the world of RISE

Baller.Brawler.Rider.Lover.

2006-11-19T22:28:00.000Z

The Baller

He walks and talks.
He swaggers, even.

He prefers oldschool methods and nuskool moves.

Whatever comes at him, he knocks out of the ballpark.
People have said he's just lucky.
What do people know?

He was once just a number on the rookie heap.
But he learnt a way out - a way to overcome.

Its no secret... He learnt to

RISE.

The Boxer

He's been knocked down.
Hell - he's been knocked out.
But no matter how many rounds he' s gone, he is undiminished.
Such is the stuff of champions.
Such is the stuff of the fighter. There is a word that describes such a man.

RISE.

BMX

Sloucher. Nobody. Goodfornothing.

Loser.

Whatever... define me as you will.
My demons aren't like you. Your words dont haunt me.

My enemy is my own limitations.
My enemy is being knocked down.
My enemy is the opposite of that word...

RISE.

Love Conquers.

Come hide away with me my love...
Come away from the fight...
Come away from the rush...

Let the fallen fall.
Let time and tide take their toll.

Let all who curse come do their worst,
For love conquers all,
Over muddied earth and bloodied skies,
Let victims fall,
And victors

RISE.

The Boss

He's been around forever.
His crew are tough as nails, and it seems like such a secret. How can he make success look so effortless.
He's managed fighters and brawlers, scrappers and ballers.
The secret's not so secret though.

He lives and breathes one anthem; one mantra.

RISE.

Welcome to RISE

2006-11-17T22:38:00.000Z

So... who are we? Why are we here? What’s our purpose? - and what does RISE stand for?

RISE is an urban/skate fashion label, is based in London, UK, and apart from Ranui and Dee Samuels as the core design operatives, we have skateboarders, BMX riders, media creatives and a couple business types to keep the lid on the whole thing screwed down. As a team, we’re kind of a kiwi/british hybrid - but we all get along amicably enough.

The core theme of RISE is to create a brand that encompasses the idea of rising up in life to find success and freedom. We exist to encourage, inspire, challenge and lead others into becoming overcomers. Whether thats on the skate park, bike ramps, at work - wherever - RISE is your encouragement to push on, succeed, maintain, destroy, open up, go through, live, breathe, think - and scream in the face of your obstacles to RISE up and overcome. This theme has molded us as individuals, and we want to live out our lives doing the same for others.

As a company, we are committed to premium products, fair prices, and most importantly - guaranteed Ethical manufacturing policies. We are all about looking out for the underdog - and that becomes most apparent when we outsource to production houses overseas. We believe in fair practices right across the board. Effectively - we dont cut corners. This means that what you get - we worked hard for. Lots of our own blood, sweat and tears - not someone elses.

We are fairly eclectic in our design ideas and themes. Basically we are all about freedom. Every design and product we have is a variation of that idea. Currently we have 40+ designs in our catalogue - and we will aim to produce this amount every year.

Whatever you’re into, wherever you are - RISE up and overcome.

DEFY. DEFINE. DEFEND. RISE Worldwide.

Solace.

2006-11-17T22:19:00.000Z

Solace.

A word...

It drifts just out of reach.

The white noise of the world, the frequency feedback, blaring,
gives me the rush and the rage, the last dash, the cash.

But not,

Solace.

It's amusing, don't you think? - How we value what we dont have.
You think you don't have money.
You think you don't have money.
You think you don't have money.
You think you don't have money.
You think you don't have money.

But what you don't have, is,

Solace.

I laughed at myself today; I shook my head and laughed. Insanity is more sane than my own pursuit for acceptance, meaning.
I laughed because Life is a tidal wave, and in living, I almost drown.
I laughed because I realised that,

In my trying to survive, I realised there isn't meaning out there.

The meaning is in me.

Ah, there it is again... I was wondering where it went,

Solace.

Morning Sunshine

2006-11-13T09:39:00.000Z

Welcome to Life.

I view your chaos through red-rimmed eyes and watch as my streams of hope turn muddy through your incessant traversing
Your Truth is new.
Every second your Truth changes as mud and blood, waste and wear, tear strips off your dreams
And you cannibalize your Hope as you feed off your own decay.

War is your friend. Not Cause but War itself.
Forever you are dying, and besieged by your own Reality,
You can not even afford a single tear at your demise.
In your world of gray and quagmire, you have long lost the desire for colour.

Death is a constant companion to you, but he comes not with a scythe
But with a butter knife.
Death drips off your fingers and spreads on your toast. While living, not quite alive, and so Death owns you.
Forget cliche.
Death isnt in the darkness. It' s in the gray.

Ive waded through your mind unafraid.
As one alive, I was fearless.
Ive searched for Truth in your Reality.
But Truth in you is unscented.
Odourless, invisible, intangible.
What Truth I seek in you is not the same in me.
Your Truth is new.
Your Truth is unscented.
Your Truth is gray.
Your truth is death.

For the first time in weeks, this morning the sun streamed through my windows.
It startled me.
My world is not gray, and my companion is not death.
Theres order behind me on the rail.
Love put it there.

Thats the difference between you and me.
What' s in me, it comes from love.
Death can still touch me, but that world of gray,

it's yours, not mine.

If I can, I will show you my world now.
Welcome to fragrance and light.
Welcome to breakfast without Death.
Welcome, friend, to friendship.

Only in death do questions cease
But only in life are quests released.

Ive sat with you through your questions.

Now walk with me through morning sunshine.

Startling, isn't it?