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Orange County, the sprawling expanse of suburban, upper-middle-class communities south of Los Angeles, is the home of the California life-style. "Orange County is to the youth-apparel market what New York is to the fashion world," says Danny Kwok, co-president of Quiksilver. "We are the epicenter of the youth movement...
...starts out as a couple of bros silk-screening T shirts and writing invoices on brown paper bags can quickly grow into a multimillion-dollar business. When that happens, it gets a little harder to take the afternoon off to go surfing. "If you want to grow," says Danny Kwok of Quiksilver, "you gotta give away a little bit of your life-style...
...leading niche sports magazines, and Woolcott further infuses his brand with coreness by sponsoring--for as much as $100,000 a year--alternative-sports stars such as skateboarder Rune Glifberg and snowboarder Terje Haakonsen. As a result, Volcom commands almost universal respect throughout the bro-brah network, as Kwok calls Velcro Valley's web of business connections...
...Chinese Americans are still perceived as foreigners, not American citizens, and not due all the rights of American citizens," said Daphne Kwok, executive director of the Organization of Chinese-Americans...
...totally worth it." "We put this on to spread Hawaiian culture," he said. Talking to him, I saw the importance of the luau, not just to spread Hawaiian culture but also to keep it alive in our lives here in Boston while we're so far from home. Zoe Kwok, a Wellesley sophomore, related that she felt that the luau "was an accurate representation of Hawaiian culture and a great place for people from Hawaii to get together and celebrate their own distinctive identity and traditions and see old friends and eat great food and have a great time...