I feel like this is worth documenting, if only for posterity’s sake. On Crailtap today, Lakai’s Kelly Bird tells the story behind the name of the shoe company that just might change its name to “Yeah, that’s right, we’re the guys that put out ‘Fully Flared’.” In Bird’s words:
There was this dude that used to frequent Frisco raves back in the day. He was always sipping Hawaiian Punch/ OE straight out the bottle and stealing the hats and/or sunglasses of all the girls around him, being all cute with them and shit. Somehow– as puzzling as it was– it always worked for him. The dude’s name was Malakai, and Lakai is a tribute to him.
