEAKER_01]: That is that I can't even like fathom that.

[00:09:13] [SPEAKER_01]: Like if I drive nine hours, I go from Virginia to

[00:09:15] [SPEAKER_01]: Connecticut.

[00:09:16] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, I drive.

[00:09:17] [SPEAKER_01]: That's that's like six states away.

[00:09:20] [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yeah.

[00:09:21] [SPEAKER_02]: So what all is involved?

[00:09:23] [SPEAKER_02]: So you talked a little bit about, you know, setting or

[00:09:27] [SPEAKER_02]: getting sponsors and vendors and kind of coordinating that.

[00:09:31] [SPEAKER_02]: So what's it like to set up, you know, either your

[00:09:35] [SPEAKER_02]: brand or for any vendor to set up at one of the events?

[00:09:38] [SPEAKER_02]: Like what all does that involve aside from buying a

[00:09:42] [SPEAKER_02]: vendor spot?

[00:09:44] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.

[00:09:44] [SPEAKER_01]: So I mean, one of the coolest things about having done

[00:09:50] [SPEAKER_01]: having set up an event is I have like real world

[00:09:53] [SPEAKER_01]: experience, you know, so I can tell vendors kind of

[00:09:56] [SPEAKER_01]: like what to expect, what not to expect, the benefits

[00:09:59] [SPEAKER_01]: of going and things like that.

[00:10:01] [SPEAKER_01]: And it's really been been cool to add that to my

[00:10:05] [SPEAKER_01]: repertoire and be like, hey, yeah, this is what I

[00:10:08] [SPEAKER_01]: recommended this event and that event.

[00:10:10] [SPEAKER_01]: And people really like believe that and trust me.

[00:10:13] [SPEAKER_01]: And yeah, it's awesome setting up with these events

[00:10:16] [SPEAKER_01]: and like actually and I've heard this feedback from

[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_01]: multiple vendors, Cobb, IEG, you know, Killer B.

[00:10:24] [SPEAKER_01]: When you go out to these events, some vendors are

[00:10:28] [SPEAKER_01]: skeptical because they're like, oh, I'm already busy.

[00:10:30] [SPEAKER_01]: Like I can't really have new business or whatever.

[00:10:32] [SPEAKER_01]: But when you go out there and you show off what you

[00:10:35] [SPEAKER_01]: do in front of people that have either purchased

[00:10:38] [SPEAKER_01]: things from you before, or maybe they've gotten

[00:10:40] [SPEAKER_01]: their vehicle tuned at your shop before, or maybe

[00:10:43] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, you earn some new customers.

[00:10:45] [SPEAKER_01]: You get to be like that face in front of people.

[00:10:48] [SPEAKER_01]: And that's really the most exciting part about

[00:10:50] [SPEAKER_01]: going to these events.

[00:10:51] [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, you could probably say that's true for

[00:10:54] [SPEAKER_01]: you too, going out to these events and going to

[00:10:56] [SPEAKER_01]: these vendors and be like, hey, like I've got

[00:10:58] [SPEAKER_01]: your light bar on my car.

[00:10:59] [SPEAKER_01]: I've got your roof rack on my car, you know,

[00:11:02] [SPEAKER_01]: whatever it is, it's vendors appreciate that.

[00:11:05] [SPEAKER_01]: And they see that, you know, their hard work

[00:11:09] [SPEAKER_01]: is paying off and just being able to like put

[00:11:13] [SPEAKER_01]: that face to like, oh yeah, I'm John.

[00:11:16] [SPEAKER_01]: I talk to you in customer service or whatever.

[00:11:20] [SPEAKER_01]: It's just need to have that.

[00:11:22] [SPEAKER_01]: And it's no different for me.

[00:11:25] [SPEAKER_01]: Like when I set up with Redmatch, you know,

[00:11:26] [SPEAKER_01]: I get Instagram messages like, hey, I'll see you

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_01]: there. I'll see you there.

[00:11:29] [SPEAKER_01]: I'll see you there.

[00:11:29] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, like what are you bringing?

[00:11:31] [SPEAKER_01]: And then you get there and you get to meet

[00:11:33] [SPEAKER_01]: the people and see their car in person,

[00:11:36] [SPEAKER_01]: see them in person and just build that

[00:11:39] [SPEAKER_01]: connection.

[00:11:39] [SPEAKER_01]: And it's really huge.

[00:11:40] [SPEAKER_01]: Like if a company or vendor is like thinking

[00:11:43] [SPEAKER_01]: about setting up, but they're just like,

[00:11:46] [SPEAKER_01]: maybe they're too busy or they've gone before

[00:11:50] [SPEAKER_01]: and, you know, I mean, if they've gone

[00:11:52] [SPEAKER_01]: before, the attendees basically expect you to

[00:11:55] [SPEAKER_01]: be there.

[00:11:56] [SPEAKER_01]: And then they're like, hey, why didn't you

[00:11:58] [SPEAKER_01]: know?

[00:11:58] [SPEAKER_01]: Why isn't this?

[00:11:59] [SPEAKER_01]: Why didn't this company show up this time?

[00:12:02] [SPEAKER_01]: And that's one reason why like Cobb and

[00:12:05] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, Subi Speed and companies like that,

[00:12:08] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, Subi Mods come like almost every

[00:12:10] [SPEAKER_01]: year because, you know, it's like a

[00:12:13] [SPEAKER_01]: reunion, really.

[00:12:14] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's like a community reunion of

[00:12:17] [SPEAKER_01]: super enthusiasts.

[00:12:18] [SPEAKER_01]: That's really what the name should be.

[00:12:20] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, because that's what it is.

[00:12:22] [SPEAKER_01]: Like you get to see those people year after

[00:12:25] [SPEAKER_01]: year and like see the growth in their car.

[00:12:27] [SPEAKER_01]: They can see the growth in your company.

[00:12:29] [SPEAKER_01]: And it's just it's incredible, really.

[00:12:31] [SPEAKER_02]: Well, and there's always new people

[00:12:33] [SPEAKER_02]: coming to the Subi events because you have

[00:12:36] [SPEAKER_02]: new people coming into the community that may

[00:12:39] [SPEAKER_02]: have bought a Subaru between the time that

[00:12:43] [SPEAKER_02]: Subi events was going on the previous year.

[00:12:46] [SPEAKER_02]: And then they buy a Subaru.

[00:12:49] [SPEAKER_02]: They get passionate about it.

[00:12:51] [SPEAKER_02]: They find out about the community if they

[00:12:52] [SPEAKER_02]: didn't already know about it and then find

[00:12:55] [SPEAKER_02]: out that because like not everybody knows

[00:12:57] [SPEAKER_02]: that there are, you know, Subi events going

[00:12:59] [SPEAKER_02]: on.

[00:12:59] [SPEAKER_02]: And so it gives these new people in the

[00:13:03] [SPEAKER_02]: community a chance to connect with these

[00:13:05] [SPEAKER_02]: vendors and with other people.

[00:13:08] [SPEAKER_01]: Oh yeah, that's 100 percent true.

[00:13:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Like there's there's so many people that

[00:13:13] [SPEAKER_01]: have come up to my booth and be like,

[00:13:14] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I just bought my first Subaru or,

[00:13:17] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, I'll ask them because I don't

[00:13:18] [SPEAKER_01]: sell Subaru products, but I sell Subaru

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_01]: inspired merchandise.

[00:13:23] [SPEAKER_01]: So I'll talk to him.

[00:13:24] [SPEAKER_01]: You're like, what kind of Subaru do you have?

[00:13:25] [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, you know, I just bought a and it's so

[00:13:27] [SPEAKER_01]: weird what people come up with.

[00:13:28] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, I just bought a, you know,

[00:13:30] [SPEAKER_01]: a brat or a Baja, you know, never liked

[00:13:32] [SPEAKER_01]: Subarus before, but I thought it was

[00:13:34] [SPEAKER_01]: cool.

[00:13:35] [SPEAKER_01]: And then I followed Subi Fest and then I

[00:13:37] [SPEAKER_01]: saw, you know, the end of it.

[00:13:38] [SPEAKER_01]: And then I came.

[00:13:39] [SPEAKER_01]: It's just like you get to see that.

[00:13:41] [SPEAKER_01]: And yeah, like you said, there's a lot

[00:13:44] [SPEAKER_01]: of repeat people because I mean, you've been

[00:13:47] [SPEAKER_01]: to these events, you know, it's just like

[00:13:49] [SPEAKER_01]: a thing to look forward to every year.

[00:13:50] [SPEAKER_01]: If you're a Subaru person, but

[00:13:52] [SPEAKER_01]: at the same time, like you are getting

[00:13:54] [SPEAKER_01]: like that new customer, new business.

[00:13:56] [SPEAKER_01]: So as a vendor or a

[00:13:58] [SPEAKER_01]: shop, like not only will you see

[00:14:00] [SPEAKER_01]: people that you've like maybe you built

[00:14:02] [SPEAKER_01]: their engine or maybe you have like an

[00:14:04] [SPEAKER_01]: appointment coming up, but you can also talk

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_01]: to new people walking by and it's like,

[00:14:08] [SPEAKER_01]: hey, how do I get like to

[00:14:10] [SPEAKER_01]: 300 horsepower with like

[00:14:12] [SPEAKER_01]: the minimum amount of money

[00:14:14] [SPEAKER_01]: or whatever? And they'll be like, yeah, come over here.

[00:14:16] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, look at this, look at this.

[00:14:17] [SPEAKER_01]: And then let's talk about this tune and

[00:14:20] [SPEAKER_01]: you know what your plans are for your car.

[00:14:22] [SPEAKER_01]: It's just so cool to build that connection,

[00:14:24] [SPEAKER_01]: whether it's somebody

[00:14:25] [SPEAKER_01]: existing or new

[00:14:27] [SPEAKER_01]: or has no clue at all.

[00:14:30] [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah. So like

[00:14:32] [SPEAKER_02]: what makes going to

[00:14:34] [SPEAKER_02]: a Subi event different from

[00:14:36] [SPEAKER_02]: any other events or

[00:14:38] [SPEAKER_02]: shows? Because I know that

[00:14:40] [SPEAKER_02]: like obviously Subi Fest events

[00:14:42] [SPEAKER_02]: are really big and

[00:14:43] [SPEAKER_02]: I haven't really been to any other shows.

[00:14:46] [SPEAKER_02]: So like I don't really know what that's like.

[00:14:48] [SPEAKER_02]: I don't have a comparison. The only other

[00:14:50] [SPEAKER_02]: show I've been to is

[00:14:52] [SPEAKER_02]: Subaru Flat Fest up in

[00:14:54] [SPEAKER_02]: Madison, Wisconsin. And it's a pretty big

[00:14:56] [SPEAKER_02]: show and it's a pretty good, you know,

[00:14:58] [SPEAKER_02]: turnout and everything. But you know,

[00:15:00] [SPEAKER_02]: so how does like being a vendor

[00:15:02] [SPEAKER_02]: at one of these shows differ from

[00:15:04] [SPEAKER_02]: any other shows?

[00:15:06] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. So a couple

[00:15:08] [SPEAKER_01]: things about that. I mean, I've gone,

[00:15:10] [SPEAKER_01]: I've set up and gone to shows

[00:15:11] [SPEAKER_01]: a lot in Virginia, a lot of tuner shows.

[00:15:14] [SPEAKER_01]: So like Tuner Revolution,

[00:15:17] [SPEAKER_01]: Clean Edition, Slammed

[00:15:19] [SPEAKER_01]: Enough and

[00:15:21] [SPEAKER_01]: and really just overall like

[00:15:23] [SPEAKER_01]: car enthusiast shows. I've set up

[00:15:25] [SPEAKER_01]: those shows and they're nice and everything.

[00:15:28] [SPEAKER_01]: The problem

[00:15:30] [SPEAKER_01]: with what to

[00:15:31] [SPEAKER_01]: bring is that like you have no idea who's going to

[00:15:33] [SPEAKER_01]: come up to your booth. You don't know if they're going to have

[00:15:35] [SPEAKER_01]: like a 99 Ford Ranger

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER_01]: or like a 2013 GTR.

[00:15:40] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, you never know.

[00:15:41] [SPEAKER_01]: So you just bring like a blanket

[00:15:43] [SPEAKER_01]: like, you know,

[00:15:46] [SPEAKER_01]: car enthusiast, you know,

[00:15:48] [SPEAKER_01]: repertoire basically.

[00:15:50] [SPEAKER_01]: Or you just pick like your top

[00:15:52] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, selling items and you bring

[00:15:55] [SPEAKER_01]: but with

[00:15:56] [SPEAKER_01]: Subi events,

[00:15:58] [SPEAKER_01]: Subaru people are coming. So like

[00:15:59] [SPEAKER_01]: I bring all my

[00:16:01] [SPEAKER_01]: clothes that are Subaru inspired

[00:16:04] [SPEAKER_01]: or and maybe a couple like generic things

[00:16:06] [SPEAKER_01]: that are top seller. And if

[00:16:08] [SPEAKER_01]: a company sells multiple products

[00:16:10] [SPEAKER_01]: like Dress-Up Bolts, for instance.

[00:16:13] [SPEAKER_01]: Dress-Up Bolts makes

[00:16:14] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, engine dress-up

[00:16:17] [SPEAKER_01]: hardware for

[00:16:18] [SPEAKER_01]: just about every application.

[00:16:20] [SPEAKER_01]: But when they come to like

[00:16:22] [SPEAKER_01]: Boxer Fest, for instance, they'll just bring

[00:16:24] [SPEAKER_01]: their Subaru stuff. So they

[00:16:26] [SPEAKER_01]: so they know like I'm not

[00:16:28] [SPEAKER_01]: going to bring my Super stuff. I'm not going to bring my

[00:16:31] [SPEAKER_01]: you know, Audi S3 stuff.

[00:16:33] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just going to bring my Subaru

[00:16:34] [SPEAKER_01]: specific stuff and

[00:16:36] [SPEAKER_01]: that's it. You don't have to go home with a bunch of stuff.

[00:16:38] [SPEAKER_01]: You don't have to lug a bunch of stuff that you

[00:16:40] [SPEAKER_01]: don't sell. And odds are you'll

[00:16:43] [SPEAKER_01]: sell out of what you bring

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_01]: because

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_01]: people come to these events to buy.

[00:16:48] [SPEAKER_01]: That's what they do. You know, I know so

[00:16:50] [SPEAKER_01]: many people that save up money and they're like, I'm going to wait

[00:16:52] [SPEAKER_01]: till I get a good deal at Boxer Fest.

[00:16:54] [SPEAKER_01]: You know, like on an access

[00:16:56] [SPEAKER_01]: port or a turbo or wheels

[00:16:58] [SPEAKER_01]: or something like that. So the

[00:17:01] [SPEAKER_01]: that's one of the things that

[00:17:03] [SPEAKER_01]: that sets Subi events

[00:17:05] [SPEAKER_01]: off from setting

[00:17:06] [SPEAKER_01]: up at other events is just

[00:17:08] [SPEAKER_01]: knowing that you can bring certain things

[00:17:11] [SPEAKER_01]: and sell a lot of them

[00:17:12] [SPEAKER_01]: and not come home with a lot because

[00:17:14] [SPEAKER_01]: I've been on that side of

[00:17:16] [SPEAKER_01]: where you just come home with

[00:17:19] [SPEAKER_01]: duffel bags of shirts. And I'm like

[00:17:21] [SPEAKER_01]: man, like this is kind of a

[00:17:22] [SPEAKER_01]: bummer. I wish I would have just sold everything.

[00:17:24] [SPEAKER_01]: You know what I mean? But if you

[00:17:27] [SPEAKER_01]: show up with all your Subaru

[00:17:28] [SPEAKER_01]: hardware or all your Subaru wheels

[00:17:31] [SPEAKER_01]: like your you know your 5x100

[00:17:32] [SPEAKER_01]: and 5x114.3 wheels

[00:17:34] [SPEAKER_01]: that's all you got to bring. You don't have to bring

[00:17:37] [SPEAKER_01]: you know 100 different bolt patterns

[00:17:40] [SPEAKER_01]: and offsets. Yeah, it really

[00:17:42] [SPEAKER_01]: simplifies it for the vendor.

[00:17:44] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it really just hones in like

[00:17:46] [SPEAKER_01]: what you can bring and

[00:17:47] [SPEAKER_01]: what you need to specialize in and

[00:17:51] [SPEAKER_01]: basically

[00:17:51] [SPEAKER_01]: hone in on.

[00:17:54] [SPEAKER_01]: Now what separates the

[00:17:56] [SPEAKER_01]: Subi events as

[00:17:57] [SPEAKER_01]: a whole for just like setting

[00:17:59] [SPEAKER_01]: up at other events

[00:18:01] [SPEAKER_01]: besides selling Subaru

[00:18:03] [SPEAKER_01]: events are the Subi events

[00:18:05] [SPEAKER_01]: are just so easy

[00:18:08] [SPEAKER_01]: and user friendly

[00:18:10] [SPEAKER_01]: to not only

[00:18:11] [SPEAKER_01]: attend but to register as a

[00:18:13] [SPEAKER_01]: vendor. When you sign up as a vendor

[00:18:17] [SPEAKER_01]: everything's like

[00:18:18] [SPEAKER_01]: listed out for you. You have your own dashboard

[00:18:20] [SPEAKER_01]: which you know

[00:18:21] [SPEAKER_01]: if you've attended a

[00:18:23] [SPEAKER_01]: Subaru event before or

[00:18:25] [SPEAKER_01]: purchased a ticket you know what a dashboard

[00:18:27] [SPEAKER_01]: kind of looks like. Yeah.

[00:18:29] [SPEAKER_01]: So you have your own dashboard. It tells you what you

[00:18:31] [SPEAKER_01]: need. You know it asks questions

[00:18:33] [SPEAKER_01]: for you basically sets it all up.

[00:18:35] [SPEAKER_01]: It gives you a space

[00:18:37] [SPEAKER_01]: on the website for your company to be advertised

[00:18:41] [SPEAKER_01]: and where

[00:18:42] [SPEAKER_01]: attendees or customers

[00:18:44] [SPEAKER_01]: can go on the website buy

[00:18:46] [SPEAKER_01]: tickets and they can click sponsors and then

[00:18:48] [SPEAKER_01]: scroll down. Oh cool this company looks cool.

[00:18:50] [SPEAKER_01]: Click the picture and they go straight to your

[00:18:51] [SPEAKER_01]: website and they get shopped right there.

[00:18:53] [SPEAKER_01]: That's kind of crazy. Nobody

[00:18:55] [SPEAKER_01]: nobody that I've ever like no

[00:18:57] [SPEAKER_01]: company that I've ever sponsored

[00:19:00] [SPEAKER_01]: or vended at does

[00:19:02] [SPEAKER_01]: something like that. Like Subaru

[00:19:03] [SPEAKER_01]: events actually cares about

[00:19:05] [SPEAKER_01]: the value

[00:19:07] [SPEAKER_01]: that they bring to the table

[00:19:10] [SPEAKER_01]: when vendors register.

[00:19:12] [SPEAKER_01]: Like it's just it's so

[00:19:14] [SPEAKER_01]: user friendly and easy and if a

[00:19:16] [SPEAKER_01]: vendor has questions like me or brick

[00:19:18] [SPEAKER_01]: or Vic or somebody is going

[00:19:20] [SPEAKER_01]: to be able to answer that question

[00:19:22] [SPEAKER_01]: like really quick

[00:19:24] [SPEAKER_01]: and it's just

[00:19:25] [SPEAKER_01]: user friendly. I've gone to other events

[00:19:28] [SPEAKER_01]: where I'm like asking questions

[00:19:30] [SPEAKER_01]: or sending an email and I never get a response.

[00:19:32] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just like OK well I'll just wait till the day

[00:19:34] [SPEAKER_01]: of I guess and I just show up

[00:19:36] [SPEAKER_01]: and like I don't know anything and then they're just

[00:19:38] [SPEAKER_01]: like fumbling and they don't know where I'm

[00:19:40] [SPEAKER_01]: supposed to be and then I finally

[00:19:42] [SPEAKER_01]: figure it out and then like nobody

[00:19:44] [SPEAKER_01]: stops by the booth to like check on me.

[00:19:46] [SPEAKER_01]: That's not how it is at

[00:19:48] [SPEAKER_01]: Subaru events. Like if you're

[00:19:50] [SPEAKER_01]: if you're a retailer

[00:19:52] [SPEAKER_01]: or a shop owner or something like that

[00:19:55] [SPEAKER_01]: and you want to give it

[00:19:56] [SPEAKER_01]: a try just reach out

[00:19:58] [SPEAKER_01]: it's super easy.

[00:19:59] [SPEAKER_01]: We take care of basically everything

[00:20:02] [SPEAKER_01]: for you and we just

[00:20:04] [SPEAKER_01]: give you a platform

[00:20:06] [SPEAKER_01]: basically to come in

[00:20:08] [SPEAKER_01]: and showcase what you do or

[00:20:10] [SPEAKER_01]: showcase your product and

[00:20:12] [SPEAKER_01]: you could show off you know

[00:20:14] [SPEAKER_01]: your merch, you could show off

[00:20:16] [SPEAKER_01]: you know your services

[00:20:18] [SPEAKER_01]: things like that. It's just

[00:20:20] [SPEAKER_01]: an overall better

[00:20:22] [SPEAKER_01]: experience setting up

[00:20:24] [SPEAKER_01]: at a Subaru event than it is setting

[00:20:26] [SPEAKER_01]: up at basically any other event I've registered

[00:20:28] [SPEAKER_02]: for. Yeah it's good to know.

[00:20:30] [SPEAKER_02]: Especially like you said the user experience

[00:20:32] [SPEAKER_02]: is much better especially for

[00:20:35] [SPEAKER_02]: vendors that want to come

[00:20:36] [SPEAKER_02]: to the event and

[00:20:38] [SPEAKER_02]: you know set up and

[00:20:39] [SPEAKER_02]: if you simplify or if you make the process

[00:20:42] [SPEAKER_02]: a good process then

[00:20:44] [SPEAKER_02]: they're going to want and they're a first

[00:20:46] [SPEAKER_02]: time vendor then they're going to want to come

[00:20:48] [SPEAKER_02]: back for repeat years

[00:20:50] [SPEAKER_02]: and if they have a good experience with the

[00:20:52] [SPEAKER_02]: whole process then it's

[00:20:55] [SPEAKER_02]: definitely sells

[00:20:56] [SPEAKER_02]: Subi events to them in a good way.

[00:20:59] [SPEAKER_02]: Yes 100%.

[00:21:00] [SPEAKER_02]: So if a vendor is interested

[00:21:02] [SPEAKER_02]: in becoming

[00:21:04] [SPEAKER_02]: a vendor like

[00:21:06] [SPEAKER_02]: how do they go about actually signing

[00:21:08] [SPEAKER_02]: up because you talked a little bit about you know

[00:21:10] [SPEAKER_02]: what it looks like on the website and everything

[00:21:12] [SPEAKER_02]: but if they're interested what's

[00:21:14] [SPEAKER_02]: their first step?

[00:21:16] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah of course so

[00:21:18] [SPEAKER_01]: obviously depends on where you are. So let's say

[00:21:20] [SPEAKER_01]: somebody is in Wisconsin

[00:21:21] [SPEAKER_01]: right because we have Chicago coming up and

[00:21:24] [SPEAKER_01]: you know that's the surrounding state.

[00:21:26] [SPEAKER_01]: So if you just go to

[00:21:27] [SPEAKER_01]: if you even type in SubiFest

[00:21:31] [SPEAKER_01]: into

[00:21:31] [SPEAKER_01]: like a Google search bar

[00:21:33] [SPEAKER_01]: then you can just click the first link

[00:21:35] [SPEAKER_01]: that comes up and it'll take you to

[00:21:38] [SPEAKER_01]: even if it's

[00:21:39] [SPEAKER_01]: the wrong

[00:21:42] [SPEAKER_01]: venue even if it's California or

[00:21:43] [SPEAKER_01]: something like that just go up top and click

[00:21:46] [SPEAKER_01]: SubiFest Midwest

[00:21:48] [SPEAKER_01]: or whichever one it is

[00:21:49] [SPEAKER_01]: and then you can basically explore

[00:21:52] [SPEAKER_01]: everything up top.

[00:21:54] [SPEAKER_01]: You got your tickets, autocross,

[00:21:55] [SPEAKER_01]: car show and then if you hover

[00:21:57] [SPEAKER_01]: over sponsors you can click become a sponsor

[00:21:59] [SPEAKER_01]: and that's what gives you all the information

[00:22:01] [SPEAKER_01]: you need. It's got the pricing table

[00:22:04] [SPEAKER_01]: it shows you what sponsors

[00:22:06] [SPEAKER_01]: have been to that event before

[00:22:09] [SPEAKER_01]: it also

[00:22:11] [SPEAKER_01]: shows you

[00:22:12] [SPEAKER_01]: how many attendees

[00:22:13] [SPEAKER_01]: have been there like in the past

[00:22:15] [SPEAKER_01]: what year you know the event

[00:22:17] [SPEAKER_01]: was founded but

[00:22:19] [SPEAKER_01]: the main thing is you can

[00:22:21] [SPEAKER_01]: also

[00:22:23] [SPEAKER_01]: just reach out to us under

[00:22:25] [SPEAKER_01]: under the table there's

[00:22:27] [SPEAKER_01]: a few paragraphs and you can just

[00:22:30] [SPEAKER_01]: click the sponsors of SubiFest

[00:22:32] [SPEAKER_01]: and then email in

[00:22:33] [SPEAKER_01]: you know hey I'm Bob

[00:22:35] [SPEAKER_01]: with Bob Subies

[00:22:37] [SPEAKER_01]: you know I tune Subarus

[00:22:39] [SPEAKER_01]: in the Wisconsin area I want to know more about

[00:22:42] [SPEAKER_01]: you know

[00:22:43] [SPEAKER_01]: not just the pricing but more information

[00:22:45] [SPEAKER_01]: about the event and somebody will get back

[00:22:47] [SPEAKER_01]: to you pretty quickly

[00:22:49] [SPEAKER_01]: and help you out. It's

[00:22:52] [SPEAKER_01]: super easy a lot easier

[00:22:53] [SPEAKER_01]: than most people think. So is there

[00:22:55] [SPEAKER_02]: a difference between like as you said you click

[00:22:57] [SPEAKER_02]: on the sponsors if you're a vendor

[00:22:59] [SPEAKER_02]: are you also a sponsor?

[00:23:02] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah so that has

[00:23:03] [SPEAKER_01]: been confusing for people in the past but

[00:23:06] [SPEAKER_01]: the table will say

[00:23:07] [SPEAKER_01]: sponsors and vendors. There are

[00:23:10] [SPEAKER_01]: attending sponsorships and then

[00:23:11] [SPEAKER_01]: there's non-attending sponsorships

[00:23:13] [SPEAKER_01]: so like a t-shirt so if you can

[00:23:15] [SPEAKER_01]: if you want to participate

[00:23:17] [SPEAKER_01]: but you can't attend maybe you have

[00:23:19] [SPEAKER_01]: a wedding to go to that weekend or something

[00:23:21] [SPEAKER_01]: and you can always sign up for the t-shirt

[00:23:23] [SPEAKER_01]: sponsorship or the official supporter

[00:23:25] [SPEAKER_01]: the official supporters basically all

[00:23:27] [SPEAKER_01]: the perks of every other sponsorship

[00:23:29] [SPEAKER_01]: but it's a non-attending so you don't

[00:23:31] [SPEAKER_01]: have like a tent space basically

[00:23:33] [SPEAKER_01]: but yeah there's four tiers

[00:23:36] [SPEAKER_01]: of attending

[00:23:38] [SPEAKER_01]: sponsorships so you have like the

[00:23:39] [SPEAKER_01]: vendor spot which is the

[00:23:41] [SPEAKER_01]: starting tier basically then you have an

[00:23:44] [SPEAKER_01]: associate spot which is the next tier up

[00:23:46] [SPEAKER_01]: with a few more perks and the next

[00:23:48] [SPEAKER_01]: tier is official sponsor a few more perks

[00:23:50] [SPEAKER_01]: and official partner a few more

[00:23:51] [SPEAKER_01]: perks. There's so many perks to

[00:23:54] [SPEAKER_01]: mention that it's just easier for

[00:23:55] [SPEAKER_01]: someone to look at the table and

[00:23:57] [SPEAKER_01]: visualize it all. Yeah. But

[00:24:00] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah that is the

[00:24:03] [SPEAKER_01]: that's basically the breakdown of

[00:24:05] [SPEAKER_01]: the different tiers for the sponsorships.

[00:24:08] [SPEAKER_02]: Okay. Is there are we

[00:24:10] [SPEAKER_02]: not having been to any

[00:24:12] [SPEAKER_02]: of the events of course are we

[00:24:14] [SPEAKER_02]: seeing anything different

[00:24:16] [SPEAKER_02]: with this round of Subi events

[00:24:18] [SPEAKER_02]: than we have in previous years or is

[00:24:20] [SPEAKER_02]: it pretty much all the same? Well

[00:24:24] [SPEAKER_01]: so Subaru throws

[00:24:26] [SPEAKER_01]: in you know something a little different every year

[00:24:28] [SPEAKER_01]: whether it's a new car

[00:24:30] [SPEAKER_01]: that they bring or

[00:24:32] [SPEAKER_01]: someone special that

[00:24:34] [SPEAKER_01]: they bring. I will say Travis

[00:24:36] [SPEAKER_01]: Pastrana has been to more events

[00:24:38] [SPEAKER_01]: this year than he's been in the past so

[00:24:40] [SPEAKER_01]: he could secretly show up in the future

[00:24:43] [SPEAKER_01]: to one of these events. Maybe.

[00:24:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. Bucky has

[00:24:48] [SPEAKER_01]: been you know on tour with every

[00:24:50] [SPEAKER_01]: event so far for the

[00:24:52] [SPEAKER_01]: past three years now

[00:24:55] [SPEAKER_01]: and he's

[00:24:56] [SPEAKER_01]: bringing a couple cool cars

[00:24:58] [SPEAKER_01]: he's bringing his secret weapon

[00:25:00] [SPEAKER_01]: you know the what is it called

[00:25:02] [SPEAKER_01]: Betty? Yeah. Yeah

[00:25:04] [SPEAKER_01]: that thing rips man.

[00:25:07] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah. Yeah it does.

[00:25:07] [SPEAKER_01]: I was when I was

[00:25:09] [SPEAKER_01]: at the Red Match booth in Boxer Fest

[00:25:12] [SPEAKER_01]: and Betty drove through

[00:25:14] [SPEAKER_01]: to go through the autocross paddock

[00:25:16] [SPEAKER_01]: my buddy was helping

[00:25:17] [SPEAKER_01]: me at the tent and he's a huge

[00:25:19] [SPEAKER_01]: Bucky fan. I was like do you want to go watch?

[00:25:22] [SPEAKER_01]: He was like no man I'll just stay here and help

[00:25:23] [SPEAKER_01]: you and then he hears ripping

[00:25:27] [SPEAKER_01]: and then he's like oh man

[00:25:29] [SPEAKER_01]: he's like

[00:25:30] [SPEAKER_01]: standing on his tippy toes like trying to watch

[00:25:31] [SPEAKER_01]: I was like go check it out man

[00:25:33] [SPEAKER_01]: and he actually got a picture Bucky

[00:25:35] [SPEAKER_01]: came to the Red Match booth

[00:25:37] [SPEAKER_01]: and he got a picture

[00:25:39] [SPEAKER_01]: with him

[00:25:41] [SPEAKER_01]: and I got another picture with him I lost my last picture

[00:25:43] [SPEAKER_01]: with him but anyways yeah so you might

[00:25:45] [SPEAKER_01]: see some some surprises

[00:25:48] [SPEAKER_01]: you might see some new vendors

[00:25:50] [SPEAKER_01]: new faces that kind of thing.

[00:25:52] [SPEAKER_02]: Okay. So how

[00:25:53] [SPEAKER_02]: did how did Rev Match

[00:25:55] [SPEAKER_02]: clothing come about and

[00:25:57] [SPEAKER_02]: how long have you been doing that

[00:25:59] [SPEAKER_02]: and like why did you start it?

[00:26:02] [SPEAKER_02]: Like give us the background on that.

[00:26:04] [SPEAKER_01]: So I was I've been

[00:26:06] [SPEAKER_01]: in the car business for

[00:26:09] [SPEAKER_01]: about

[00:26:10] [SPEAKER_01]: 11 years now and

[00:26:12] [SPEAKER_01]: during COVID I was a

[00:26:14] [SPEAKER_01]: finance manager at a Honda and Nissan

[00:26:16] [SPEAKER_01]: dealership of all places.

[00:26:18] [SPEAKER_01]: I have worked for Subaru

[00:26:19] [SPEAKER_01]: I know I know I have worked

[00:26:22] [SPEAKER_01]: two Subaru dealerships you know and

[00:26:24] [SPEAKER_01]: in my tenure as a you

[00:26:26] [SPEAKER_01]: know car salesperson but

[00:26:28] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah I was a finance manager at a Honda and

[00:26:30] [SPEAKER_01]: Nissan franchise and

[00:26:32] [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know everybody it was during

[00:26:34] [SPEAKER_01]: COVID so people were like not working

[00:26:37] [SPEAKER_01]: but they were still buying cars

[00:26:38] [SPEAKER_01]: and they were working remotely or they were

[00:26:40] [SPEAKER_01]: starting their own thing and

[00:26:42] [SPEAKER_01]: I was like man I've been wanting to start like

[00:26:44] [SPEAKER_01]: some kind of clothing company

[00:26:45] [SPEAKER_01]: shirts that I want to wear basically

[00:26:48] [SPEAKER_01]: for like years so

[00:26:50] [SPEAKER_01]: me and my buddy sat down

[00:26:52] [SPEAKER_01]: and

[00:26:54] [SPEAKER_01]: he was in between

[00:26:56] [SPEAKER_01]: jobs where he had a very relaxed job at the time

[00:26:58] [SPEAKER_01]: so he kind of like

[00:27:00] [SPEAKER_01]: helped start us up

[00:27:02] [SPEAKER_01]: and then

[00:27:05] [SPEAKER_01]: I was like you know what

[00:27:06] [SPEAKER_01]: maybe I want to do this so

[00:27:09] [SPEAKER_01]: I quit

[00:27:11] [SPEAKER_01]: the car business temporarily

[00:27:12] [SPEAKER_01]: we'll get to that in a second

[00:27:15] [SPEAKER_01]: and then

[00:27:16] [SPEAKER_01]: I worked at a remote job

[00:27:18] [SPEAKER_01]: for a company out of Austin Texas

[00:27:20] [SPEAKER_01]: and it was kind of part time

[00:27:22] [SPEAKER_01]: and I did rematch

[00:27:24] [SPEAKER_01]: you know part time as well

[00:27:26] [SPEAKER_01]: so that was back in 2021

[00:27:28] [SPEAKER_01]: where we both kind of owned it together

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_01]: and then in 23

[00:27:32] [SPEAKER_01]: he started his own clothing

[00:27:34] [SPEAKER_01]: company and

[00:27:36] [SPEAKER_01]: so rematch is

[00:27:38] [SPEAKER_01]: solely in my name now ever since 2023

[00:27:41] [SPEAKER_01]: and

[00:27:42] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah it just kind of

[00:27:43] [SPEAKER_01]: started like that you know reaching out to

[00:27:46] [SPEAKER_01]: people on Instagram starting a website

[00:27:48] [SPEAKER_01]: and I don't

[00:27:51] [SPEAKER_01]: I don't print

[00:27:52] [SPEAKER_01]: most of the shirts myself

[00:27:55] [SPEAKER_01]: the only thing I really

[00:27:56] [SPEAKER_01]: touch is like vinyl and like laser

[00:27:58] [SPEAKER_01]: etching and things like that I have a fulfillment company

[00:28:00] [SPEAKER_01]: that fulfills all

[00:28:02] [SPEAKER_01]: of my shirts and hats and things like that

[00:28:04] [SPEAKER_01]: so I don't really have to touch

[00:28:06] [SPEAKER_01]: a lot of the merchandise and each item

[00:28:08] [SPEAKER_01]: is like a la carte so if you

[00:28:11] [SPEAKER_01]: like there's no stock

[00:28:12] [SPEAKER_01]: anywhere if you bought a shirt

[00:28:14] [SPEAKER_01]: pull that you know blank shirt off the rack

[00:28:16] [SPEAKER_01]: they print it they ship it

[00:28:18] [SPEAKER_01]: and send it to you so

[00:28:20] [SPEAKER_01]: it's nice that I don't have like

[00:28:22] [SPEAKER_01]: print on demand basically yeah

[00:28:24] [SPEAKER_01]: it is yeah I don't have like a thousand shirts laying around

[00:28:26] [SPEAKER_01]: but at the same time it's hard

[00:28:29] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah it does

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_01]: mean it takes

[00:28:32] [SPEAKER_01]: a couple extra days to get to you but

[00:28:34] [SPEAKER_01]: it saves you know

[00:28:36] [SPEAKER_01]: it saves the environment it saves me

[00:28:38] [SPEAKER_01]: so much time and money

[00:28:40] [SPEAKER_01]: but yeah it's been doing really

[00:28:42] [SPEAKER_01]: well and up until

[00:28:44] [SPEAKER_01]: this March when I was just

[00:28:46] [SPEAKER_01]: kind of offered to get back into the car business

[00:28:48] [SPEAKER_01]: someone I used to work with at that

[00:28:50] [SPEAKER_01]: dealership started a used car lot

[00:28:52] [SPEAKER_01]: so I've been kind of working with them

[00:28:54] [SPEAKER_01]: so I kind of do

[00:28:55] [SPEAKER_01]: Subi events, rev match

[00:28:59] [SPEAKER_01]: clothing and

[00:29:00] [SPEAKER_01]: I work at

[00:29:02] [SPEAKER_01]: used car a lot that's kind of my three

[00:29:04] [SPEAKER_01]: gigs right now so it's a lot of work

[00:29:06] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah and I run

[00:29:08] [SPEAKER_01]: rev match fully

[00:29:10] [SPEAKER_01]: fully by myself

[00:29:12] [SPEAKER_01]: I've got a great

[00:29:13] [SPEAKER_01]: crew of like sponcies and

[00:29:16] [SPEAKER_01]: people that have my back

[00:29:18] [SPEAKER_01]: and support me and

[00:29:20] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah business is good

[00:29:22] [SPEAKER_01]: I do about with rev match

[00:29:23] [SPEAKER_01]: I do about two or three events a year

[00:29:26] [SPEAKER_01]: I try to keep it pretty local like

[00:29:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Virginia and surrounding Virginia

[00:29:30] [SPEAKER_01]: like Box Fest is in Pennsylvania

[00:29:32] [SPEAKER_01]: which is only about four hours north of me

[00:29:34] [SPEAKER_01]: again something you

[00:29:36] [SPEAKER_01]: can't relate to in Texas right

[00:29:37] [SPEAKER_02]: well I mean yeah I mean

[00:29:40] [SPEAKER_02]: Subi Fest Texas is about

[00:29:42] [SPEAKER_02]: four hours from me which is right and it's

[00:29:44] [SPEAKER_02]: the same state yeah

[00:29:45] [SPEAKER_02]: yeah so

[00:29:47] [SPEAKER_01]: and then I'll go to like shows

[00:29:50] [SPEAKER_01]: in Virginia Beach, North Carolina

[00:29:51] [SPEAKER_01]: at the end of September I have one

[00:29:53] [SPEAKER_01]: a couple like an hour from me it's a

[00:29:55] [SPEAKER_01]: driver motor sports which is a

[00:29:57] [SPEAKER_01]: Japanese import company

[00:30:00] [SPEAKER_01]: I help them out

[00:30:01] [SPEAKER_01]: and then we do

[00:30:03] [SPEAKER_01]: an event at Virgin International Raceway

[00:30:05] [SPEAKER_01]: VIR in March

[00:30:07] [SPEAKER_01]: it's called Japan Auto Legends

[00:30:09] [SPEAKER_01]: and it's a bunch of it's just

[00:30:12] [SPEAKER_01]: Japanese cars I mean it's

[00:30:13] [SPEAKER_01]: just right hand drive cars as far as I

[00:30:15] [SPEAKER_01]: can see GTRs, Supras all

[00:30:17] [SPEAKER_01]: you know all sorts of stuff so yeah

[00:30:19] [SPEAKER_01]: that's basically the only

[00:30:21] [SPEAKER_01]: events I really go to but like I said

[00:30:23] [SPEAKER_01]: next year maybe Subi Fest California

[00:30:25] [SPEAKER_01]: I've had a lot of people wanting me to go out there so

[00:30:27] [SPEAKER_01]: we'll see so what kind of merch

[00:30:29] [SPEAKER_01]: do you have t-shirts

[00:30:31] [SPEAKER_01]: tank tops

[00:30:35] [SPEAKER_01]: crop tops

[00:30:36] [SPEAKER_01]: sweaters joggers

[00:30:37] [SPEAKER_01]: but we also do like windshield banners front

[00:30:39] [SPEAKER_01]: and rear windshield banners I do custom banners

[00:30:43] [SPEAKER_01]: hats keychains

[00:30:44] [SPEAKER_01]: shift knobs I try to keep it

[00:30:46] [SPEAKER_01]: pretty limited I'm not trying to be

[00:30:48] [SPEAKER_01]: Amazon you know

[00:30:49] [SPEAKER_02]: yeah I think if you have too many options

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_02]: and people get a little overwhelmed so if

[00:30:54] [SPEAKER_02]: you kind of can keep it simplified

[00:30:56] [SPEAKER_02]: that's a little bit easier

[00:30:58] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah so I try to keep I've got

[00:31:00] [SPEAKER_01]: a lot of Subaru

[00:31:03] [SPEAKER_01]: specific shirts

[00:31:04] [SPEAKER_01]: and tops right now and

[00:31:06] [SPEAKER_01]: tumblers and stuff like that

[00:31:07] [SPEAKER_01]: I sold a lot of tumblers

[00:31:09] [SPEAKER_01]: at Boxer Fest

[00:31:11] [SPEAKER_01]: with

[00:31:13] [SPEAKER_01]: those are listed on the website but

[00:31:16] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah and a lot of

[00:31:17] [SPEAKER_01]: JDM stuff just that's kind of

[00:31:19] [SPEAKER_01]: like my bread and butter

[00:31:21] [SPEAKER_01]: is just JDM but

[00:31:23] [SPEAKER_01]: I've always been a Subaru guy so

[00:31:25] [SPEAKER_01]: no matter what I've had

[00:31:27] [SPEAKER_01]: there's always also been a Subaru

[00:31:29] [SPEAKER_01]: in the driveway you know like

[00:31:31] [SPEAKER_01]: a Ford Lightning and a Subaru

[00:31:33] [SPEAKER_01]: a Subaru Legacy and a Volkswagen

[00:31:35] [SPEAKER_01]: like a Subaru Outback

[00:31:37] [SPEAKER_01]: and a pickup truck you know

[00:31:40] [SPEAKER_01]: or a

[00:31:41] [SPEAKER_01]: RX-7 or a 300

[00:31:43] [SPEAKER_01]: ZX there's always also been a Subaru

[00:31:45] [SPEAKER_01]: I've just been a Subaru nut since I was

[00:31:47] [SPEAKER_01]: a kid now

[00:31:48] [SPEAKER_02]: have you mostly been into the

[00:31:51] [SPEAKER_02]: tuner scene or have

[00:31:53] [SPEAKER_02]: you done any off road stuff because you mentioned an

[00:31:55] [SPEAKER_01]: Outback I did mention

[00:31:57] [SPEAKER_01]: an Outback but that was a 99

[00:31:59] [SPEAKER_01]: Outback that I had when I was 16

[00:32:01] [SPEAKER_01]: oh okay there wasn't

[00:32:03] [SPEAKER_01]: a lot of overlanding stuff available

[00:32:05] [SPEAKER_01]: in 2005

[00:32:07] [SPEAKER_01]: but now I really want

[00:32:09] [SPEAKER_01]: an overland rig I'd love to get

[00:32:10] [SPEAKER_01]: like a Forester XT

[00:32:12] [SPEAKER_01]: or an Outback or a

[00:32:14] [SPEAKER_01]: Baja or something my neighbor actually

[00:32:16] [SPEAKER_01]: has a black Baja manual and I told

[00:32:18] [SPEAKER_01]: him I was like if you ever

[00:32:20] [SPEAKER_01]: get rid of this thing

[00:32:22] [SPEAKER_01]: if you ever get rid of this thing without coming to me

[00:32:24] [SPEAKER_01]: I will be so upset your house

[00:32:26] [SPEAKER_01]: will be egged every day

[00:32:28] [SPEAKER_01]: so I don't know I'd really

[00:32:30] [SPEAKER_01]: love to get something like that but no

[00:32:32] [SPEAKER_01]: I've mainly been in the tuner scene

[00:32:34] [SPEAKER_01]: since the early 2000s

[00:32:37] [SPEAKER_01]: I mean like the STI

[00:32:39] [SPEAKER_01]: it's not like lowered or on bags

[00:32:40] [SPEAKER_01]: or anything I want it to be functional but

[00:32:43] [SPEAKER_01]: it rips I mean

[00:32:44] [SPEAKER_01]: it has some subtle mods

[00:32:46] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm sponsored by

[00:32:49] [SPEAKER_01]: Cobb and

[00:32:50] [SPEAKER_01]: Perrin and Fortunato

[00:32:53] [SPEAKER_01]: and yeah I just

[00:32:54] [SPEAKER_01]: I've got some plans for that I've got a

[00:32:56] [SPEAKER_01]: stockpile of parts

[00:32:58] [SPEAKER_01]: to put in

[00:33:00] [SPEAKER_01]: Dark Matter X sent me their new

[00:33:03] [SPEAKER_01]: shifter setup and I'm gonna man I'm trying

[00:33:05] [SPEAKER_01]: to get one for my Crosstrek

[00:33:06] [SPEAKER_01]: dude

[00:33:09] [SPEAKER_01]: once I get this thing installed I'll let you know

[00:33:11] [SPEAKER_02]: how it goes yeah

[00:33:12] [SPEAKER_02]: I know I've been so I've talked

[00:33:15] [SPEAKER_02]: to Leah and

[00:33:17] [SPEAKER_02]: I give her a hard time like

[00:33:19] [SPEAKER_02]: hey when is my shifter coming

[00:33:21] [SPEAKER_02]: in for my Crosstrek

[00:33:22] [SPEAKER_01]: I'll put in a good word for you

[00:33:25] [SPEAKER_02]: I mean I

[00:33:26] [SPEAKER_02]: I absolutely love driving

[00:33:29] [SPEAKER_02]: a manual I mean being that it's a Crosstrek

[00:33:31] [SPEAKER_02]: it's slow but also

[00:33:33] [SPEAKER_02]: being that it's manual I can get you know

[00:33:35] [SPEAKER_02]: a little more power out of it

[00:33:37] [SPEAKER_02]: keeping it in here for a little bit longer but

[00:33:39] [SPEAKER_01]: I mean you can have more control

[00:33:41] [SPEAKER_01]: when you're climbing rocks and things like

[00:33:43] [SPEAKER_02]: that too yeah I mean

[00:33:44] [SPEAKER_02]: I just I absolutely love

[00:33:47] [SPEAKER_02]: driving manual and I've

[00:33:49] [SPEAKER_02]: had the fortune of

[00:33:50] [SPEAKER_02]: so I drove my buddy

[00:33:53] [SPEAKER_02]: Jay he goes by audiophile

[00:33:55] [SPEAKER_02]: he has an STI that's

[00:33:57] [SPEAKER_02]: been tuned some so I

[00:33:58] [SPEAKER_02]: he let me drive that

[00:34:00] [SPEAKER_02]: lane drifters she has an

[00:34:03] [SPEAKER_02]: 05 legacy GT

[00:34:04] [SPEAKER_02]: she let me drive that

[00:34:06] [SPEAKER_02]: let me see there's a guy

[00:34:08] [SPEAKER_02]: that lives here in Houston he goes by

[00:34:10] [SPEAKER_02]: anonymous TWRX and he has

[00:34:12] [SPEAKER_02]: I don't remember what year it is but

[00:34:14] [SPEAKER_02]: he has a WRX that's been

[00:34:16] [SPEAKER_02]: like super modified

[00:34:19] [SPEAKER_02]: and that thing is and

[00:34:21] [SPEAKER_02]: he said you'll have to come back

[00:34:22] [SPEAKER_02]: and drive it again because I'm going to make it even faster

[00:34:24] [SPEAKER_02]: so I need to I've been wanting to go back and drive

[00:34:26] [SPEAKER_02]: that again and yeah

[00:34:29] [SPEAKER_02]: and I know I've driven some other cars I just

[00:34:31] [SPEAKER_02]: I can't think of them right off hand

[00:34:32] [SPEAKER_02]: but so I've experienced

[00:34:35] [SPEAKER_02]: you know some

[00:34:36] [SPEAKER_02]: boost and just

[00:34:38] [SPEAKER_02]: some power so it's

[00:34:41] [SPEAKER_02]: I can see where it could

[00:34:42] [SPEAKER_02]: definitely be kind of

[00:34:44] [SPEAKER_02]: addicting to drive something like

[00:34:46] [SPEAKER_02]: that and just the thrill

[00:34:49] [SPEAKER_01]: but yeah it's addicting

[00:34:50] [SPEAKER_01]: like just knowing that

[00:34:52] [SPEAKER_01]: you know the work you put into something

[00:34:54] [SPEAKER_01]: makes it like

[00:34:56] [SPEAKER_01]: the smile on your face just like

[00:34:58] [SPEAKER_01]: exponentially bigger like

[00:35:00] [SPEAKER_01]: it's such a cool feeling and same thing with

[00:35:02] [SPEAKER_01]: Overlanding just seeing what it looks like

[00:35:04] [SPEAKER_01]: before and after and like what it's

[00:35:06] [SPEAKER_01]: capable of it's such a cool feeling

[00:35:08] [SPEAKER_01]: which is like that's why I love

[00:35:10] [SPEAKER_01]: Subaru so much they're just so

[00:35:12] [SPEAKER_01]: I mean you can

[00:35:14] [SPEAKER_01]: accessorize them just so easily

[00:35:16] [SPEAKER_02]: yeah and it's such a

[00:35:18] [SPEAKER_02]: culture too within the Subaru community

[00:35:20] [SPEAKER_02]: and you know of course you have your

[00:35:22] [SPEAKER_02]: groups with other

[00:35:24] [SPEAKER_02]: manufacturers you know Toyota, Jeep

[00:35:27] [SPEAKER_02]: 4 with the Bronco

[00:35:28] [SPEAKER_02]: but it seems like

[00:35:31] [SPEAKER_02]: with Subaru there's just like

[00:35:32] [SPEAKER_02]: we're a different breed

[00:35:34] [SPEAKER_02]: and I think

[00:35:36] [SPEAKER_02]: within the Subaru community

[00:35:39] [SPEAKER_02]: there's a lot more

[00:35:40] [SPEAKER_02]: communication a lot more

[00:35:42] [SPEAKER_02]: crossover a lot more friendliness

[00:35:45] [SPEAKER_02]: a lot more acceptance

[00:35:46] [SPEAKER_02]: and so it's

[00:35:49] [SPEAKER_02]: you know it's definitely different

[00:35:51] [SPEAKER_02]: from other clubs or communities

[00:35:52] [SPEAKER_02]: that I've heard of from people that have been on the podcast

[00:35:55] [SPEAKER_02]: that were in other

[00:35:57] [SPEAKER_02]: communities they say that they really

[00:35:58] [SPEAKER_02]: love the Subaru community

[00:36:00] [SPEAKER_01]: well yeah and the thing about Subaru is you notice

[00:36:02] [SPEAKER_01]: if you go to any of these Subaru events

[00:36:04] [SPEAKER_01]: like Subaru Vest, Boxer Vest, Wicked Big Me, whatever

[00:36:08] [SPEAKER_01]: like

[00:36:08] [SPEAKER_01]: there's so many different kinds of Subarus

[00:36:10] [SPEAKER_01]: you got a bone stock SVX

[00:36:12] [SPEAKER_01]: or you've got a slam to the

[00:36:14] [SPEAKER_01]: ground like 2015

[00:36:16] [SPEAKER_01]: STI or you've got a

[00:36:19] [SPEAKER_01]: like lifted Baja or you've got a

[00:36:21] [SPEAKER_01]: lowered Outback or you've got

[00:36:23] [SPEAKER_01]: a lifted Legacy

[00:36:24] [SPEAKER_01]: and there's a mutual respect

[00:36:27] [SPEAKER_01]: around everybody but with Jeeps

[00:36:29] [SPEAKER_01]: you're not going to go to a Jeep place and find

[00:36:30] [SPEAKER_01]: a lowered Jeep I mean you might

[00:36:33] [SPEAKER_01]: it's not as

[00:36:35] [SPEAKER_01]: common as

[00:36:36] [SPEAKER_01]: Subarus with such the expanse

[00:36:40] [SPEAKER_01]: of different

[00:36:41] [SPEAKER_01]: kind of things that you see

[00:36:42] [SPEAKER_01]: but yeah so that's

[00:36:45] [SPEAKER_01]: what I love about these events you can go be like

[00:36:46] [SPEAKER_01]: oh my god your car is so awesome and you're looking at

[00:36:49] [SPEAKER_01]: like a slammed SVX

[00:36:51] [SPEAKER_01]: or you're turned around and you're like oh my gosh

[00:36:52] [SPEAKER_01]: your Forester is so awesome and it's like up on

[00:36:55] [SPEAKER_01]: rocks with the tent out and

[00:36:56] [SPEAKER_01]: someone is grilling out of the

[00:36:59] [SPEAKER_01]: the back seat or something

[00:37:01] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah it's

[00:37:02] [SPEAKER_02]: crazy yeah because it's nice to walk through

[00:37:05] [SPEAKER_02]: there and see

[00:37:06] [SPEAKER_02]: Overland build sprinkled in with

[00:37:08] [SPEAKER_02]: the tuner cars and

[00:37:10] [SPEAKER_02]: so yeah because like Boxer Fest

[00:37:12] [SPEAKER_02]: was the first event that I went to I didn't really

[00:37:14] [SPEAKER_02]: know what to expect and it was

[00:37:17] [SPEAKER_02]: I love the way that they have Boxer Fest

[00:37:19] [SPEAKER_02]: laid out because it's like long

[00:37:20] [SPEAKER_02]: and linear and

[00:37:23] [SPEAKER_02]: yeah and then you know I've been

[00:37:25] [SPEAKER_02]: to SubiFest California which that

[00:37:27] [SPEAKER_02]: was really cool and then of course

[00:37:29] [SPEAKER_02]: SubiFest Texas so they're all

[00:37:31] [SPEAKER_02]: different but it's

[00:37:33] [SPEAKER_02]: seeing the different types

[00:37:35] [SPEAKER_02]: of builds that people do

[00:37:37] [SPEAKER_02]: it's just like it's insane

[00:37:39] [SPEAKER_02]: what some of these people can do with

[00:37:41] [SPEAKER_02]: a car and you know

[00:37:43] [SPEAKER_02]: just seeing how you can have the same

[00:37:45] [SPEAKER_02]: car, year,

[00:37:47] [SPEAKER_02]: model, everything right next to

[00:37:49] [SPEAKER_02]: each other and they can look completely

[00:37:51] [SPEAKER_01]: different yeah the

[00:37:54] [SPEAKER_01]: y'all should check

[00:37:55] [SPEAKER_01]: out the booth card that I had

[00:37:57] [SPEAKER_01]: in my booth at Boxer Fest so it's

[00:37:59] [SPEAKER_01]: I guess he reports it as

[00:38:01] [SPEAKER_01]: the widest WRX

[00:38:03] [SPEAKER_01]: in the world basically

[00:38:04] [SPEAKER_01]: but yeah it's got a custom wide body

[00:38:07] [SPEAKER_01]: kit I think the wheels are like 17

[00:38:09] [SPEAKER_01]: by 17 or something

[00:38:11] [SPEAKER_01]: like that I mean they're just

[00:38:13] [SPEAKER_01]: wide you can't even see the

[00:38:15] [SPEAKER_01]: spokes in the picture that's on my Instagram right

[00:38:17] [SPEAKER_01]: now do you have the account?

[00:38:20] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah so his account

[00:38:21] [SPEAKER_01]: is just a WRX

[00:38:23] [SPEAKER_01]: is his account and

[00:38:26] [SPEAKER_01]: his name is Chris also

[00:38:28] [SPEAKER_01]: nice and

[00:38:28] [SPEAKER_01]: yeah and the booth next to ours was

[00:38:31] [SPEAKER_01]: Eric with Dead Opulistry

[00:38:33] [SPEAKER_01]: and Panzer WRX was

[00:38:35] [SPEAKER_01]: at that booth as at that booth

[00:38:37] [SPEAKER_01]: and he's got a twin turbo

[00:38:39] [SPEAKER_01]: four cylinder Boxer set up in his

[00:38:42] [SPEAKER_01]: WRX hatchback

[00:38:44] [SPEAKER_02]: yeah they're pretty

[00:38:45] [SPEAKER_02]: awesome yeah

[00:38:47] [SPEAKER_01]: so you never know what you're going to see at these

[00:38:49] [SPEAKER_01]: events or at these booths or at the car show

[00:38:51] [SPEAKER_02]: yeah yeah

[00:38:53] [SPEAKER_02]: have you ever been with

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_02]: anybody off-roading

[00:38:57] [SPEAKER_02]: like ridden in somebody's car that

[00:38:59] [SPEAKER_02]: goes off-roading?

[00:39:01] [SPEAKER_01]: Well so I am

[00:39:04] [SPEAKER_01]: so I was born

[00:39:05] [SPEAKER_01]: in the city but I grew up in the country

[00:39:07] [SPEAKER_01]: and oh and oh yeah

[00:39:09] [SPEAKER_01]: we've I've been mud bogging

[00:39:11] [SPEAKER_01]: and you know trail riding

[00:39:13] [SPEAKER_01]: so you know what it's like

[00:39:14] [SPEAKER_01]: but nothing in like my own Subaru

[00:39:17] [SPEAKER_01]: I mean I had a

[00:39:19] [SPEAKER_01]: 2.5 RS one time that

[00:39:21] [SPEAKER_01]: had Kony shocks on it

[00:39:23] [SPEAKER_01]: and stuff and I drove that thing

[00:39:25] [SPEAKER_01]: to places you should

[00:39:27] [SPEAKER_01]: not drive a car

[00:39:29] [SPEAKER_01]: it was an 0-1 two door

[00:39:31] [SPEAKER_01]: 2.5 RS silver

[00:39:33] [SPEAKER_01]: and you know I drove that thing in the snow

[00:39:35] [SPEAKER_01]: in the mud and I've driven

[00:39:37] [SPEAKER_01]: jeeps and trucks through the mud and stuff

[00:39:39] [SPEAKER_01]: but I've never really taken like an

[00:39:41] [SPEAKER_01]: outback or forest or like through

[00:39:43] [SPEAKER_01]: a canyon pass or something like that

[00:39:45] [SPEAKER_02]: I've always wanted to yeah it's

[00:39:48] [SPEAKER_02]: I mean again I know more

[00:39:49] [SPEAKER_02]: of that than the tuner scene although

[00:39:51] [SPEAKER_02]: I'm glad that I've had the experience of

[00:39:53] [SPEAKER_02]: driving you know some tuners but

[00:39:56] [SPEAKER_02]: it's I mean it would be nice to

[00:39:57] [SPEAKER_02]: have like one of each

[00:39:59] [SPEAKER_02]: like one that's a tuner build

[00:40:01] [SPEAKER_02]: and one that's an overland build and be

[00:40:03] [SPEAKER_02]: able to you know or I could just

[00:40:05] [SPEAKER_02]: do something with my cross track and make

[00:40:07] [SPEAKER_02]: it a lot more powerful but that's

[00:40:09] [SPEAKER_02]: not that easy but it can

[00:40:11] [SPEAKER_01]: be done. It can be done.

[00:40:13] [SPEAKER_01]: I'm holding out for my neighbors

[00:40:16] [SPEAKER_01]: my neighbor's Baja

[00:40:18] [SPEAKER_01]: but yeah if I can get that

[00:40:20] [SPEAKER_01]: and lift that up or something

[00:40:21] [SPEAKER_01]: I almost bought a brat that was like

[00:40:23] [SPEAKER_01]: an hour from me the

[00:40:25] [SPEAKER_01]: Facebook listing looked really clean I even sent

[00:40:27] [SPEAKER_01]: Bucky this and he was like oh man well

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_01]: it's a bummer but the brat

[00:40:31] [SPEAKER_01]: looked clean in pictures but I get up there

[00:40:34] [SPEAKER_01]: and it literally

[00:40:36] [SPEAKER_01]: didn't run or

[00:40:38] [SPEAKER_01]: and we finally got it started and we got

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_01]: stranded on the road and the bottom

[00:40:41] [SPEAKER_01]: rockers were license

[00:40:43] [SPEAKER_01]: plates that were welded on the car and spray

[00:40:45] [SPEAKER_01]: painted. Oh joy.

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah I was like

[00:40:49] [SPEAKER_01]: man this is not what I

[00:40:52] [SPEAKER_01]: was expecting I cannot go home

[00:40:53] [SPEAKER_01]: in this car but yeah

[00:40:55] [SPEAKER_01]: a brat would be cool.

[00:40:57] [SPEAKER_01]: Just something like just something

[00:40:59] [SPEAKER_01]: Harley in off road I would love to have

[00:41:01] [SPEAKER_02]: something like that. Yeah it's

[00:41:04] [SPEAKER_02]: fun and

[00:41:06] [SPEAKER_02]: I've enjoyed it so far

[00:41:07] [SPEAKER_02]: but is there anything else that you

[00:41:09] [SPEAKER_02]: wanted to share before we wrap this up?

[00:41:13] [SPEAKER_01]: No

[00:41:15] [SPEAKER_01]: it was

[00:41:16] [SPEAKER_01]: great talking it was cool talking about

[00:41:18] [SPEAKER_01]: rev match and

[00:41:19] [SPEAKER_01]: subi events and what

[00:41:21] [SPEAKER_01]: it's like to set up at these events and

[00:41:24] [SPEAKER_01]: basically it all boils down to

[00:41:25] [SPEAKER_01]: if you're like a

[00:41:28] [SPEAKER_01]: car culture or Subaru

[00:41:30] [SPEAKER_01]: merchandise company or shop and

[00:41:32] [SPEAKER_01]: you want to get in front of the

[00:41:34] [SPEAKER_01]: front of your people like

[00:41:36] [SPEAKER_01]: just give it a shot. It's

[00:41:38] [SPEAKER_01]: even if you come out

[00:41:40] [SPEAKER_01]: you know

[00:41:42] [SPEAKER_01]: not ahead

[00:41:44] [SPEAKER_01]: but also not losing money but

[00:41:46] [SPEAKER_01]: you've gained a lot of

[00:41:48] [SPEAKER_01]: friends and

[00:41:50] [SPEAKER_01]: customers and

[00:41:52] [SPEAKER_01]: an experience go for

[00:41:54] [SPEAKER_01]: it. It's such a blast and you wouldn't be

[00:41:56] [SPEAKER_02]: disappointed. Yeah and I think for

[00:41:58] [SPEAKER_02]: a lot of people to

[00:42:00] [SPEAKER_02]: you know vendors aside is just

[00:42:02] [SPEAKER_02]: people in the community it's a chance

[00:42:04] [SPEAKER_02]: like you said for one a reunion to

[00:42:06] [SPEAKER_02]: see people that they may

[00:42:08] [SPEAKER_02]: only see at these events but also

[00:42:10] [SPEAKER_02]: you know you

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_02]: have all these people coming into the community

[00:42:14] [SPEAKER_02]: all these new people and then

[00:42:16] [SPEAKER_02]: they go to one of these events and they get

[00:42:18] [SPEAKER_02]: a chance to meet all these people

[00:42:20] [SPEAKER_02]: that they've only chatted with

[00:42:22] [SPEAKER_02]: through Instagram and

[00:42:24] [SPEAKER_02]: meeting somebody in person

[00:42:26] [SPEAKER_02]: for the first time is just it's like

[00:42:28] [SPEAKER_02]: there's like nothing like it. It's awesome

[00:42:30] [SPEAKER_01]: 100 percent. Yeah when

[00:42:32] [SPEAKER_01]: somebody like walks by the booth

[00:42:34] [SPEAKER_01]: and of course you don't know from Adam

[00:42:36] [SPEAKER_01]: but they're just like waiting for a chance

[00:42:38] [SPEAKER_01]: to talk to you and they finally talk to you

[00:42:40] [SPEAKER_01]: like yeah

[00:42:42] [SPEAKER_01]: such and such and I'm like

[00:42:44] [SPEAKER_01]: squinting I'm like I don't and then

[00:42:46] [SPEAKER_01]: they show me the Instagram like oh yeah

[00:42:48] [SPEAKER_01]: you bought like 20 shirts for me

[00:42:50] [SPEAKER_01]: and they're like yeah I love your stuff and

[00:42:52] [SPEAKER_01]: I love what you're all about and the community

[00:42:55] [SPEAKER_01]: and I'm like heck yeah

[00:42:56] [SPEAKER_01]: and then like the next year I see

[00:42:58] [SPEAKER_01]: a walk by and I'm like hey you know

[00:43:00] [SPEAKER_01]: and it's just

[00:43:01] [SPEAKER_01]: it is just so cool to have that like reunion

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_01]: that community and

[00:43:06] [SPEAKER_01]: you make memories

[00:43:08] [SPEAKER_01]: lasting memories at these events.

[00:43:10] [SPEAKER_02]: Oh yeah, thank you so much for taking

[00:43:12] [SPEAKER_02]: the time. Thank you for reaching out to me and

[00:43:14] [SPEAKER_02]: wanting to do this. I appreciate you

[00:43:16] [SPEAKER_02]: coming on here again and talking about

[00:43:18] [SPEAKER_02]: Subi events and of course

[00:43:20] [SPEAKER_02]: the Rev Match that's exciting. I'll have to go check out

[00:43:22] [SPEAKER_02]: the website and see what you've got there

[00:43:24] [SPEAKER_02]: and anybody else that wants to go visit

[00:43:26] [SPEAKER_02]: it, you know, go check it out and if

[00:43:28] [SPEAKER_02]: you didn't see him at Boxer Fest

[00:43:30] [SPEAKER_02]: this year then look for him

[00:43:32] [SPEAKER_02]: next year and maybe at

[00:43:34] [SPEAKER_02]: Subi Fest California if you can make it.

[00:43:36] [SPEAKER_01]: That's right and I'll be sure

[00:43:38] [SPEAKER_01]: to send you a discount code for the website.

[00:43:40] [SPEAKER_01]: Awesome, sweet, yeah.

[00:43:42] [SPEAKER_02]: Appreciate you. Yeah, thank you and

[00:43:44] [SPEAKER_02]: hope you have a good night. You too.

[00:43:46] [SPEAKER_02]: Alright. Hello everybody

[00:43:47] [SPEAKER_02]: thank you for tuning in to this

[00:43:49] [SPEAKER_02]: bonus episode of the Subi New Podcast.

[00:43:52] [SPEAKER_02]: If you're not doing so, go give

[00:43:54] [SPEAKER_02]: Chris a follow. His account is

[00:43:57] [SPEAKER_02]: cwall

[00:43:58] [SPEAKER_02]: sti25

[00:43:59] [SPEAKER_02]: and you can also follow his

[00:44:01] [SPEAKER_02]: other account Rev Match Clothing

[00:44:04] [SPEAKER_02]: and it's Rev Match

[00:44:05] [SPEAKER_02]: Clothing Co.

[00:44:08] [SPEAKER_02]: So go check that out as well.

[00:44:10] [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much Chris for taking the time

[00:44:12] [SPEAKER_02]: to record with me and share

[00:44:14] [SPEAKER_02]: your experience at Boxer Fest

[00:44:16] [SPEAKER_02]: and what it's like to set up as a

[00:44:18] [SPEAKER_02]: vendor and then what it takes

[00:44:20] [SPEAKER_02]: as a vendor to get

[00:44:22] [SPEAKER_02]: all that set up and get it going with

[00:44:24] [SPEAKER_02]: Subi Events and thank you for

[00:44:26] [SPEAKER_02]: what you do with Subi Events and helping

[00:44:28] [SPEAKER_02]: get that going

[00:44:30] [SPEAKER_02]: with the vendors and working with them

[00:44:32] [SPEAKER_02]: to get them set up as

[00:44:34] [SPEAKER_02]: a sponsor and with the booth and

[00:44:36] [SPEAKER_02]: everything else that's involved. So

[00:44:38] [SPEAKER_02]: thanks again everybody. This

[00:44:40] [SPEAKER_02]: is it for this but you're getting

[00:44:42] [SPEAKER_02]: a double dose of the podcast on this

[00:44:44] [SPEAKER_02]: holiday weekend because I'll be putting out

[00:44:46] [SPEAKER_02]: a solo episode on

[00:44:48] [SPEAKER_02]: Monday but

[00:44:50] [SPEAKER_02]: it won't just be me. There's somebody

[00:44:52] [SPEAKER_02]: that recorded something and sent it to me

[00:44:54] [SPEAKER_02]: to include in

[00:44:56] [SPEAKER_02]: the episode on Monday so

[00:44:58] [SPEAKER_02]: we'll have to see who it is.

[00:45:00] [SPEAKER_02]: So anyway, thanks again for tuning in. Hope

[00:45:02] [SPEAKER_02]: you all have a wonderful

[00:45:04] [SPEAKER_02]: rest of your holiday weekend.

[00:45:07] [SPEAKER_02]: Much Subi love,

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