“Floppers” is the first clip from Deby and Sons, a brand founded by Preston Harper. Edit by Preston Harper with additional filming by Gabe Kehoe, Sam Corkery, Kevin Willrick, Eric Danescu, Keaton Rogers, Dorian Warneck, and Forest Bailey.
What’s up Preston? When and why did you start this brand?
I started the brand around spring of 2019. I’ve just always wanted to start something fun with my friends. Anytime I’ve traveled, I’ve always brought some sort of dad cam along and at the end of each year I’ll typically end up with a bunch of great footage of all my best friends and then I’ll make a little video, maybe a shirt and some stickers to go along with it. I really enjoy doing it and have always had this idea of doing something on a slightly larger scale. I also wanted to somehow do it in honor of my mom Deby who past away from cancer almost 10 year ago. So now I’m trying to raise a little money to give to cancer research in her honor.
Where does some of the inspiration for imagery used for the brand come from?
The whole company is kind of based off of things my mom was into. Bunny rabbits, flowers, exercising, wine, vegetables, exercise balls, swimming, wicker furniture, all of the imagery is based off of things that she was into. It may seem a little random but I assure you there is a meaning behind everything I’ve made so far. Anyway, it’s just a fun way to be creative and have fun with my best friends, all while being for a good cause.
Who all is involved with it?
Right now the team is Alex Kehoe, Max Wheeler, John O’Neal, Pat Franklin, Myles Laurion, and yeah, I put my self on the team haha. I also have so many friends that are amazing artists, so I’ve been trying to get them involved as well. I’d love to continue having a guest artist design for each release we do. So far I’ve been working on designs with Ross Morrell, Katie Beasley, Michael Worful, and Todd Bratrud. Hopefully many more to come!
What kinds of plans do you have for Deby coming up?
We’ve all been filming a bunch so my goal is to try and put out a full length video by the end of the summer! Hopefully keep pushing out more clothes and whatnot. Hopefully try and get a little trip together with everybody. Basically just continue doing what we’ve always done but with all my favorite skaters!
20% of all profits from sales made on https://www.debyandsons.com/ goes towards cancer research.
