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Ben
The cop came up like, get out of the car.
CJ
I was like, dude, speaking of people getting mad, what about heydays?
Ken
We're trying to like throw our own event within this other event.
Ryan
Yeah.
Ken
Doesn't really make sense. I don't think us as humans were meant to watch crusty even worse HD videos of this stuff happening.
Ben
He is like the definition of the kid that your parents don't want you to ride with.
CJ
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello. Here we go.
Ben
Whoa.
CJ
Turn it down some. Turn it down some. I don't want to go deaf.
Ken
I don't think you have to worry about your podcast headphones making you deaf.
CJ
Yeah, I think you got a lot.
Ben
Bigger problems than that you got to worry about.
Ryan
Maybe like that raptor. Dude, that thing's freaking.
CJ
Screaming is loud.
Ben
I know.
CJ
I don't sound like I'm angry when I'm driving. Driving that thing.
Ryan
It actually does.
Ben
It reminds me of Ryan when he had his trx, but I was. Every time he went anywhere. Oh, Ryan's pissed.
Evan
Well, that's just Ryan driving any car ever.
Ryan
I just drive fast. I accelerate fast.
Ben
I actually have a story about that. But ever since Ryan got his electric vehicle, it's hard to know what the. What the mood is when he's coming into the driveway. I mean, when you. When he pulled in. When he pulled in in his trx, you knew what you were getting. When he walked through that door, your ass puckered. Oh, right. Cj, you better keep your mouth shut.
Ken
Now we only know when you're really.
Ryan
If I'm squealing tires.
Ben
Tires.
CJ
Oh, but he's coming in Hummer squats, though. Like, it's borderline wheeling.
Evan
Even when you were b. Like, borrowing my Bronco last winter, you.
Ryan
Just one time I. I cold start there. Well, it was at.
Ben
I remember that. Yeah. Ken lets Ryan drive his Bronco, and then he just rips out of there. And Ken goes, oh, what? So we just beating on each other's cars now?
Ryan
You can take the Hummer for a rip if you want.
Ben
Yeah. So I was out on the lake the other night. Beautiful evening, not a lick of wind. The whole. It's like when you're out there, and the lake that I live on is like 20 miles from the shop. It was so quiet out that I could hear Ryan coming from, like, 15 miles away. Really? In his Corvette? Hell, yeah. But I was like, oh, wow, There's.
Ryan
Someone's ripping.
Ben
There's a car. And at first I thought it was a Ferrari, honestly, because it doesn't sound like your classic Corvette. And I could hear it coming, like, closer and closer and closer. Like, keep in mind, this is like a 15 minute ordeal. And then finally I hear it just rip by Me and Me and Ryan live on the same lake, so I hear it, like, come ripping down. I'm like, oh, he's getting after it now. And then that's. That's when I started figuring out, because then I heard, like, the downshifts, like, turning into his driveway.
Ryan
You knew exactly where I was on my driveway.
Ben
I knew exactly where you were. And then I heard you grab, like, third gear just going up your driveway. Like, oh, I don't know about that.
Ryan
But, I mean, I was like, oh.
Ben
Man, this dude's really trying to get home.
Ryan
And that one, to be clear, wasn't because of a bad mood. It was because of a good mood. I just was driving. I was like damn, dude, this car sounds so good. And I just was ripping.
CJ
Your Corvette sounds better than the Z6 that we're giving away. And not that the Z6 that we're giving away sounds bad. It's just the fact that your Corvette has been ripped on so hard that you've blown out the exhaust. I think. I think it was significantly louder.
Ryan
I think I was. When I was shooting all those flames and I have the video of it and it would. It was shooting like little particles out. So I think I just burned out all that.
Ben
I think you did.
CJ
And you burned out the baffling and you were shooting flames because you were bouncing it off the. The rev limiter which I mean ours clearly has been probably driven by like a 60 year old man before we got it. Cuz it sound a giveaway. The exhaust is fresh, but I don't know, I. Whenever Ryan starts his I'm like, why the this one not sound. It's the same exact car. So we'll maybe have to get an exhaust for it. I don't know if we'll necessarily bounce it off the chip to blow the.
Ben
No. Yeah.
Ken
But C.J. is referring to one of the three Corvettes we're giving away. If you haven't heard by now, we have a C6, C7, C8, Z06 giveaway going right now. And I'm so excited to see the response from the fans. Internally. The excitement was huge.
Ryan
Huge.
CJ
Yeah.
Ken
Like we were just. I mean, it's Corvettes, guys.
CJ
Yeah. And I mean we just grew. We grew up like the Corvette was the pinnacle. Like, we didn't necessarily think like, oh, Lamborghini or. Yeah, we weren't looking at cars like that. We just were looking at Corvettes and the Z06, specifically the C6.06. I mean that's the best car you could have. Yeah, that's the fastest. Like, you know, there's lots of love.
Ken
Around that one still.
CJ
Oh, dude. And it's just fun to get back in them and drive them, you know. Like the C8 is an amazing car, but you hop in the C7 or the C6 and you're shifting and it sounds like a typical Corvette. The C8 doesn't sound like a typical Corvette. It sounds like a supercar. They're just, they're awesome. And I thought it was cool because Evan, who is very hard to impress and very, very rarely has a lot of good things to say about something.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
He drove the C6 and loved it and loved it.
Ken
I've never heard him say like he looks at the C7 which how could you not? He's like, man, what a good looking car.
Ben
I'm like, I know we've had like.
CJ
The fact that I've never heard him say that before.
Ryan
Hurricanes. Everything under the sun around here.
Ken
You like that?
Ryan
That one just hit. I mean it does. It looks insane still to this day. I mean it is a generation old and it is still so good.
CJ
Yeah. And the thing that I'm loving about this giveaway though is there's gonna be more winners than one. You know, like you can give away dope ass Lamborghini or you can do these three Corvettes. Obviously the C8 costs the most and then it goes down as you go to the C7 to C6. But it gives us the opportunity to have three winners. And I mean three people are gonna have a life changing moment. And I don't know, getting your first.
Ryan
Corvette is life changing by the way.
Ben
Yeah, we are Corvette guys. I've had a Corvette. Ryan has a Corvette.
Ken
And the black C6, I don't think Jake's was a Z06, but it has the same wheels and it's, it's black. Jake got a Corvette way back when he was 16. He acquired one and those were crazy times.
CJ
Yeah, it wasn't a Z06. It was like a higher mileage C6 but it was black and it looked very similar and it had an exhaust on it. And I'm not kidding you, we drove so fast. Like I don't. It is such a bad idea to give a 16 year old a super fast car. But especially a 16 year old like Jake Sherbert.
Ryan
16 year old.
CJ
Amazing that we are still okay. Like it wasn't even a thought. Like oh yeah, if we crash at 165 it's going to be a bad day. Like he just didn't even really think about it.
Ben
Yeah, it was a miracle.
CJ
We were just have. This is so awesome. You're just like hoping he'll, he'll push the pedal a little bit harder into the floor to see if we can touch 170.
Ben
I mean he, he is like the definition of the kid that your parents don't want you to ride with.
CJ
Yeah, yeah. I remember when he got his Mustang even and this is when we were older and we had the YouTube channel and I was in Florida with my fiance now, but my girlfriend at the time's dad and like he had some friends that were there that are also live there in the winter but live around here and they were like Talking about Jake's Mustang. And, like, the one dude was just like, that car is way too fast for a kid like that to have Mustang.
Ben
Like, kind of like.
CJ
Yeah, kind of mad like that.
Ben
Just.
CJ
That's. He. He's gonna hurt somebody.
Ryan
Can we watch this video of my vet shooting flames?
CJ
Yes, please.
Ben
Yeah, this. This is.
CJ
Yeah, this is stock the way.
Ben
But the way.
Ryan
Stock.
Ken
Oh, my gosh.
CJ
Dude.
Ken
The way. It's not like a blowing flamethrower. That is crazy.
Ben
Yeah.
Ken
Yeah. Like, when CJ's GTR shooting flames, it's different.
Ben
It just is just pop.
CJ
And basically have a monster.
Ben
Yeah, dude.
Ken
It's a blowtorch.
Ben
Let's film this this week. Because you were just. You were just like, iPhone, or would you have a GoPro?
Ryan
That's a GoPro.
Ben
Or even filming this for.
Ryan
I just knew. I saw online that it would do it, and people were shooting, like, little baby flames. And basically what you have to do for the winner of the C8 Corvette in the future, you just downshift a bunch and just run your engine wicked hot. So much cooling that it'll, like, keep up with it.
Ben
But you basically drive around at 60 miles per hour in first gear.
Ryan
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you basically drive around at like 7,500, 8,000 rpm until everything is just glowing red hot. And then you just floor it and then just run the gears.
Ben
I. I think you figured it out.
Ryan
Yeah.
Ben
You really figured it out. It is pretty scientific. Yeah. We gotta go and do that with your car.
CJ
Yeah, it's. It's crazy.
Ben
We got an exhaust coming for the giveaway C8, so it's gonna sound insane.
Ryan
I'm excited for that.
Ben
The guys at Valvetronic, I was like, which one do you recommend? And he was like, not even a question. Put this one on it. I'm sending it to you right now. Not even giving you the option. It sounds insane.
Ryan
Oh, I'm excited for that.
Ben
He's like, it sounds like an F1 car. Like, it is so crazy.
Ken
It's gonna sound so good because you have stock exhaust now. Ryan's gonna.
Ben
You know, he's gonna want self modified, though.
Ken
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ben
So, yeah, maybe we'll put that on and then go RIP Ryan's Corvette around.
Ryan
Yeah, man, Corvettes. I'm just happy everybody's come around to the Corvette life, dude.
Ben
I don't know if anyone has had to. Yeah. Like, everyone's been like, they're sick.
Evan
I did kind of think they were an old man car. And then when I was Driving the one back from Red River, I kind of came around to him. I, I was thinking about it.
CJ
I've always thought they're an old man car, but I've always thought they were an amazing performance vehicle.
Ben
Well, they're only old man car if you leave them stock and you don't make them cool. Like the red C7 is so sick. All it needs is just to be lowered. Yeah. And it's not an old man car because it's not like it's super comfortable to drive around, but it looks 10 times better. So like, yeah, they are old man if you leave them stock on chrome wheels.
Ryan
But if you old man.
CJ
I don't, I don't know if it's necessarily the looks. I think it's just generally the drivers are old men that are wearing jean shorts. That 60 got white hair. Cuz it's just kind of like a vehicle that most of these guys buy. They got their Corvette, they retire. Like that's their, their weekend car, you know, Perfect.
Ryan
Take the old lady out in it.
CJ
But it's an amazing, amazing performance vehicle. And for dollar cost to performance that you're getting unbeatable. There's nothing, nothing even touching it.
Ken
Dude. When, when I was younger, my dad would always. Because my dad, Viper guy, he would always tell this dumb joke. Then he's like, I've probably told it before, but he's like, you know what the difference between a Corvette and a porcupine? And I was like, no. And then he's like, the porcupine. The pricks are on the outside. And I was like, you really think they're all pricks? And then he's just like, yeah, like, all right. Obviously times have changed and there's some.
Ryan
Of them still are, I'm sure.
Ken
Weirdly enough, I found a new love for Corvettes and Corvette drivers and the experience because the Viper is similar in that aspect. Now I respect the rear wheel drive.
Ben
Yeah.
Ken
The culture, the rear wheel drive. I don't know the supercar life without being in a Lamborghini or a gtr. So I mean, in another world I'd own a Corvette. Corvettes are the best kind of.
Ryan
On the topic of speeding and driving fast, which I definitely did not do on any public roads. Did you see that? Minnesota got one of those like, you know, normally in a police chase, the only way to stop them is need for speed style roadblocks, spike strips, or you do like a pit maneuver and you spin someone out. But it's obviously dangerous if there's other people around. So it makes stopping cars harder. So they created, like, this net thing that gets sucked up in the wheels.
Ben
I did see that.
Ryan
So Minnesota got one down in the cities.
Ken
And when you say one, is it some sort of insane contraption?
Ryan
I shouldn't say they only got one.
Ken
But they are now using them or plan to use them on their.
CJ
Yes.
Ken
Horses.
Ryan
Yeah, on the. They probably have, like, a pursuit vehicle that's made for stopping it. So anyway, this. This is dash cam of the first time it was used in Minnesota. And it's the most Minnesotan thing ever, dude.
CJ
Saturday afternoon, Egan police pursued this truck and trailer into St. Paul.
Ryan
Listen to what he says.
CJ
Trying a new tactic.
Ryan
Law enforcement.
CJ
Front bumper, the grappler to grab a hold of the fleeing vehicle.
Ben
Dude, that's got to give the. The driver some whiplash on both ends.
CJ
What the frick was this guy thinking he was gonna outrun when the U. Haul trail?
Ryan
Yeah, what the was he doing? Anyway, hold on. We gotta listen to what the officer says.
Ben
Okay.
CJ
This was our first deployment.
Ben
Fish on, fish on, fish on, fish on.
Ryan
Right as he gets bowler, he goes fish on, fish on. How Minnesotan?
Ken
He.
Ryan
He pulls some or stops a pursuit.
Ben
And goes, fish on, fish on, fish on. Hell yeah, dude.
CJ
It's.
Ken
It's literally like wrangling a cow. Like a calf. You know, they throw it out there and got them pull, pull back.
CJ
It's gotta be hard to make work.
Ben
Yeah, it does.
CJ
I feel like it'd be easy to miss.
Ben
So whiplash seems pretty gnarly.
Ken
I mean, in this particular situation, maybe not, but. Yeah, if he didn't have the trailer and he was going way faster.
Ben
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
CJ
It's definitely a different type of collision versus pit maneuvering. Because pit maneuvering, you're. I don't know. It's not quite as much of a whereas. That's just like a.
Ken
As far as being the one being chased or being the officer, I'd rather use that than try to pit maneuver someone. You know, there's the off chance, as the officer of pit maneuvering, that you could get jammed up and flip your car. There's definitely an opportunity while being pit maneuvered to roll your car.
Ryan
Basically, it's known that the Georgia State patrol is the most psycho. Like, they do not stop for anything. They'll pit maneuver you way too fast. Like, they'll wreck your car to stop you. I'll see if we can find some videos, and we'll just pop them up of, like, the most legendary ones. But, yeah, it's, like, known it's like, do not fuck with the Georgia State Police.
CJ
I could see down there in the south, it being a good old boys club.
Evan
There was one a couple of years ago, they wanted to pull some lady over on a bridge. Her story was she was going to wait until she got over the bridge where there was an actual shoulder. And they just pit maneuvered her, like.
Ryan
Right away and they just launched her over the bridge.
Evan
She just, I think she like flipped her car and.
Ben
Holy shit.
Ryan
Yeah, because I think there's.
CJ
You're looking for a safe spot to pull over, you get pit maneuvered.
Ben
That happened to me in the SEMA truck one time. Every single time I drove that thing, I got pulled over, but there was no shoulder, it was just a curb. So it was just like the road, the curb. And then I, you know, got lit up with the lights and I was like, oh, there's a little road up here that I could just pull onto and be off like the main highway. And then the cop came up, like, so hot. They're so hot. Yeah. And like had his hand, like on his little pew pew. And was like, get out of the car. I was like, dude, I was just trying to pull off, off of the road.
Ryan
You're like, I'm just driving a big truck, not a fucking criminal out here.
Ben
Yeah. I was like, oh my God, I hate this thing. Every time I drive it now. This time I almost got frickin lit up.
Ryan
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Ben
Yeah, it was pretty aggressive and I was like, I like came out like, hand, get out of the car. I like, come on my hands up. I'm like, I was just trying to pull over. Not on the highway.
Ken
You actually had to get out of the car. Yeah, I've never had to do that.
Ben
Yeah, he like, get out of the car. Oh my God.
Ryan
The fuck.
Ben
Yeah, it was pretty aggressive. Yeah, that was my, my one time of not having a shoulder to pull off on do. Apparently you're supposed to stop.
CJ
You get pretty like rattled when you get pulled over.
Ben
Well, that one was crazy.
CJ
Obviously, that one, maybe that's what it stems from. But like any time that you've ever been pulled over, you're like rattled after it. Like you're worked up.
Ben
I don't get pulled over every day like you.
CJ
Yeah, yeah, I mean, that's, that's true. Maybe I'm more used to it, but I forget about it by the time I even get to where I'm going. But yeah, yeah, it is funny because you'll, you'll be like worked up, like visibly and noticeably worked up.
Ryan
It's funny because you handle stress well.
CJ
Yeah, you do. But you're. It's almost like you're. And you're kind of scared after. You're like, you, like you were startled by it.
Ben
It's pretty traumatized.
CJ
You're not mad or really, you're maybe mad at, like, if you're driving the SEMA truck, then you're mad. You come back, we need to fucking sell this thing. This thing.
Ken
I'm curious to see, like, how Evan reacts too. I mean, he's a little bit of a tweak when it comes to that stuff. I'm just curious to see what it be like to get pulled over with him.
CJ
He's always relieved when he gets off, but yeah, like, before he would be tweaking.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
Evan drives so proper on the road. He does. He doesn't.
Ben
It's hard to drive anywhere with him because he's like 14 minutes behind if you're going. Yeah. He refuses 20 minutes down the road.
CJ
He won't go one mile over 60.
Ken
He doesn't really speed, you know, he classic five to seven over. But when we were going through Cormont, it's 30 miles an hour through Cormont. Small, small little village. He actually goes 30. And then before I even realized this is when he first started coming around. I'm like, what are you doing?
Ben
Like, what?
Ken
Why are we driving so slow? And he goes, isn't it a 30 year? I'm like, well, I guess.
Ben
But yeah, he's actually a good driver, believe it or not.
Ryan
But did your parents ever use, like, I'm gonna call the police on you if you're being bad and you're a kid.
Ben
No, never.
Ryan
I heard some parent talking about this. They were like, yeah, dude, little kids are scared of the cops. Like, if they're being really bad. And you just go like, we're gonna call the police. That they'll like, pretty good shape right up because they think police are going after, like, straight up monsters, you know, like real bad people.
Ben
I do.
CJ
It's. It's pretty common, I think people to be like, a little bit, like, nervous around them.
Ryan
Yeah.
CJ
Even if you're not doing anything wrong.
Ryan
Yeah.
CJ
I got. We're friends with police officers, cops, state troopers, and the ones I like, we're buddies with. Like, they're just, you know, normal, nice guys. But I think maybe some people feel like you might slip up and they might. They just stick it to you.
Ryan
It's just a casual, like, conversation in the store. And they're like, we got him.
CJ
You took your seatbelt off a little early like, you want to say that.
Evan
Again a little louder?
Ben
Yeah. I was going to show you guys something on Instagram, but it was. It was taken down, so it might have been fake. I don't know if it was, though.
Ryan
It's like the new version of getting RC card.
Ken
Yeah.
Ryan
You got AI, dude.
Ben
It was pretty crazy, though. It was. I don't know why this popped up on my feed, but it was a guy standing there with, like, an older lady and a younger lady and they were both pregnant. And it was like a collab post between three people saying, like, here's our announcement. Like, here's so and so is the father of both of our kids. It was a mother and a daughter.
CJ
That was wild.
Ben
I was like, is this real? This is crazy.
CJ
It's not. There's no way. But it was. I. It got me interested too, because I had to click and, like, see these accounts. And basically what it was, it was just like the streamer. The guy's a streamer. And then the two. The two gals, they're of models. Got it.
Ben
That makes more sense. That makes a lot more sense.
CJ
And they weren't mom, and. And I don't think they're related. I think it's just an older P star and a younger P star that were like, oh, this can be our thing.
Ben
Well, it got my attention.
CJ
Yeah, I got mine too. I had to see it.
Ben
I had to stop scrolling. And I was like, hold up. It was one that it happened, but two that they were, like, celebrating it.
CJ
Could you imagine if it was real?
Ben
So what would it be then? Like, what would. The kids.
CJ
You would be born an uncle already wild. Which, I mean, that happens all the time. But it would be strange because your father would also be your uncle and.
Evan
Your brother would also be your uncle.
Ben
This is hurting my head thinking about.
Evan
Grandma would also be your.
Ryan
Your aunt here.
Ben
Yeah.
Ken
We can make it a little easier. If they had a dog, it'd just be their dog.
CJ
This is some stuff that you'd see on Jerry Springer that honestly, like, that's probably happened before.
Ben
Oh, I'm sure. It's definitely.
CJ
You look it up.
Ryan
Yeah.
CJ
See if you can find somebody like, oh, my gosh. Like these people on Jerry Springer I watched a documentary on. Actually, it was kind of. It was. They did them dirty.
Ben
The Jerry Springer Show.
CJ
Yeah, yeah, they. Yeah, dirty. Like, but these are, like, real people. They would find and they would, like, treat them really good, you know, like, they're middle of America, typically low income, don't really know what's Going on. They would, like, treat them like gold. You know, we're going to give you a very small amount of money. Like maybe like 500 bucks. We're going to fly you out. The limo picks them up all this stuff, and then they get them there and they work them up backstage. Like, you're going to go out there and stick it to them like this, that. And then they got the other person, and then they're all fired up, and then they go out and make a.
Ben
A.
CJ
Basically a fool of themselves. And then after that, it's like, find your way home.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
Like, they would just, like, do them dirty like that.
Ken
That's how I feel. Like, like, rough and rowdy is too.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
Whenever you got, like, bar stool stuff.
Ken
Yeah, dude. They're just fired up to fight. And they're like, they probably pay him 500 bucks and send them on their way.
CJ
Yeah.
Ken
Exploitation at the very.
CJ
They really do. And who knows? Maybe the flip side is, like, they want to go on because they are.
Ryan
Getting paid and maybe get a little fame.
Ben
It's kind of the same thing with, like, a lot of reality TV shows. Like, these people know that it's, like, fake or scripted or that they're just, like, leaning into it, but they don't care.
CJ
It definitely was probably worse back in the 90s. That was, like, the beginning of this era of TV. And it's definitely toned down since then. But I mean, even look at Bhad Bhabie. Like, she made the most out of it.
Ben
Yes, she did.
Evan
I'm assuming this was the guy you found.
CJ
There's no way. Let's see this shit.
Evan
It was proven fake.
Ryan
I was gonna say it was all clickbait based on his iced out Rollie. I don't really think this guy is.
CJ
Well, bro, you're not getting a mom and the daughter pregnant. Not wearing an iced out roll.
Ben
Yeah, I was gonna say you're right. Exactly.
CJ
You think you're getting the mom and the daughter pregnant wearing a watch like Dalton. Just a plain Jane Rolly.
Evan
No, it was all rage bait.
Ben
Okay. Yeah, I guess that makes. That makes sense.
Ken
This does just look like a it, to be honest.
Ben
Dude, these streamers. These streamers are crazy. Have you guys seen, like, what KAI s doing with his mafia Thon Mafia?
Ken
Not. Not of that, but it's.
Ben
Yeah.
Ken
We used to think that YouTubers went above and beyond for the craziest. Now it's.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
I think streaming's the wild west right now. You can get away with a lot more.
Ben
Kai's streaming for I think 30 days straight.
Ryan
Wow.
CJ
30 days too.
Ben
Yep.
CJ
He's on.
Ben
Yes. So it's like these streamers are just going, like, above and beyond. Who can do the gnarlier stuff for longer periods of time without turning the cameras off? Like, you're just straight up rolling for 30 days.
CJ
Yeah.
Ken
I think there's like a little more leeway to it because when it's a YouTube video, I mean, it's planned, it's curated, it's edited, and then you put it out there and that's what you put out. But for streaming, if you're like on day 20 and you do some crazy stuff, like, there's not as much weight to it because it's like, dude, look at all the stuff I did 20 days before this and all the stuff I'm gonna do.
CJ
Yeah, it's almost like it doesn't need. Like it needs to go right, but it also, the bar is lower because it's live and it's like slower paced. But to run a stream like that, you truly have to be an entertainer.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
It's like there is no cut. You have to be on the spot you're going. Which, I mean, our videos are for the most part, that too. But, like, you know, you can cut out any of the boring stuff, which.
Ryan
When the Harley quad breaks nine times, you know.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
Yeah. I am intrigued with the stream. I think it's cool. I've never watched a full stream, like, sat down, but I like watching Steve will do it when he does, like, any of his gambling streams or stuff like that.
Ben
So that's the thing though, is like, clippers, that's like, all I see on my. My feed is just clips of people streaming. If I am seeing something from a stream. And so, like, it doesn't have to be entertaining 24 7, but your Clippers are going to just take the entertaining parts and then just post them. But I was. I was telling Shred 80 Gavin this the other day. I was like, dude, you are the most entertaining person I know.
CJ
He never turns it off.
Ben
You need to stream, like, Gavin's videos. He cuts out half the stuff that makes Gavin entertaining in my eyes. Like, that makes him so special. I don't know if he just doesn't think it's as funny. And he just, like, cuts it out. And I'm like, dude, no, that's the stuff that you got to leave. And I've been telling them that. And then the other day I was just like, bro, I think you just need to stream because you're Just like you're more entertaining just quite literally trying to make breakfast. Just watching you operate and try and function throughout your day is so entertaining. You could just run that raw, bro.
Ryan
With how much I miss Gavin right now. I would watch an IRL stream of him.
Ben
Oh, dude, I want to know what he's doing right now. I would love to just know what he's like. I would.
CJ
Probably pouring some Celsius into his water bottle, but he's missing half of it. He's making a mess.
Ben
He's making a mess. And then he's trying to sweep, but he's sweeping it around.
CJ
He swept it, but he made it worse. And then he stepped on his pile. Yeah.
Ben
Then he walked away. Yeah.
CJ
And he tracked it through the house. And now he's outside, scratching his head.
Ken
Looking at, tossing his water bottle in his pocket, walking out onto his deck of his double wide and be like, what was I. What was I going to do walking back inside.
Ben
No, I think he's. I think he's so entertaining and I would just love to watch it.
CJ
He has what Kaiser has. And what is your speed has? Where it's always on, from what I can see, they're just always like that. They have something where they just have so much energy, no matter what. And that's what Gavin has. Like, they are just exploding with energy. I. I kind of wish I had that because it's one thing.
Ryan
Me too.
Ken
You have to be an entertainer. That. That's a given. But you have to be a lively entertainer. As in, like.
CJ
And you got to have timing adhd, like.
Ryan
Yeah, for sure.
CJ
It is interesting, though, how many mainstream stars are now dabbling in streaming as well. Like, as in like they hop on someone's show, like, or stream, I should say. It reminds me of YouTube back in 2017, when the rock, you know, actors and mainstream people were like, YouTube's clearly big. And then, you know, you got Will Smith creating a channel and making YouTube videos. You got the Rock doing the same. And I mean, it didn't seem like they really stuck with it. I think the eyeballs are there. I mean, the eyeballs have always been on YouTube. And in terms of our content, it's never been any bigger. But I think if you're a new person, I mean, streaming might be better luck at getting some traction. But also maybe not. I don't know.
Ben
A lot of people do stream on TikTok. Like, if you go on TikTok Live, I don't know what the heck they're doing. But sometimes late at Night, I'll just randomly end up on streams and I'll just be scrolling and I'll find myself watching a live stream of a taco shop in the middle of Mexico City. Live streaming them, making tacos and selling them on the street. Bro.
CJ
You remember when we went to Rednecks with paychecks and we walk into this little, like, crusty subway in some small town in sub in Texas.
Ben
Yep.
CJ
And there's these two lesbian gals that are a couple.
Ben
I did not know that they were lesbian.
CJ
There are a couple. Well, I found that out because of their stream.
Ben
Got it.
CJ
They had tattoos on their face. And honestly, I. I was a little grossed out just because they didn't use gloves when they touched my Subway. And she was playing with her phone. So all I was thinking was, she's probably sitting on the toilet before this.
Ben
Whatever. Anyways, okay.
CJ
Grossed me out a little bit. But Dalton noticed that they were tick tock live streaming. I didn't really.
Ben
In the corner. They had their phone just set up just there.
CJ
And it's like we're kind of on it. And Dalton managed to get the username. He quickly got it. So then we go and sit down.
Ben
He pulls it up.
CJ
These girls are, like, going in the back of the subway where you can't really see them. Like where you make the food for the other people. And, like, they're talking. And that's how we found out they were together. And, you know, they're a couple, they work together. And they were looking for other gals just to be friends with, hang out with, you know, or people they were looking for chill people.
Ken
Wow.
CJ
That don't want any drama. They made it clear.
Ben
Wow. You guys learned a lot about it. Yeah.
CJ
Well, Dalton's sitting here watching this, and they got a little bit on edge when they saw that Dalton was trying to see their phone and get the thing. They were like. Like, it was very weird. Like, they were a little protective. Maybe they didn't remember that being able to see. And then Dalton, of course, goes back and he's got the thing cranked, and we're. I'm like, these girls seem like they're the type to. I'm not scared of them, but I don't want them to blow up on us or something. And so I'm turn that you were.
Ken
Watching this in Subway?
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
So they're in the back. Live streaming. They don't even. They don't even realize that we're up front watching them talking about, you know, sending them galaxies. Do you remember what they were talking about other. And I pretty much summed it up.
Ben
The one girl did get mad at me, though, because while I was screen.
CJ
Recording my camera, I peeked over the.
Ben
Counter that's right by the register.
CJ
Yeah.
Ben
And then I scrolled to TikTok and.
CJ
Then I all, while screen recording, looked.
Ben
Up the username and then went to the live so that I could post.
CJ
A Snapchat of me, like, getting this live.
Ben
Yeah. Going to.
CJ
Yeah, don't.
Ben
And she got. She got pressed. She's like, why are you doing that? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
CJ
I remember that. Because you were filming. Yeah.
Ben
And all I remember from that whole encounter was I get my sandwich and then next thing I know, these gals are pressing dolphin. I'm like, how did you manage to piss them off?
CJ
It is crazy, dude. I think you're just crafty. You're brave, Dalton. And you have a little bit of ignorance because I feel like you're so young. You've never had anything really happen to you.
Ben
So, like, you've never had a couple lesbians.
CJ
You're always down to, like, really push it. And anyways, you got it done, though.
Ben
I mean, at the end of the.
CJ
Day, I didn't ask you to, but you did it.
Ben
I mean, what were they going to do, right?
Ryan
My buddy got punched by a lesbian once. He stole their cab. Lesbian just whacked him.
Ben
Yeah.
Ryan
Beat him up. We were leaving Zorbas in another city, and there was a. There was a taxi. We thought it was ours. We got in. That woman was very clearly saying it was not his taxi. Maybe wasn't thinking the sharpest. And boom. Got whapped.
Ben
Yeah, that's a fair trade.
Ryan
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Ken
Learn more@WhatsApp.com so obviously there's, there's many reasons but like, why do you guys think that we don't stream? And I'm not talking about like becoming streamers. That's not what I'm talking about. Like we do toy around with the idea of like, oh, that would have been cool to do a live stream of. Are we waiting for the big moment.
Ben
Or I'll tell you this reason why it's extremely difficult to make a YouTube video once a week. So it'd be even more difficult to make a podcast YouTube video and stream.
CJ
And I'm not opt out.
Ken
But I'm not like, okay, I'm not saying like it would have to be a weekly thing, a monthly thing. I'm just saying like one time.
Ben
I mean the last time that we said that was when we were doing like the 24 hour houseboat challenge, which is the video this week. And when we were doing it, we're like, oh, you probably could have like live streamed a 24 hour live stream. It's that, you know, then we're, then we're trading for the YouTube video. And then people are going to be like, oh, we don't want to watch a live stream. They'll just complain, you lazy ass.
CJ
And now that you're saying this, they're.
Ken
Like, why don't you just film more? That's what I'm getting. I'm not like, why aren't we streaming, you guys? I'm just curious. I'm like, what kind of thing could we do? Or we just hopped on for like. Like could we stream like a go. Like we go golfing?
Ben
You could, but you wanna, you would want it to be good. You'd want to like do it right.
CJ
There's no point half assing.
Ken
And I, I completely agree. I completely agree. I don't want to just like go on like, oh, well, we can just go on TikTok live and then, yeah, we get bored after a half an hour.
CJ
That would be like.
Ben
Because then people would get bored and then it's like you're just showing more of yourself. And if it's not in a entertaining way, then it's like, I don't think it represents the brand to half asset.
Ken
Right.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
That's truly what it is. Is we're. We've done stuff at too high of a level now to half asset. So if we're gonna do the live stream, which I would 100 be down.
Ken
Right.
CJ
We'd have to obviously get the gear. I know nothing about what you need. You need obviously Internet connection and a good camera and a camera guy. And it seems like you have a crew carrying some other. But you know, I think, yeah, there's definitely opportunities. It's just more so the opportunities to live stream. We're already committed to making a YouTube video and yeah.
Ken
And I would never, I would never be like, yeah, let's stream that banger idea instead of YouTube.
CJ
It kind of doesn't make sense for us to change up. Like we got something that's working so well.
Ben
I don't know. We could just like do a live stream of Ken sleeping though. Like, I feel like that that's what.
Ken
So that's what I'm saying.
CJ
Like some parts every 25 minutes.
Ken
A twist where it's. Yeah. It's not like we half assed it. It's just like, I don't know. Yeah. Something funny.
Ben
That's gold. I mean, that's gold. Without us doing a whole lot. Just livestreaming.
Ken
Can go to bed and quick word on how you feel about that.
Evan
I don't know.
Ben
You're open to it. All right.
CJ
He's open to it.
Ben
I heard.
Ryan
I don't know.
Ben
He is open to it.
Evan
I feel like it's kind of creepy. Just.
Ben
It's only creepy for the people watching you. But it's not creepy to do it.
CJ
It's even more creepy when you're not famous already in your livestream and you're.
Evan
Sleeping and then people are. People are just watching that randomly.
Ryan
Can get swatted in his sleep.
Ken
Yeah, you've seen those where, like, people, they sleep and then they, you know, if you pay five bucks, it'll set off the alarm. If you pay 15 bucks, it'll. It'll set off the bed vibrators. Yeah, yeah, like this. So they just know that. And then you pay to wake them up. Wake them up, and they're so tired that some of the small donations, they don't even wake them up. But if you pay $50, it's the monkey going, you know, whatever.
Ben
You could actually make a ton of money doing that. Yeah, you could.
Ryan
Really.
Ben
Through all of it. People would be like, how much. How much do we got to spend to have, like, a mariachi band come in and wake Mike up? And it might still might sleep through it.
Ken
Yeah, well, that'd be pretty good.
CJ
Speaking of, like, streaming or live streaming that we've thought about doing was, you know, on YouTube, you can have your channel memberships, so you can do live streams in there. And that would be for, like, the people that really want just more. And we could.
Ken
Maybe then it wouldn't be quite as hardcore because it would be us saying hi to them.
CJ
Yeah, you do that, and then, like, maybe you do, like, riding the track or you go golfing and. And you're live streaming that, and you're just chatting with them. And it'd be obviously much lower quality than stream to the public. But we've looked at doing that. What about that. That streamer Raja Rampage Jackson son.
Ben
Oh, yeah.
CJ
When he hopped in the cage.
Ben
What was up with that?
CJ
So from my understanding is they were just there live streaming at the event, and the wrestler, I guess, like, crunched a beer on his head and the dude just went nuts. But I guess the reason why the dude went nuts is because he was sparring that week earlier, and he got, like, kicked in the head and already had a concussion. And then this guy crunched the beer on his head. Then he got pissed, and then they were like, well, here you can come in and, like, slam him for the show and, like, get one punch. And then he just went nuts. And, like.
Ben
Yeah. Basically teed off on him. Slam this guy on the ground and started teeing off on him.
CJ
He's lucky he didn't kill him.
Ken
Oh, my gosh, bro. The beer. The guy was a joke because there.
CJ
It was, a joke from that guy's. But I don't think he was in on the. He wasn't in on the joke necessarily, Right.
Ben
Holy crap.
CJ
He got knocked out and got hit probably 15 more times. Hard. I can't believe no one stopped him earlier.
Ben
I think they thought it was fake at first.
Ryan
That's tough, dude.
Ben
Dalton loves just showing me videos that are so messed up.
CJ
That's what I'm telling you about. Like, he just, like, almost is so ignorant to the world something like that is.
Ben
And it's crazy what you have access to on the Internet these days. That should just be not allowed. It's like, so bad that you can just be scrolling and see half this, and I hate it. A lot of people are so messed up that they get off on it. Like Dalton. But I. Dude, I can't watch it. He'll be like, look at this, look at this. And I'm like, before you show me this, how messed up is it? It's not that messed up in this super up. So I don't even trust him anymore.
Ken
That's what Sydney was saying to me the other night. You know, based on the Charlie Kirk stuff rip, that bad stuff's going to happen in the world, and it always has since the dawn of time. But I don't think us as humans were meant to watch crusty. Even worse HD videos of this stuff happening globally.
Ryan
Yeah, normally you're used to experiencing it wherever you are. That's a good point.
Ken
And you can hear about it happening, and you can sympathize, empathize, and be a part of supporting. But when it comes down to actually seeing it, it's. It's not necessary.
CJ
It does something to everyone's mind, too, seeing like this. Like, that's how you just become like these young kids that just. I don't know, they've just been seeing too much of it.
Evan
It's one thing when it's, like, in a news article and you have to, like, click to watch the video. It's another thing when you just pop open Instagram and it's like, that's all you see for 15 posts.
Ben
Yeah, it's.
Evan
That's just. I don't like seeing that.
Ken
But on a lighter note, can. Have you guys seen this video? This is an interaction that we quite possibly could have. It looked like an angry neighbor. This guy was fishing, and the guy that tells him that he can't be there is so funny, thanks to the volume.
Ryan
Oh, I have seen. This is so good.
Ken
Such a funny interaction.
Ben
Yeah. Oh. Written permission from Trey Taylor. Trey Taylor. Crew tractor. Oh, crew tractor. Yeah. Who told you fish here? And I thought it was state property. State, yeah.
CJ
This.
Ben
Yeah. State it ain't. Hit the road, dude. This ain't no state prop. This is private property. What is your name in there? I want your name so I can call down and see who gave you permission. My name on state property. My name Hubert.
Ryan
Last name Jones.
Ben
Hubert Jones.
Ryan
State property.
Ben
I ain't never heard that before in my life. Yeah, man. Trying to supply on this. What you said tractor supply on this pond right here. Crew trade. Taylor and crew track. Okay. Right out the end, I'm his daddy. He was daddy. And a man just called me and called Trey and said, trade that fish in Japan. He said, lock them up.
CJ
Oh, man.
Ben
Lock them up.
CJ
I see we about to leave, man.
Ben
You better leave. Cause I tell you, he goes, hit the road.
Ken
It's a lot funny with captions, but basically now everyone's saying, lock them up. Stay property.
Ben
Hit the road.
CJ
Reminds me of being a kid.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
And. And you went off the ditch onto, like, just slightly on their property or even our. Our freaking neighbor. You know, like, people just get so protective over their property, and clearly they didn't know. Like, you could have just came up, hey, this private property. Like, it's not. Not state. Like, you can hit the road. But then he was, like, trying to really, like, make him, like, feel stupid by laughing. Like, just reminds me. It was so much. There's the sons. But it's just. I don't know, it's kind of like the old timers get so protective over it.
Ben
I mean, it's like the oldest thing in the books is people fighting over land. Yeah. It's like, as old as time since humans became a thing. They've been fighting over land.
CJ
You stepped on my yard.
Ben
You get so protective. So protective over your property.
Ryan
Get off my property.
CJ
I get it. I get it.
Ben
Like, it.
CJ
You definitely don't let them fish there. But I don't know, it's just funny how, like, some people get off being able to go and tell somebody to get off their land.
Ben
Like, oh, yeah.
Ken
I think the weirdest part about it is all is that they, like, keep going.
Ben
Like.
CJ
Yeah, they don't want it to end. They want to keep the conversation going.
Ken
You sure? All right, I won't fish here anymore. And then keeps talking for, like, two more minutes.
CJ
Well, the owner, too, like, just. Well, it's already. The conversation's done. Like, all right, see ya. Thanks, guys.
Ken
Hit the road.
Ben
Hit the road.
CJ
Lock them up.
Ken
Lock him up.
Ben
Yeah, we've been pretty good, actually, about our neighbors. Pretty. Pretty light on the neighbor interactions lately.
Evan
Ever since the snow incident, we've been pretty good.
CJ
I Mean, even before that, though, like, when's the last time we really had an issue?
Ben
That one neighbor that came over and he goes, how long you guys plan on. On doing this? We're like, oh, we're just about done drifting. We should be done in like 15 minutes. It was a Saturday at like 3 o'. Clock. And he goes, no, no, no. I mean, like, living here.
CJ
Like this. Like all this. Yeah, yeah.
Ben
Like, how long do you plan on, like, doing this whole thing that you guys are doing? And we're like, oh, yeah, yeah, we. Well, I mean, we just bought the property about a year ago. No plans on selling it anytime soon, so. Yeah, a while. We just hate to break it to you, but. Yeah, we just don't probably be here for a minute.
CJ
We just dumped 250 into this drift track. I know this is our second time driving on it. We were hoping to at least get five times out of it.
Ben
And.
CJ
Yeah, no, we just built this building and added on and. And that as well.
Ben
So he wasn't super mad about it. He was just, I think, more bummed at that.
CJ
He should have been like, oh, only.
Ben
Like four more times. He's like, oh, okay, well, because Dan. So you guys are planning on being here for a while?
Ken
He goes, can I get your number one of you guys so you can let me know when you're gonna be doing this stuff? I'm like, this stuff. He's like, you know, making noise. You want me to text you every time we're about to make noise?
Ryan
Hey, might make it worse, honestly.
Ken
So I can leave?
Ben
Yeah, yeah. He literally said that. Yeah. You know, so give me a heads up so I can leave.
CJ
And we're like, where are you gonna go, dude?
Ben
What's gonna. What do you. What is gonna happen if you hear a car. Car start up and slide around for five minutes?
CJ
We haven't seen that guy in a while now.
Evan
It was mostly when Jake just had his Mustang straight pipe. It seems like it's been a lot quieter after that.
Ken
Yeah, once we had him put mufflers.
Ben
On, it was a little better. And the bright side of that is, like, it's only going to last as long as a set of Miata tires last, you know, and that's about five.
Evan
Minutes or as long as it takes to overheat it.
CJ
Or just any other drift car, they'll break right away. They got about five minutes anyways. The Miata is the only one that doesn't break. You'll just have to change the tires. Speaking of people getting mad what about Heydays?
Ben
Those guys getting mad, Ryan's getting the brunt. End of that deal.
CJ
Yeah. What are they saying? Ryan?
Ryan
Well, I didn't respond. They just.
Ben
Did they say anything or something or what?
CJ
Yeah. What'd they say?
Ryan
In summary, they were most mad about us expanding from our booth with how large the crowd was. One with the line in the morning and then two with the meet and greet at the end of the day. And then in addition to that, they were mad about us being on the pickup and then driving it through the crowd. But we had people there watching the truck. So then no many people. Our whole merch team was around the trucks. Nobody would get ran over. And just to really butter my biscuit about the whole thing is I. I had asked them to have the cops come and arrest cj.
CJ
Oh my.
Ryan
Because I thought it would have been. So.
Ben
He told me after.
CJ
I thought it would have been a amazing.
Ben
Oh, that would have been like, what the.
CJ
Why me?
Ryan
Exactly. Everyone would have expected Evan. And they just walk up and they go, you get down. And then I was like. And then the cops can disperse the crowd. We film the video, we go, big joke. Haha. CJ goes, oh my God, I finally got pranked. They said that the cops, the cops didn't want to come because they didn't want bad optics. I don't blame them.
CJ
So is the only people out of the five years that have gone and I'm. We're never going back again. I'll just say it now. So don't plan on going. We're not having a booth there next year. So don't plan your, your year around it. But those are the only guys who would make a deal before us. Going to heyday is like, hey, make sure you got to pump it in the video, you got to put it on Instagram, all this stuff. And then before it even starts, there's too many people here at your booth. Well, what the did you want? You told us to do this and now you're mad about this? The guy's just. They make no sense. And I'm. I'm honestly just happy that we're not going back there.
Ben
Shout out to everyone that did come out. It was crazy. This year was bananas. It was insane. And for the longest time it's been really the only meet that we do where, you know, we promote it to come out, get photos with us. We do like a one day giveaway. I think it's just gotten to the point where we're just bigger, I guess than doing that and we just have a hard time wanting to do it now and not be able to like provide the best meet and greet experience and be able to like give the people our all and have provide just more like entertainment and value because, you know, you're paying your hard earned money, you're taking the time out of your day. And we're just promising people to come and meet us and hopefully provide a good experience. Right. And we just feel like that six.
Ryan
Hours in line might not be the best.
Ben
We're just not able to do that anymore the way that we have. So heydays on top of, you know, yelling at us for having too many people, it's in the booth and then just having like an attitude about really everything we were doing. When we thought that it, you know, it could have just been a much better partnership being that we are bringing so many outside people that wouldn't normally go to the event and they, they're.
CJ
Profiting off, they're profiting to admission. We didn't get a penny of that. Yeah, we brought in a ton of revenue for them.
Ben
Well, it was a pretty somewhat fair exchange. They were still definitely coming out better, but it was kind of the only thing that we did. But now we're just trying to evaluate what to do from here because we're not doing it again. And if we could do our own thing, how we could provide a better fan experience, better interactions, more of an.
CJ
Event for the people that come to see us. Things to do and having a structured time of this is on your ticket. Like this is when your window of doing the meet and greet so you don't have to stand in line for five hours to, to get rushed through because there's already so many other people. Like, you know, there's events and, and activities. So it's more stuff to do rather than just walk around and look at other things to buy. Which also we brought a lot in for the other vendors. Not that we're looking for any kind of like, thank you, but then to just turn around and be like, what are you getting all mad at us barking at Ryan.
Ben
I mean, Ryan's really getting the, the brand end of the deal because we were kind of just. But yeah, we were just kind of doing whatever, you know, we thought was best.
CJ
We're doing what they were telling us to do.
Ken
But logistically too, we like this year was just massive. The way I looked at, I'm like, we're trying to like throw our own event within this other event.
Ryan
Yeah.
Ken
Doesn't really make doesn't work.
Ryan
Makes no something way better at erx where there's pit bike races and freestyle.
Ken
Shows, where everything all day in a non conceited way that we are the reason for the event, that that's what our next thing will be.
Ben
If we were to.
CJ
Yeah, we weren't the reason for heydays exactly. But like, yeah, we'd have our own. I agree. The best way to say is it was like we threw our own event within their event.
Ken
Not making sense.
CJ
Jammed up their event.
Ben
Yeah, maybe.
CJ
I think it helped it more than jammed it up.
Ben
It was cool.
Ken
I never actually got a chance to truly see how long the line was until I saw the drone shots in the video.
Ben
Yeah.
Ken
Holy sheesh, bro.
CJ
So what are they saying, Ryan? What'd they say after the video went live last night?
Ryan
Well, I never responded to the text when they were mad and then I talked with one of them at. In the evening and they kind of said their piece and I was like, I think right now isn't the time because I was upset about it. It sucks. I feel like we had done our part and I was really proud of the. What we had done as a crew. Like we had put on what I felt was like a pretty decent thing and I didn't go any better. I didn't think that we were upsetting and I got it from their side, like where they didn't want people in the aisles. We were supposed to keep it in our booth, but that's impossible to do with 900 people in our space. So it was just like I, I just said, I was like, I don't really have anything to say right now. If there's a further conversation, we'll talk about it during business hours. And then I haven't heard from them since. I think we had a cordial split in that aspect at least. You know me, I can be a lunatic.
CJ
They wanted us to pump it and say to come. A lot of people are going to come if you tell us to do that. And then the people came and then it was too many people supposedly. What do you want us to do?
Ryan
Yeah, it was tough, tough situation, but I think, I think we can just do it better. I always had such like this feeling of. About heydays and like going. It was like we're doing this event but we're not doing it to the most and the best that we can. Like so many people are so stoked when they get to the end of the line and they come and they give us a picture. But like we're trying to keep it short so we can get to the next person and we're feeling, you know, drained and like, I just think we can do it. I think we can do it so much better and make it something that we're all excited about. Because if we're excited about it for you, you guys watching, it's going to be way better.
CJ
People seem to love it. Like they had a really good time. And I'm glad to hear that. But just from my point of view, I'm like, damn. Like, we could make it a way better time. If you had fun doing this, we could have a really good time and provide you guys with a very memorable experience. But also, who knows, maybe the juice isn't worth the squeeze of putting on your own event. It's obviously a lot of work.
Ken
The biggest thing, brother, just a ton of work. So when people come, I know this is bigger and probably better, but when people come to a Freedom Factory race and they see Cletus down on the field talking to the mic, they're stoked. They don't need to necessarily. They love to be next to them taking a picture. But there just might be a world where the event is lit and we're there and we're, we're hype, they're hype. But there's not that six hours in line.
Ryan
Greg Godfrey, so happy right now, he told us five years ago, events, you guys got to do events. Gotta do something more. Like, yeah, I don't really know how it's going.
Ken
You know what I mean? It's like if, if everyone's there and they're having, they're not waiting in line for five hours to meet us, but they're having fun for those entire five hours.
Ryan
That's the goal.
CJ
And there's things, yeah, there's, there's other things going on versus meeting us, though.
Ken
I hate saying like the meet and greet is like, it's so rewarding.
CJ
But no, it's always, it's very rewarding for us. I just want them to be more efficient with their time so they don't have to spend too much time standing in line.
Ben
Yeah. Get the most out of it.
CJ
Like if there's other things, like whether it's, you know, games, a concert, freestyle show, car show. Like there's so much that comes with just the seaboys. Environment, culture, community, culture. That the goal would be that even if we weren't there, it would be a fun event, just a fun day for people that are like minded and like motorsports.
Ken
And it's not a small booth where we can bring, you know, eight of our toys. We can bring, you know, more. And you get to. You get to see the builds that were in the videos. Yeah, we'll come up with something.
Ryan
Oh, yeah.
Ken
Either way, we're fired up. We got the best fans in the world.
Ben
Dude, it's crazy. So respectful. Yeah, they are just. They're just good, good people, good kids. We've definitely curated an insane community. Yeah.
Ken
Honestly, no lows. It was all highs, but there was a really high high. Someone proposed in the booth.
CJ
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ben
Shout out to those guys. Congratulations, happy couple. We might be invited to the wedding. Ken might be the ordained.
Evan
Might have to get my license.
Ben
Yeah, the officiant. Yeah.
CJ
We didn't have on camera his, like, spiel towards us or what he was telling us. You know, he kind of was like, setting up for something. I was like, where. Like, I could tell he was setting up for something, but I wasn't sure what he was going to tell us. I didn't think anything. Like, he. But then he just.
Ken
He said, turns, you guys have been a part of my life for a long time, and I want to. I want to bring you into the next step of it.
Ben
And we're like, yeah. I was like, where's this going? Where is this going? And then he drops down on you. Oh, my God.
Ken
It was pretty cool.
Ben
Yeah. That was crazy. That was. Not expecting that. No.
Ken
A lot of tattoos. More than.
Ben
More than a lot of tattoos.
Ken
More than ever.
Ben
Yeah, there's. There's for sure another hundred people walking around with tattoos after that.
CJ
It's pretty sick.
Ben
Honestly, dude, I switched up my tattoo halfway through, so there's like eras of the. Yeah. I'll know when you got your tattoo. You know, if it was. If it was earlier in the day or later in the day.
Ryan
I do gotta say that's pretty cool. Like, if you're gonna get a tattoo to rep a brand, which is awesome and like, especially ours, but then you have Ben drawing it on you, and then, like, that's pretty cool.
Ben
It is cool.
Ryan
It's cool if you get it in general, but then to have it actually be drawn on.
Ben
If we have our own event, we gotta have tattoo.
Ken
Yeah.
Ben
Booth there.
Ken
That's a great idea and a bad.
Ben
Idea, but, yeah, you're gonna have to sign the waivers.
Ken
You're picking up Ryan's quad on Sunday, and I had to be destined designated, and it's very.
Ryan
Oh, that's where you guys went on Sunday.
Ken
You're locked in thanks, bud. You've done enough of them now where you're like, yeah, run it. You too. And then I'm like, oh, you were running.
Ryan
Yeah, you were running tabs.
CJ
They got time to think about it after going on because just think, you drawing it on.
Ben
They don't have to.
CJ
They look at it. Maybe I don't like it. Yeah, they really like it. You gotta go to the tattoo shop, sit in line, tell the people, sign the thing, like, you know.
Ryan
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Ken
I also said, like, one guy really wanted it where we have it, and his thigh was also sweaty. I wrote it on. He's like, yeah, it's not gonna work. And then I just put on a piece of paper.
Ben
Yeah.
Ken
Gave it to him.
CJ
We're right down at level that thing on a sweaty thigh. That does sound awesome.
Ken
It was awkward, but I told him to drop them. So, yeah, he wanted it.
Ben
Yeah. I'm pretty stoked on, like, the new rendition of tattoo. Like, that's the one I'm running from here on. When you say that, what.
Ken
What did you change?
Ben
More edgy.
Ken
Oh, yeah, Yeah.
Ben
I saw you do it. It's way more edgy, and it's way easier for me to do to replicate.
Ryan
Make it look even better.
Ben
Yeah, it's like. It's, like, boxy, and I can just do that the exact same every single time. Whereas this one, it was, like, dependent on where it was. You know how much curve there is, you know how good the pen is. Is it sweaty?
Ken
Yeah, it's a big part of it.
Ryan
I think what we should do for Ken and CJ's tattoos is get, like, a thousand people together and have Ken and CJ get their tattoos in, like, the Fargo Dome. And we have a thousand tattoo artists, or we have a bunch of tattoo artists and a thousand people, and everybody gets a life wide open tattoo. Like, we have a bunch of people come together in one place, and then they get it with you guys.
Ben
What's the world record?
CJ
I think even if I just put out a thing, me and Ken, and we're like, these other guys thought they were gonna outdo us by getting tattoos without us leaving us out. Well, we're getting an even bigger group and leaving them out of it. So we have 100 people show up to the shop, they get to hang out at the shop, we get tattoos. And yeah, 100 is, like, a good number. Like, it's not a ton, but it's also not little.
Ken
I'm already picturing, you know, we have, like, Dalton running around with the camera. Getting everyone, look at this. This is crazy. And, like, I'm in a chair, and I'm like, nobody said I couldn't get another.
CJ
How many tattoo guys? If we just had 10 tattoo artists show up to the shop, which we could easily get, then they just had to tattoo 10 people because it's going to take time. Obviously, it probably takes still four hours, but you pumped out 100 people with the tattoo, and then Ken and I were a part of a bigger group.
Ben
And I love that.
Ryan
The most simultaneous tattoos is 223.
Ben
Oh, we could.
Ken
That's simultaneous simultaneous.
Ryan
So you would need 223 tattoo artists. But I also feel like there's got to be some people out there that are wanting to get the tattoo that also are tattoo artists. You get a twofer, they do somebody else first, and then they have somebody else do that.
Ken
And then there's also a world, like, where they're like, yeah, shoot. I'd have Mikey give me one. You know, as in, like, or. I don't know, whatever. Like, some people can run a gun. We did Evan.
Ben
We did.
Ken
Yeah. I gave Evan part of his, and Evan gave me part of mine.
Evan
I think I'd still rather have an artist do it for you rather than having a tattoo late at night in the shop by.
Ryan
Pretty legendary.
CJ
You had Matt there, though. Our buddy who helps us build. He's done a couple tattoos. We cleaned him up.
Ken
Felt really bad. Matt sent me a picture of his, and, like, sloppiness isn't really an issue, but, dude, we just, like, didn't press hard enough. It just looks like.
Ryan
Oh, it's, like, fading out.
Ken
Yeah, it looks like you had a crappy Sharpie trying to sign something.
CJ
He didn't want to modify his because he was, like, evident. Mike gave me this. I'm not.
Ken
You guys could touch it up if. Yeah, if it gets touched up, we have to do it.
Ryan
Makes sense.
Ken
But it's pretty weak, dude.
Ben
We should put some windows in up here.
Ryan
That'd be kind of cool.
Ben
Little natural light.
Ken
I'm super into that.
Ryan
Yeah, I remember in the. In the budget, when we're doing, we're like, it's gonna be like, 400 for a window, and we're like, can't do it. Can't do it.
Evan
Well, we bought it.
Ben
It's not worth it.
Evan
We bought a window for the guest bedroom, and then Mike wasn't gonna live there, so we're like, ah, it.
Ben
Don't need it.
Ryan
Don't need it.
Ben
All of our guests disconnected the light.
Ryan
We could probably have Randy come or somebody come in here and throw in a couple windows.
CJ
Yeah, we kind of a little random, but yeah. We haven't put money into this building in. Since 2020 and. And when we were putting money into this, we had a much, much smaller budget. So like, I don't know, it would be. It would be nice to just freshen up this shop because the farm is nice. Like we go over there, but like we spend most of our time here just because these are offices is where Jen brings the food. Like we got a nice kitchen at the farm, but Jen brings the food here.
Ryan
I know. Big ass island.
CJ
Like it'd be cool to like upgrade maybe the pine bay some. Like, I'd hate to get rid of the pine just because it's known as the pine bay. But like we could probably make. Make it much cooler and then even just a couple windows. Couple windows maybe, you know, windows would be nice. Maybe some windows in the garage doors or new garage doors. But you know.
Ben
Whoa.
CJ
I did you want to. What I did get us. I did spend some money for this shop a couple weeks ago. I just haven't put it up. I ordered this like grass looking type of wall that you put up.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
I don't know, it could look really.
Ben
Cool, but I wasn't sure you put it.
CJ
I don't know. I just. It was only like 120 bucks for a certain amount of feet, so I just bought it and I don't know, we. I was thinking we could wrap like kind of by Evan's room. Like the door. I don't know, it might look cool and just kind of add another element. Yeah, I'd love to like maybe make it up a couple things.
Ben
There's a bunch of things. Like literally this room, maybe all you guys see is just this corner. Right. I love that. I love bringing people up here. Yeah.
Ken
Cuz they go what?
Ben
Cuz they come up here and they're like, this is what it looks like in here. On the back side of the cameras. I guess you can kind of see it with Ken, but you. You can only see a little bit right there. So.
CJ
Yeah, like, I mean it's clean but messy. Just like that whole desk and everything is just such a mess.
Evan
Normally it's a slightly organized mess.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
We just have so much stuff and there's so many people moving around at all times and we're always doing something more important than to like clean up the desk or. It's used. Everything looks used.
Ben
It's live.
Ryan
It's lived in.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
That's a good way to put it. Yeah, it's lived in.
Ben
I mean, we run it hard. We run everything we we own hard.
Ryan
Even the God dang long lawnmower.
Ben
Especially the pop up.
CJ
Did you.
Ben
Have you guys seen that thing?
Ryan
Which one? The one that we are loaning from Mark.
Ben
Here's the thing is, like, we spend so much money on, like, our videos that it's just. It's so nice to save money elsewhere. Like, one might even call us cheap in plenty of scenarios. And this lawnmower. This lawnmower right here. If it ain't broke, why fix it?
Ryan
He's sitting on a gosh dang towel. I bet you can buy a 200 seat for that John Deere.
Evan
Hey, that lawnmower has lasted us forever. And look at that. That toro we bought. That zero turn that broke down that the lawnmower bought from Mark. That's already broken.
Ben
It does. This thing just keeps on going, but it's like, it's not broke, so why fix it?
Ken
That's got to be the best money.
Ryan
It ain't broke, so why maintain it?
Ken
Dude, I. Yeah, I just rolled up on Evan and I see him mowing, and I'm like, what is even on? We don't even have a working mower. Such a John Deere.
Ryan
And he loves John Deere.
Ken
As I see him, I, like, decided to take a snap because I don't know why it's always funny seeing your homies mow the lawn and he, like, hops off the thing and he's like, yanks the front grill off of it. I'm like, what are you doing? He's like, dude, I almost mowed over half the hood. It's falling apart on me. And then he yanks it off and keeps mowing. Seriously, the best thousand bucks we ever spent.
Ben
It's so hard to spend money on certain things. Even, like, we went and got a new weed whacker the other day, and it had to pass through, like, three people of, like, did it. All right, do we really need to buy a weed whacker?
Ryan
How much was it?
Ben
I told Evan, this is how it goes. I go, yo, you want to see if one of the merch workers can do some weed whacking? When orders are down, we'll pull the merch workers to just, like, maintenance the properties or mow the lawn or something like that. So I was like, we haven't weed whacked in, like, three years. So maybe go and see if one of the. One of the guys can weed whack. Around the trees. And he then calls me and is like, hey, we only have a weed whacker that's ran by, like, a little dewalt battery. Or maybe it's a Milwaukee weed whacker and it runs for like 30 minutes. And he was like, you think I can go and buy a new one? And I was like, call Gav. See if we got another one laying around somewhere. And then Gav calls me and goes, hey, Evan just asked if we could get a new weed whacker. Is that cool? And I was like, so we don't have one laying around somewhere? And he's like, no. And I was like, oh, maybe that's our issue.
Ken
We can't even keep. We had one, a gas one that I used two summers ago to. I clean off the whole track once.
Ben
It's hard to keep track.
Evan
Somebody broke, dude, I don't know I.
Ben
Have or where anything is. But Mike does and Gavin does. Mike's actually pretty good about it. But Gavin knows, like, everything we own and where it is, which is amazing.
CJ
He's kind of in charge of that.
Ryan
The Rolodex.
CJ
He's not even necessarily in charge of it, but he's taken charge of it.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
A good job of that.
Ben
Yeah, he's done a great job.
CJ
I don't know.
Ken
Ask someone, like, do you know where this is? And if they don't, that means you're probably not going to find it. It's nice to just have that, like, because sometimes they're just like, oh, I don't know, maybe my eyes peeled. That's not.
CJ
It's tough because, like, back in the day, I was very familiar and tuned in with what we have, where it's at. But now it's like, there's so many moving parts, and I can't even keep up with it.
Ken
And you probably shouldn't, you know?
CJ
Yeah. I'm dealing with other stuff, but it's. Gavin knows where stuff's at. You know, what happened to it? Where did this, that, and the other, like, which is good that we have people on the team.
Ken
Does this know machine still work? He'll be like, nope, it's got this wrong with it, you know? Yeah.
CJ
Or these parts. This, that, and the other. Yeah.
Ben
Oh, do we have the parts for it? Yes, we have the parts for it. I was going to fix it, but then I had to that turn a boat into a house. Got it. All right.
CJ
Big shout out to Gavin for making that happen.
Ryan
And he.
CJ
He made. I mean, from captaining the boat to Building the boat to.
Ken
Then once we pulled, pulling the boat off and making sure that it's good to sit outside for the next one to seven years.
CJ
Rubberized G man, him. You could go. Our team. Yeah, just. But there's just every person you could go on for a day, just how much they do and. And behind the scenes to help make this happen.
Ben
Most of the. Most of the success of the videos is attributed to the back end of the team. It is from like, the wrenches to all of what we do to make it happen. To Dalton filming it, to our editor Pat staying up for like four days on end to edit it to have a video out on Thursday, like, shout out. It's actually insane.
Ryan
And shout out Josh on the pod.
CJ
And then the warehouse. Like, you guys ever just walk into the warehouse before going on to a day of filming? I show up, it'll be like nine o'. Clock. And I just walk in there, I'm gonna grab a new shirt, and it's just like, the place is just rolling. There's 12 people. They all know what they're doing. They're doing all this stuff. They know where this shirt is at that I'm asking. You know, it's just crazy. It's like, I'm asking that.
Ben
Like, it's.
CJ
I guess it's just weird for me because at one point we worked and touched every part of the business, and now I show up and I don't even know, like, hey, where can I get this shirt? That's what you want. That's the beauty of it. I, like, it's like a pinch me moment. Like, I cannot believe that this has gotten this big. And, like, it is at this scale.
Ben
And.
CJ
And I mean, we're just so lucky we have this team. And it's just so cool to see how big it's gotten. I mean, it's huge.
Ben
Yeah, it is huge. I just trust all of them.
Ryan
Yeah.
Ben
Like, everyone on the team is, like, so curated now to, like, doing such a good job. And I just trust that they're going to do a good job and they're going to, like, dedicate themselves to making sure that it's done correctly.
CJ
But to just stop look around too and just be like, holy shit. Because, like, if you. If you don't. If you're constantly on the go and you don't just stop me, like, and smell the roses, you're like, wow. Like, look around, see what's all been built. It's unbelievable.
Ben
It is cool.
CJ
And then go back and watch a video from Eight years ago and be like, this all came from this. I cannot believe that it managed to snowball from this because it's, you know.
Ryan
I did kind of have a laughing moment about that with the new Raptor. Thank you, boys. I watched a bunch of old videos. I was trying to find pictures for my Instagram of me on my old four wheeler and I looked it up and I saw an old video of us like right as we started in this shop riding my old frickin Yamaha Raptor. I go, damn, dude, like nine years later I'm still ripping, ripping Yamaha Raptors around.
Ken
There's a lot of similarities to what we were doing eight or nine years ago too.
Ben
Things have developed, but a lot of things haven't changed.
Ryan
Yeah, they haven't changed, but they developed. That's a good way to say it. Yeah, I think.
Ben
Which is what people want. They don't start watching you just to have you switch up on them.
Ken
Yeah.
Ben
You know, like people like you for a reason.
Ryan
Do you feel like you're switching up on Gavin wearing aloe right now?
Ben
Yeah, dude, you'd actually be all pissed.
Ryan
Sorry.
Ken
Yeah. Now, now when we wear Lulu, we're supporting Gab.
Ben
Yeah, right.
CJ
I was going to say something too. Like you were asking at the end of the filming, Ryan, like I think you maybe felt bad that you weren't sending it as hard as Evan, but I was going to tell you, I don't think that the fans really cared. I think they were just happy to see you riding. Like they don't necessarily need you hitting a 200 foot jump going 25ft in the air. Like I think that they, they genuinely just enjoyed watching you.
Ben
That's how you felt.
CJ
Ride and do your thing.
Ken
Yeah, I was watching and I'm like just two guys riding four wheelers on a extremely high view supported channel and it was so entertaining.
CJ
Yeah, I don't think it was necessarily.
Ben
Like professional riders got to watch the videos and be like, what is going on right now?
CJ
I think they've done that for years. They've done that for years. And that's just, it just boils down to the personality and just the camaraderie and just having fun.
Ben
People can have their own opinions. But like I, I do enjoy like dropping a video and then just like reading what people are saying on Tick tock or in the comments of like the overall just like feel of the vid and if they are like, oh, don't even get me started on them not riding anymore. And then we do drop a riding video I'm like, all right, these people are happy for a month. Now you got to go back to the other people that you haven't satisfied for three weeks and then the next video. And it's like we have just so many different groups of people that watch the videos I think that need attention. Yeah, you gotta satisfy.
Ken
Which we've kind of built because again, kind of from year all way back, each video's got to be different and you know, don't corner yourself ever.
CJ
Yeah, we definitely are hitting all of the corners of the motorsports world. I'm sure there's a few facets that we haven't touched yet, but yeah, we do a good job of that. And that's how. I mean you build a large audience like this and think about big wrench, man. So we want to make a riding video, but we want to make a riding video that's going to get a lot of views. So we're like, okay. So then we end up building this Harley four wheeler that then can be incorporated into it and it makes this thumbnail and title big runner. Spent two months building that thing and it legitimately looks like Harley Davidson built a forward that was like the. The biggest thing was like it obviously needed to work but like we really want it to look like Harley built a four wheeler and that's what it looks like. Like that thing is a piece of art and it works perfectly. It rips. The only bad part about it is honestly it just wasn't the best year motor to use, which we kind of felt up on. Like why we should just like if I would have known it would have turned out this good, would have bought like a brand new one.
Ken
New one? Yeah.
Ben
Yeah. It's just leaking oil like crazy all over the shop. You know exactly where that thing's been.
CJ
Take that to Sturgis next year. People are going to get some looks. All you need to do too is just put some blinkers on it and a brake light and headlight.
Ken
Go to the dmv.
Ben
Cuz it's already.
CJ
It's already. Yeah, it's got that VIN number. It's just a modified bike.
Ben
Just added a couple training wheels.
CJ
Yeah, you just added the training wheels in a different formation.
Ben
Yeah. Things awesome though.
Ryan
A different formation.
Evan
Just a three wheeler with an extra wheel.
CJ
That thing's so sick though. So sick, dude.
Ken
And then the fact that it's wheelieable by Evan, like he didn't seem to really struggle. Well, when does he ever trying to wheelie something?
Ben
It was pretty smooth, bro. I watched the best YouTube golf video I've ever seen.
Ken
Which one was that? I know you sent it, but just let me know.
Ben
Grant Horvat was playing Bob does sports, and Bob started on the green every. So they did nine holes where Grant got start from, like he was playing from the reds, so, like the closest to the green, but he had to start on the tee box, play the hole out, and then Bob started on the green, the farthest point on the green, but still starting on the green, and had to putt. And then it was nine holes and they. I think they went into over time of one hole, I believe. No, like sudden death. Just honestly watch the video out. It's the. It's the funniest golf video I've ever seen. And usually golf videos are not funny. I found myself laughing out loud at this video multiple times. I was like, this is easily the most entertaining video I've ever watched from a golf channel. But I think that it would be a great golf video if, like three of us did a scramble against someone like a pro, Grant Horvat, a YouTube golfer, or, I don't know, one of the YouTube golf guys. I. I was thinking absolutely work us. So it wouldn't even be worth it.
Ryan
But it'd be fun to play.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
I don't know though, at the same time, because, like, us doing a scramble, if there's three of us, we'll probably be able to get. You would five. You would hope on 18 holes.
Ben
I don't know about that.
CJ
I mean, I bet we'll be able to get five under. Like if us three played, I think holes and we're playing more.
Ben
Surprise.
Ryan
Yeah. Still, even playing Wildflower for the first time, I think he'd still work.
CJ
I mean, when we did the golf tournament, the scramble with grandpa and Evan's dad and me and Evan and Dalton.
Ben
But take Evan's dad out of the mix, what he's shooting.
CJ
Yeah, probably still maybe like 3, 4 under.
Ben
I think we run it. Honestly, I think we run it and we see where we're at, give ourselves a handicap, and then we. We start challenging some YouTube golfers.
Ryan
That'd be fun.
Ben
It'd be great. Maybe it could be like a back end. On a reckless golf video, we're trying to figure out, like, how to get some kind of notable golfer to come with us on a reckless golf video. It's tough because I don't know if they would necessarily want to be connected to it, but it's also a viral golf video, so depends how down they are. For The. For the cause of going viral. But, yeah, we got to get YouTube golf somehow connected to the reckless golf. 2. Two different worlds, but same. Same level of golf. Just a little bit more golf carting on one. Yeah.
CJ
I mean, I think we could start a golf channel second Golf Channel.
Ben
That'd be nice, huh?
CJ
We'd have to hire two camera guys because Dalton's gonna be golfing with us.
Ben
So that way, it would not help our guy. Would not help our golfing addiction.
CJ
Yes. That way we can justify. When we go golfing every day, we'll be, like, working. What up?
Ben
What up?
Camden
How you boys doing?
Ben
Come on in here.
CJ
Come on in here. Camden.
Ben
What do we got?
CJ
Dude, check this out. So, Camden, he used to work at Shields. And anyways, I was getting checked out, and he was checking me out, and he goes, I paint shoes. And anyways, I'm. I'm already, like, halfway through painting some shoes. Some Seaboy shoes, actually. And he, like, shows me a picture of them.
Ben
What?
CJ
Like, that's sick. He's like, yeah, yeah. I was gonna, like, give them to you guys. And then I was like, can you paint me some shoes, too? So, anyways, yeah, he ended up painting some shoes, and he's delivering them today.
Ben
Let's see them.
CJ
Which ones are these? Now?
Camden
These are the docks.
Ken
These are the personal rigs.
CJ
Okay.
Ben
Cj, check it out.
CJ
So we got the Ford Ranger inspired.
Ben
Oh, classic.
Ryan
Right.
Ben
Shoe.
CJ
And then we got the fake Lamborghini.
Ben
Love it.
CJ
Painted them up, look, so it's got.
Ben
You can wear those to Christmas. I know.
CJ
I'm going to. It's even got a little Lamborghini, too.
Camden
I waterproof.
Ben
Really?
Camden
I waterproofed all of them so that the tail lights. Well, I don't know if they're seboy proof, but.
Ben
Yeah, I don't know.
CJ
I won't be wearing these in the mud, man. I'm just gonna wear them.
Ben
I might.
CJ
I'll just wear them on a special occasion. But thank you so much. No, that was so nice. You.
Camden
Ryan, those are yours.
Ryan
I get so.
CJ
Yeah, yeah. He was paying them for you, actually. That's what he said. No, I want some shoes, too.
Ryan
Damn, bro. Thank you. Okay.
Ken
Yeah, no problem.
Ryan
I feel like this is going to be something that jumps out of me.
Camden
I mean, I guess it's not the only gift I've gotten lately.
Ryan
Yeah, I've been getting lots of gifts.
Camden
Got the quad.
Ryan
Oh, these go hard.
CJ
Damn, those are sick.
Ken
Wow.
CJ
So sick. Red, white, blue.
Ken
I love the ch.
Ryan
That's so sick.
CJ
Sick.
Ryan
It's gonna look good in my Corvette jacket is what it's gonna be.
Ben
Yes.
CJ
Those are fire, bro. You even got, like, the painted on mud, right?
Ryan
Yeah.
Camden
Yeah. That was one cool detail. I was like, screw it.
CJ
Let's do it.
Ken
Yeah.
Ryan
These are so sick.
Camden
Yeah, for sure.
Ryan
What's a better honor, wearing them or putting them on a shelf?
Camden
Honestly, I have.
CJ
Those are sick.
Ryan
Okay.
Ken
I'd throw these on a shelf, but, like, I think it's just as cool to wear them.
Camden
Yeah.
Ben
I had a kid make me flannel Seaboy shoes. They're in the. They're in the air force ones, but I. They're too cool. Like, I've. I've never worn them because I do not want to get them dirty.
Camden
Flannel on yours.
CJ
Hey, I'm. I'm happy with how they turned out, man. They look. I'm really glad.
Camden
So your name is actually on them, too.
CJ
I see that.
Camden
So the CJ is in the Lamborghini font, and the lotter is in the Ford font. And then instead of Ford, look what it says. Ben.
Ben
Sivas Stevens.
Ken
Yep.
Camden
I got Siva. Steven.
Ryan
Let's go, dude.
Camden
And then instead of Ford, it says Sea boys on.
CJ
Love it, dude.
Ben
Oh, yeah.
Ryan
And the custom box, too.
Camden
Yeah, yeah. That one I spent hours on.
Ryan
I could tell. Dude. Holy shit, dude.
Camden
Writing that. My wrist hurt like all hell. It was so bad.
CJ
So how long you been painting shoes for?
Camden
I'd say give or take two or three years.
Ben
How much you charge for a pair of shoes?
Camden
Honestly, it depends. This one, I mean, you just paid for the shoes. I already had most of stuff anyway, so it wasn't, like. It was that big of a. A deal. But I think I'm gonna try getting into using, like, actual leather paints and stuff, which I actually don't have yet. And that's gonna bring the cost up, just because the max size that you can really get is 4 ounces per bottle. And that's not very much, if you think about it. Like, you can only do, like, one pair of shoes with four ounces, dude.
Ben
You know who kills it on YouTube is Marco.
Camden
Yeah, I've seen Marco stuff. I was. I was inspired by his stuff.
Ben
Really?
Camden
Shout out to Marco.
Ben
Yeah. That guy.
Ken
He's so fun to watch.
Ben
I think he's kind of evolved out of doing just shoes. Does, like, basically across the world.
Camden
Yeah. People's insane.
Ken
Entire garages.
Ben
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bigger. Bigger murals like that, but that, too. Yeah, he does. He does a good job.
Ken
Dang. Kind of makes me want to try.
CJ
It it's just fun.
Ken
Not trying to steal any thunder, but it looks fun.
Ben
Yeah, it looks really fun.
Ken
Yeah. Get a pair. Did those. I guess those didn't. But it probably easiest to start with just all white pair or.
Camden
Yeah.
Ken
Or a white and black pair.
Camden
Yeah.
Ben
Our designer Mac Blind Mac Shout out you Mac. He's making me some painting right now. Apparently he's a. He's an art. Yeah, he's really an artist. He's a painter. Apparently a better painter than graphic designer. Wow. Which is crazy because he's a dang good graphic designer. Yeah.
Camden
And then it's actually not the only gift I got you guys. Ben, I talked to you years ago. I video called you on Instagram. This was like, like four years ago. You probably don't remember it.
Ben
All right?
Camden
I was some random ass kid that you didn't even know.
Ben
Okay, what do we got?
Camden
And so I made you guys custom NASCAR die cast.
Ben
Hey, there we go. What?
Camden
Yeah, my buddy designed the scheme. He put it on a template. I printed it out, got it on there.
Ben
Let me see.
CJ
It's sick, actually.
Ryan
Dude, that's so dope.
Ben
Number seven reminds me of the.
Camden
That's the number that you asked me to do clean.
Ben
That's sick. Thank you, bro.
Camden
Yeah, no problem, David.
Ken
That's hard. That's like tiny. Tiny.
Ben
Yeah.
CJ
Well, what's your. What's your.
Camden
Instagram, Camden underscore Old vet O L T V E D T. So many people butcher that and then 80 check them out, man.
CJ
That's awesome, though. We appreciate you.
Camden
Yeah, no problem.
CJ
For sure.
Camden
Anytime.
CJ
And hooking it up with the custom gifts, man.
Camden
Yeah, for sure.
CJ
So sick. I'm gonna wear these with pride when I. When I wear them. Only on special occasions.
Camden
Yeah.
CJ
Because I don't want to obviously get a muddy or anything like that, but thank you, bro.
Ryan
Dude, this is so sick.
Ben
Last topic of conversation here. How about the Vikings game the other day? Oh, my God, the turnaround. And cj, your lack of faith in our new quarterback at halftime?
CJ
I did. I mean, dude, I just like. I guess I. I love the Vikings. I, you know, been watching since I was a little kid. And it was so bad those first three quarters, dude, he couldn't get anything going. Like, he threw an interception, obviously, and that's fine, but like, every ball was getting swatted down like nothing was going very well. And I was just thinking, this guy is a bust, dude. Like, he might just be a bust.
Ryan
And 8:58pm they need to bench McCarthy. Dude just doesn't have it or he's not ready.
CJ
I. I wasn't saying that. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he's just not ready. But I was like, we're gonna lose this game. And I don't know, I was just panicking and it was tough to watch.
Ben
And they turned it.
CJ
And then he turned it around and I was completely wrong. And now it's like he's clearly proven.
Ben
Himself and CJ's got a McCarthy jersey on the way.
CJ
I have not ordered that yet, but. But yeah, no, I think he's. I think he's the guy. I think what really showed, though is how he didn't let it get to him. He was like, we got this. Come on, guys. He's like hyping up the people as. He's really like, hasn't done much at all. You know, if anything, he just kind of up some things and he's sitting there like dapping the guys up on the side like, we're gonna get this. We're gonna. And that's a true leader.
Ben
Yeah. No, that was sick. That was cool. The bikes are rolling.
CJ
I don't know.
Ben
The bikes are rolling. We'll see how it goes. I mean, we've been disappointed. We've been disappointed every single. Oh, they ended with some momentum. Ended with momentum. They're hot right now. Like, people are fired up. Like, if McCarthy would have done the same thing in the second half that he did in the first, like, C.J. would be burning the city down. Right.
CJ
I got money on the game, stuff like that too. So, like it's, it's not just even. I am emotional.
Ben
It's monetary, it's financial.
CJ
I'm financially invested as well. And then on top of that, the last thing I was going to say is the packers are going to be so good this year. I mean, they already are good, but they got a good ass team. They're going to go far. So, like, I mean, just watching.
Ben
What are they?
Ken
One and oh, two good.
CJ
Solid on all two and oh, I think all fronts.
Ken
So now that's rolling.
Ben
No, they are not.2 0.
Evan
They won last night.
Ben
Oh, they.
CJ
Yeah, yeah.
Ben
You got to give.
CJ
You got to give respect and respect.
Camden
The chant. Did you hear the chant, too? The crowd in Lambo was chanting Jerry, Jerry. Like it was crazy.
CJ
Like, like Jerry Jones is the. Oh, oh, Cowboys. They weren't playing the Cowboys, but I think they were just.
Ben
I think they were.
CJ
No, I think they were cheering because they traded them Parsons. Micah Parsons, who is like a super. He's a superstar and they were cheering Jerry because, like, like, thank you. You know, like cheering them all like Jerry.
Ben
Okay, that's pretty funny.
Camden
Saw that this morning.
CJ
I was like, what? I mean, the Cowboys are notorious, though, for making trades that, you know, getting rid of a superstar player to hopefully pick up some other players that are also really good. Maybe not superstars to fill other roles that. To make them a well rounded team.
Ben
But you guys want to watch a good show on Netflix? Watch the American Gambler and his Cowboys.
CJ
Yeah.
Ben
Jerry Jones buying the the Cowboys and then what he did from there. Great show. Yeah. Actually made me like the Cowboys.
CJ
I mean, a good documentary make you like anything.
Ben
Yeah, but. Right?
Ryan
Yeah, we're good.
CJ
I think you're the man, dude. Thank you. Of course.
Camden
No problem.
Ken
Corvette giveaway still ripping. Hit the site. There's a ton of stuff on there for you guys. We appreciate you. Anything else?
CJ
That's it.
Ben
That's a wrap.
Ken
Later, guys. Have a great week.
Ben
Peace.
This episode dives deep into recent adventures, meet-and-greets, and behind-the-scenes moments with the CboysTV crew—CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, and Micah. The group recounts a chaotic fan event, explores streaming culture, shares fan interactions, talks shop (literally and figuratively), and banters about cars, pranks, golf, and the joys/challenges of running their operation. True to form, the conversation is peppered with humor, stories from the road and shop, and reflections on community and growth.
| Time | Segment & Topic | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:41 | Ryan’s prank: trying to get CJ arrested at Heydays | | 05:33-12:13 | Corvette stories, culture, and the triple giveaway | | 13:04 | Modern police chase tech; "fish on, fish on!" | | 22:14-25:17 | Viral, questionable social media (pregnancy post riff) | | 25:59-29:23 | Streaming culture, fan personalities, and Gavin’s “IRL” appeal | | 36:07-37:52 | Should CboysTV livestream? Barriers and quality control | | 45:03 | “Get off my property”—Neighbor interactions | | 49:44-54:59 | Heydays recap and decision to stop collaborating with event| | 58:07-61:11 | Tattoos: fan tradition, potential for world record events | | 63:33-68:39 | Shop maintenance, operations, and team shoutouts | | 69:33-73:37 | Growth, evolution, and keeping the community vibe | | 75:14-78:01 | Reckless golf, potential channel ideas | | 80:01-82:22 | Fan Camden delivers custom-painted shoes and gifts | | 83:31-86:47 | Vikings football drama, sports commentary |
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