Alternate Angles: Josh Welch Kickflips Into the Film Industry

Alternate Angles: Josh Welch Kickflips Into the Film Industry

Skateboarding was a way of life for Josh Welch. From Thomaston to Stockbridge to McDonough, he shredded his way through Georgia. One trick at a time. “My grandmother got me a skateboard when I was five,” Welch says. “I liked it and ended up making friends that were...
Deconstruction: Tractor Tinting With Brandon ‘Hoss’ Evans

Deconstruction: Tractor Tinting With Brandon ‘Hoss’ Evans

Brandon ‘Hoss’ Evans, owner of Xtreme Shades in Smithfield, N.C., wasted no time securing work for his newly-founded business in 2019. A commercial development, grading and soil stabilization company based in the Angier, N.C., area kept him plenty busy. A contracted...
Shorts, Sandals, and Self-Made Success: Chris DeLuca’s Story

Shorts, Sandals, and Self-Made Success: Chris DeLuca’s Story

“I started working in the window film industry at the age of 11,” Chris DeLuca shares. “It was a family-owned business in Canton, Ga., called The Old Pros. My uncle Mike started it in the early 1970s. That’s how I got my feet in the door. My parents never gave me an...