Best Night Ever...

August 10th, 2012. psychology was invited to take part in Tea With The Queen; Oakley's end of Olympics celebration with Oakley athletes, staff, friends, VIPs, etc. Invite only.



Music was provided by The Faders, Wally Lopez and your boy blue, aka psychology. The Faders warmed up the crowd along with psychology in the main room, setting up the night for Wally Lopez; which was cool. People starting to dance and have fun.. Wally Lopez then took over for the fist pumpers and did his thing in the main room.

Meanwhile, psychology gathered his things and headed to the side room, where the air was thick and for some reason so was the crowd. The theme of the room was all things UK, so psychology felt it was necessary to start off his 2nd set in the same fashion.. Cue the record needle onto Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.





From the moment Freddie Mercury's voice echoed through the sweatbox of a hall; the crowd followed psychology on one sweaty audio journey. Yelling, dancing, sweating to every song he dropped. Olympic Medals were being flashed everywhere you turned! A rowing silver medal even ended up around the neck of psychology during his set..





For 2 hours, psychology & everyone in attendance did not stop partying and celebrating the end of their Olympic journeys.



No words can describe the energy in that room.

I don't say this often but... you had to be there!


psychology was able to catch some highlights of that night for your listening pleasure. Listen, enjoy and see you in Rio...

Thank you to Oakley, Supajam, Pioneer DJ, and everyone who attended Tea With The Queen.

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St Patrick's Day Frogskin

The homies over at Oakley released this super duper rare edition frogskin to celebrate St Patrick's Day, today (March 17th). The frame is clear green with gold iridium lenses and features a 3:17 hit on the left arm.

Atmos x Oakley Capsule Collection

Currently, there may be more important news coming out of Japan. While our thoughts & prayers are with everyone in Japan and the other areas that have been affected by the recent natural disaster, we will try and stay focused..

Atmos linked up with my homie, Brian Takumi at Oakley and put together adope collection consisting of a frogskin & jawbone.



The Jawbone, features a black and white speckled frame with a glow-in-the-dark jaw. 2 sets of lenses are included (Black iridium & clear)


The Froskin is a black frame with a splatter rpint, with clear lenses.



In this video, Oakley's Brian Takumi , Creative Director of Special Projects, speaks on Oakley; growing up in LA and the small "big company" mentality at Oakley

Oakley Frogskins: Acid Rain Collection

As mentioned in January, this spring, Oakley will release the Acid Rain frogskin collection. Well, spring is just around the corner and the acid rain collection is on its way to stores as we speak..

Which ones will you be sporting this spring?

The History of Oakley by Defgrip

And you thought Oakley was only about sun glasses..

Oakley Frogskins: Acid Rain Collection

This year, instead of releasing a single frogskin every few months, Oakley will release there oh so popular frogskin in collections.

This spring, Oakley will drop the Acid Rain collection. This collection consists of various colors of the frogskin on a translucent frame.












The first collection was the smog collection, which is hitting stores now.

Marine Fade Frogskins

The latest frogskin from Oakley is now available at select Oakley dealers. Dope colorway...

Koston x Oakley Round 2

For the 2nd year in a row, Oakley teams up with skateboard legend Eric Koston for the second edition of the Koston Frogskin.



This year the woodgrain finsih is traded in for a gold to clear fade, which has been seen on the past few frogskin releases.



Look for these in select Oakley retail outlets in the fall.

STPL x Oakley

Oakley teamed up with the legendary Jeff Staple for his vision of Oakley during the past 35 years. The result was 6 distinct pieces, each reflecting a sport and how Oakley changed the game in each of those sports.

First up is the eyeshade. This piece is Jeff's tribute to tennis.



First released in 1984, the eyeshade is the first pair of glasses made by Oakley.



The entire frame is tennis ball fuzz which is electro-statically adhered to the plastic.



150 pcs made for the whole world—top-tier Oakley accounts only



Next up is the revolutionary Radar. Released in 2007, the radar is still a key piece for athletes in various sports including golf (as seen here with Jeff's tribute), cycling, and many other traditional sports.

Golf inspired all over graphic design and colors. The graphic is a hydrographic film print.





Yellow lens provides high contrast that increases visual acuity in extremely flat to low light conditions



The Radar will be available in most Oakley flagship stores.



2 more pieces will drop in August; and the final 2 in September. If you are in NYC, you can get a sneak peek at the entire collection at the Oakley x STPL launch event taking place at Reed Space. Just Blaze will be spinning tunes.

For more info on the Oakley x STPL project, check out the microsite.

Oakley Safehouse at Vancouver 2010 Olympics

A few months ago, I had the honor of being part of the Olympics in various responsibilities. One of those responsibilities was helping out at the Oakley Safehouse.

The Oakley Safehouse is a "secret" location that Oakley acquires at each olympics for their athlete to escape from the media & chaos of the Olympic experience.

WRG magazine got an exclusive peek of the safehouse.



I was sooo tired, and tripping over my words, but you get the point..

Original Fake x Livestrong x Oakley

Oakley has been pulling off a few dop collabs with their frogskin model. This one may be at the top of that list..

Oakley made 25 pairs for the Original Fake shop in Tokyo & 10 for Lance's bike shop.

The XX's in Livestrong yellow are Hella dope.

Oakley Rebels

Oakley Elite Assault Boot

The Elite Assault Boot is part of Oakley's Elite collection.

Time After Time: Oakley Warrant

Oakley's newest time piece is shipping to stores as we speak. The Warrant is Swiss Made, Quartz Movement, three hand analog watch that redefines the company's motto of Art Wrapped In Science.
Retailing between $850 to %950, The Warrant has quickly become my new favorite Oakley watch.






The Warrant has a nice fit on the wrist. Not the lightest of watches, The warrant will help in strentghening those all important wrist muscles.. Thankfully I have no problem with heavy watches.