The Boathouse Collective, home to the Boatco Talk Show is hosting influential speakers providing real life lessons, valuable insight, and networking opportunities for students and knowledge seekers alike. The Boatco Talk Show is hosting speaker/entrepreneur/designer, Jeff “YOKI” Yokoyama, well-known across Orange County for founding or developing iconic brands such as: Maui & Sons, Yokishop, Stussy, Pirate Surf, Generic Youth, Modern Amusement, Mucho Aloha, + more.
Admission is $15 and discounted to $10 with a student ID.
WHAT:
Join Boat Co. Talk Show Host Derek Sabori in a candid and personal deep dive discussion with legendary designer and entrepreneur, Jeff “Yoki” Yokoyama.
About The Boat Co. Talk Show: The BCTS is a monthly exploration of the diverse, creative and entrepreneurial talent that resides right here in our backyard. The show’s goal is to contribute to a better world, starting with our own community, by inspiring future leaders with stories of positivity, perseverance, and hard work. It’s an hour that will entertain, uplift, challenge convention, provoke thought, and stir emotions.
With a focus on the personal journey, host Derek Sabori takes a living-room-chat approach to get the stories that matter, and to draw out the insights that can help professionals and students of all ages as they craft their own career, and personal life, trajectories.
WHO:
About Yoki: At the age of 24 Yoki started a little brand called Maui & Sons. Since then, he’s founded other brands you may have heard of as well. Yoki has worked with some of the biggest names in the California design scene and beyond and for the last 40 years has been immersed in design, youth culture, and the orange county lifestyle. A design legend, Yoki is an inspiration to many designers and influencers across the globe. When he’s not surfing, you can find him most every day at his humble, and avant-garde concept store Yoki Shop, located on PCH in Newport Beach.
HOST:
About Derek: For nearly 20 years, and in multiple roles, Derek was a part of the team at the action sports leader Volcom, ending his career there as the VP of Global Sustainability. He’s the founder of a Sustainability Resource Guide called The Underswell, and is the Co-Founder of the Men’s brand Kozm. Derek’s an instructor at Orange Coast College, and works tirelessly to push sustainability and better business into the core of influential brands and companies. @theunderswell @derekasabori
WHERE:
Boathouse Collective
1640 Pomona Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
