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| Distro ANGELS we think you'll dig... |
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Chad Nikolz is the founder of Universal Distro. He's an artist, athlete, and bizman. These days, he spends most of his time working on his various creative projects, which include the sunglass biz Gin Optics, the clothing brand NikApparel, and the musical stylings of Mister Nik.
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| Q If you received one million dollars today, no questions asked, how would you spend it? |
| A Hmmmm, a million bucks aint really all that much money these days. I mean, it's a lot more than I've currently got access to. But, you couldn't necessarily JUST hang it up, and retire with a million in the pocket. So, I'd probably invest it into my various projects. Y'know, do a new Gin Optics sunglass collection, upgrade my musical setup, do a full collection of NikApparel clothing... Basically, a fancier version of what I'm already up to. |
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| Q What's the most embarrassing thing that happened to you as a kiddo in school? |
| A Once, when I was kinda sick, but not sick enough that my mom let me stay home, I farted during class, and poop came out. Ewwwwww. Everyone could smell it. And it didn't stink like a fart, it stunk like Poo. Gawd, just thinking about it makes me cringe. |
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| Q It's the presidential elections and oddly enough it's a 3 way battle between Oprah Winfrey, Rush Limbaugh, and Howard Stern. Who do you vote for, and why? |
| A Interesting. I suppose I'd go with Oprah. She'd hold things down proper. You know she'd bring the $2 bill back... just so she could put her picture on it. Though Howard Stern would most likely be the most entertaining. If he was prez, I'd NEVER EVER miss a State of the Union address. It'd be the first time terrorism and porn star titties shared a headline. |
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| Q You're on a desert island. What would you prefer: A) The company of only one person, 24 hours a day forever? Or B) Just you, 24 hours a day, forever? |
| A Y'know, I was actually asked a similar question awhile back, and I chose "B," with no hesitation. But, over the past year I've spent A LOT of time by myself, doing my thang. And as much as I love myself, I'd go insane with nothing but me, me, and more me. I don't got everything I need to truly be happy and balanced... Echhhh. Next question, please. |
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| Q In five years, what would you like your business card to say? |
| A I recently quit carrying business cards. And it feels GREEEEAT (Tony the Tiger). I hate TRYING to pass em out. Plus, I'm having a hard time putting my entire work identity into one box, or in this case, on a little piece of paper. So in five years, my biz card will say nothing. White Album style. |
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| Q You glance at your clock, it's 3AM. Is it three in the MORNING, or three at NIGHT? |
| A Heh. It's three at NIGHT. A new day doesn't begin til I wake up, take a shower, and drink a cup of coffee. I like the idea of mornings... But I LOVE the reality of nights. Whether I'm dancing, working, or otherwise,10PM til 2AM is when I'm most able to tap into The Magic. |
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| Q You just found out that you've only got one year to live. What do you do with your time? |
| A Yowza. I actually think about a similar scenario a bit too often, and I always get stuck on whether I even let people know or not... I suppose I'd stop most my biz stuff, just make a collection of really cool tshirts that try to visually explain my worldly experience, record an album that tells a similar story through sound, then throw a party and give the tshirts and album to all my fave people. I'd try to say, "Thank you," and "I love you" as much as possible. |
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| Q If you were to pass on one piece of advice to the next generation, what would it be? |
| A Start riding your bike everywhere. ASAP. |
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| Q Desert island question #2. You're by yourself (apparently you chose option "B"), and have an endless supply of one song, one food, and one TV show. What are they? |
| A The song would be the final track from Miles Davis' classic album Kind of Blue, "Flamenco Sketches." Ohhhh, man. I LOVE that song. Straight gorgeousness. The food would be Phad Thai, and the TV show would be "The Wire." Especially if by "endless supply" you mean there would be NEW EPISODES! |
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| Pre shoot, Chad Nikolz breaks it down for our two models, Sam Johnson and Chelsea LeNae. "So, uh... today is our BIG TIME photo shoot thing." says Chad, "It's gonna be high pressure stuff. You're gonna need to really focus... ON BEING HOT! But really, the good news is that you don't really need to be worried about posing. Because, we're gonna be shooting the WHOLE stinkin' time. I mean, even right now, the photographer might be pulling THE trigger on THE photo that ends up on THE website permanently. We aint messing around here." |
| Photo: Riain Callahan |
| Models: Sam Johnson, Chelsea LeNae, and Chad Nikolz |
| Product: NikApparel Sprouted tshirt |
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| Chad Nikolz gives our photographer a quick tour of his bike. Gesturing towards the back, he says, "See this area back here? This is where the MOTOR is supposed to be." |
| Photo: Robert Strauss |
| Model: Chad Nikolz |
| Product: Gin Optics Wraptor sunglasses |
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| Apparently, when the photographer asked Chad to, "Please stop trying to flirt." Chad misunderstood, and thought she asked him to, "Please stop wearing your shirt." |
| Photo: Riain Callahan |
| Model: Chad Nikolz |
| Product: Gin Optics Wraptor sunglasses |
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Rock climbing phenom Isaac Palatt is one of the few human beings that make Chad Nikolz look soft, and out of shape.
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| Photo: Byron Go |
| Models: Isaac Palatt, and Chad Nikolz |
| Product: Gin Optics StunnGunner sunglasses |
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| Chad Nikolz squints at the destination designated for the photo-shoot. Moments later, he began to make photo shoot recommendations. Moments after that, Riain Callahan (the photographer) politely asked him to, "please be quiet and go grab my water. Stat." |
| Photo: Riain Callahan |
| Model: Chad Nikolz |
| Product: Gin Optics StunnGunner sunglasses |
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On the starting line, Chad Nikolz re-sets his bike computer.
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| Model: Chad Nikolz |
| Product: Gin Optics Wraptor sunglasses |
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Chad looks kinda confused as Brittany explains the technology of an iPhone. “Okay. f you hold it out here, and press this button there... a couple of times in a row... everyone will TOTALLY think you know what you’re doing.”
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| Photo: The Danimal |
| Models: Chad Nikolz, and Brittany Matter |
| Product: NikApparel The Mark tshirt |
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Model Chad Nikolz and photographer do their best to satisfy their photo shoot instructions to "Capture the essence of the urban environment." I think they mistook the instructions for, "Capture the essence of dealing crack." In a pair of Gin O StunnGunners, Chad looks like he's trying to audition for The Wire.
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| Model: Chad Nikolz |
| Product: Gin Optics StunnGunner sunglasses |
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| Distro PRODUCTS we think you'll dig... |
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| Box |
| 24 energy gel packets |
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| Case |
| 96 energy gel packets |
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