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Did Gnarhunters Ruin Thomas Campbell’s Career, Or Make It?

“I made art, movies, I produced music, and this one fuckin’ whatever thing defined me!”

cinema // Jul 24, 2018
Words by stab
Reading Time: < 1 minute

Y’all know Thomas Campbell, right?

One of the Beautiful Losers? 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JyRAHKTy6hI

 Morrissey haircut? Top-10 all time skate photog and filmer—shot Supreme’s remarkable A Love Supreme

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0IFBrv1zSac

Practically manifested Alex Knost? Ushered in surfing’s New Age of alternative design at the turn of the 20th Century with The Seedling, Sprout, and The Present? Countless sell out solo gallery shows over the last quarter century? 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/HosU-Kcvk3I

You know, Thomas Campbell!

Well, hit play on “Behind The Towel” above, for the totally super true story of the towel collaboration with Gnarhunters, the scrappiest “lifestyle” brand in the biz, which ultimately define Thomas’ career and now hangs over all his previous creative efforts (and scroll south for a look at the handsome collection Thomas and Gnarhunters Elissa Steamer came up with). 

 

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