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The day has finally come, Brayden has officially quit the Lakers. Today, he goes into what his tenure filming for the Lakers was like, and why he ultimately decided to leave his dream job.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer

1:13 - Dream Client Accelerator

3:26 - One Handed Crack

4:07 - Brayden Quit the Lakers

5:13 - What this means for Lebron’s Legacy

6:55 - Would Brayden do it again?

8:15 - What Advice Brayden would give himself five years ago

11:30 - What Brayden learned about how to run a company from the Lakers

14:24 - Where Brayden found his fit with the Lakers

16:44 - Artlist

17:41 - What Brayden learned from LeBron

21:58 - Brayden’s favorite moments

26:00 - The night LeBron broke the scoring record

27:59 - Flying with the team

29:14 - Staying at the nicest hotels

29:47 - Being in the elevator with Lebron, Melo, Russ, and AD

31:48 - Our NYC trip

32:55 - Anticipating moments during the game

36:01 - Advice to young sports filmmakers

39:27 - If you are going to shoot sports, you have to LOVE it

43:20 - How to take your sports filmmaking to the next level

52:15 - Why Brayden decided to quit

58:23 - Taking the pod to the moon

1:00:26 - Prioritize yourself

1:04:11 - What brayden needed to do before he quit

1:06:05 - Invest in yourself

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What's up Rock Nation, today we welcome the legendary MTVJesse. Jesse is well-known for his time with NELK and building the empire of FULL SEND merch. After seven years of partying and pranking people for a living, Jesse decided to walk away from the company he build from the company he build from the ground up. We talked to Jesse's about his new venture's, Sunday and Bloody Sunday, and what life has been like post NELK.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer

1:15 - Intro

3:05 - One Handed Crack

4:18 - Jesse talks his new warehouse studio

5:14 - Choosing a specific green for Sunday

6:43 - What Jesse learned from NELK’s marketing

8:33 - When the idea for Sunday started

10:24 - Jesse was playing a character for seven years

12:28 - Creating the Sh*thole series

14:12 - Creating content for the audience vs. for yourself

16:10 - How the Sunday team works together

17:08 - Sunday vs. Bloody Sunday explained

19:59 - What brands mess up with marketing

21:52 - What motivates Jesse now

24:26 - Why Jesse makes such high quality clothing

25:47 - Why Drop Style marketing works with clothing

28:05 - When 10 Minutes determines the whole brands success

29:10 - Terrible fashion trends

31:36 - Creating a brand around a specific pantone color

33:53 - How Jesse measures success

35:07 - What Jesse’s struggled with regarding Sunday

37:04 - Building company culture

39:02 - Cliques are the most dangerous thing for a company

41:29 - Why NELK decided to first make merch

44:47 - Getting recognized in the early days of NELK

45:58 - RONA SEASON

48:28 - How Jesse comes up with the marketing for his brands

50:14 - Selling out Sunday’s first drop

52:27 - The turning point for Jesse and Sunday

53:47 - Biggest boxing upset

55:00 - Turning a first time buyer into a loyal customer

57:36 - Paid ads vs organic content

1:02:41 - Where Jesse draws his inspo

1:03:39 - Jesse’s best flatground trick

1:04:44 - How to reinvent yourself

1:08:36 - Jesse’s Daily Routine

1:14:47 - Why we’re craving in person connection

1:17:21 - Some Kids launching in Zumiez

1:20:48 - Does Jesse worry about burning out

1:21:54 - Advice to your 18 year old self

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What's up Rock Nation! Thank you to everyone that submitted their work. We tried to review as many photos and videos as we could. We hope the feedback helps, and let us know if you'd like for this to be a series we do regularly!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:20 - One Handed crack

1:04 - Brayden’s doing no sugar

1:36 - Brayden tore his ACL

3:11 - New Canon C400

4:43 - Reviewing work intro

5:46 - Rock 1

7:54 - Rock 2

10:21 - Rock 3

11:09 - Artlist

12:31 - Rock 3

13:12 - Rock 4

17:04 - Rock 5

18:26 - Rock 6

22:11 - Rock 7

23:06 - Rock 8

25:14 - Rock 9

27:14 - Rock 10

30:08 - Rock 11

32:41 - Rock 12

34:31 - Rock 13

36:48 - Rock 14

38:55 - Rock 15

42:48 - Rock 16

44:40 - Rock 17

46:34 - Rock 18

49:28 - Rock 19

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of The 505 Podcast!

Today we wanted to shoutout our favorite creators. These are people we are extremely inspired by and some are the reason for why we are doing what we do today.

Creators Mentioned:

Christian Guzman

Sam Kolder

Karl Shakur

Nathaniel Drew

Casey Neistat

Van Neistat

Aaron Brimhall

Tim Kellner

Dan Mase

Evan Larsen

Colin & Samir

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of The 505 Podcast!

We get a ton of messages from you guys, asking us how you can do what we do. And while you don't need to live in LA to make it as a creator, we know a lot of you guys would like to do so. Today we weigh in and give you our advice and some tips if you'd like to move to a big city, and make it as a creator.

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of "The 505 Podcast." This week we bring on Kyle Houck, a photographer and video director who is based in Los Angeles. Kyle''s style is very unique and it can be seen across of the different aspects of his work.

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of the 505 Podcast! Today marks a special day, because we made it to episode 20! And you already know we had to come with a BANGER guest for our 20th episode.

Danilo Lewis is one of music's best photographers. Having shot acts such as The Chainsmokers, Justin Bieber, Drake, Zedd, and Steve Aoki just to name a few, Danilo is a veteran in the game. We got to talk about making the move out to LA from DC, what it's like being on a world tour, and learning the ins and outs of this industry. Danilo dropped some serious gems this episode, so sit back and enjoy.

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of the 505 Podcast! The boys are finally back together and we catch up on what we've been up to the last few weeks - Kostas sending wrong links to clients, Brayden going on vacation with James bond, and Chase films Tiger Woods. To finish, we share our takeaways from the new Kanye documentary "Jeen-Yuhs".

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of the 505 Podcast! Today we have a very special guest, his name is Henry Ammann. Henry is one of Brayden’s good friends from school and this conversation dives back in time to how Henry got started shooting photography at the University of Oregon.

Henry has created for some of the most prestigious artists of our generation: Zhu, Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X, and Bazzi to name a few. His style is unique and bold. Every photo is so distinct and he embodies everything in means to be a creative. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Henry. Please share a screenshot of the pod if you enjoyed this episode and we’ll see you all back next week!

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of The 505 Podcast!

Today, we have a special guest on the pod, Evan Tanaka. Evan is an incredible photographer and videographer, who has really found his niche within the product photography space. We talk about how Evan picked up a camera for the first time at 25, out of necessity and not curiosity. We also go into what it was like being laid off from his full-time job because of the pandemic, and why it was actually the best thing to happen to him. There are so many amazing nuggets of information in this episode, so please sit back and enjoy another episode of The 505 Pod!

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