SPONGERCITY INTERVIEW with Aka LYMAN and Will GEORGE – INTERVIEW done in Sept. 2006

Maybe you’ve heard about it, maybe you haven’t but Will George and Aka Lyman are launching a new board company. Yep ! Some of the best drop kneers out there are gonna release some fresh and nice boards called TOYS. We thought we should talk to Will and Aka about that new project… Here’s what the Dk masters had to say:

1. Hi guys, wassup ?
Will: Not much man whats up ?
Aka: Just chilln with my kids.

2. Can you introduce yourselves for those who don’t know you ?
Will: Will George 27 years old 6 foot tall 185 pounds.My home is Laguna Niguel California and Oahu I think that covers it..
Aka: Aka Lyman 32 Oahu , Hawaii is my home.

3. So what have you been up to lately ?
Will: working on Toys ,surfing , fishing , partying , enjoying life…
Aka: going to my kids baseball games and getting in the water as much as i can. makin toys happen!.

4. You guys are launching a new board company, can you tell us what’s the project and how you came up with the idea for this new board brand ?
Will: TOyS is all about fun and having a good time. I want to have the best boards , the best team , the best fins . I want tOyS to be rockin!
Aka: I came up with ToYs a few years back. I just had to wait for the right time to make this thing right. Were ready now and here we go.

5. What’s the concept ?
Will: I think for me it is for the kids to get the goods! I want kids to get the same level boards that Aka and I ride.
Aka: yeah like Will said. We want ToYs to be by Body Boarders for Body Boarders , get everyone the best boards out there.

6. Are the boards different ?
Will: yeah they’re good!
Aka: hahaha the boards are the same shapes that Will and I ride , we are not putting our names on anything lame !

7. Will you offer more DK oriented boards ?
Will: Yes! we have a board called the YoYo that is for little kids and girls. Then we our also going to have a prone board pro model. I cant tell you who it is yet but ToYs will be signing one of the top prone riders in the world to the team.

8. Who’s shaping the babies ?
Will: Pete Anaya , we also have another shaper coming on board soon!!!

9. Will, can you give us the dimensions and specs of your current board ?
Will: I will tell you this it is 43 inches long , the rest is top secret

10. Aka, can you give us the dimensions and specs of your current board ?
Aka: Oh man I don’t have them right now , all my stuff is at the factory right now.

11. Both of you will have a pro model i guess, will you ?
Will: yeah a Aka Lyman board and a Will George board.

12. Aka we haven’t seen you on a boogieboard in the mags or videos for a long time, is it a media come back ? What motivated you to be involved in this project ?
I love to surf! plus my kids are getting older now so I’m looking forward to them seeing me surf and them surfing with me. The other main motivation is getting to do a company with some of my best friends. Getting to design all the boards ,ad’s , everything it’s really cool.

13. Will, you left your long time sponsor Toobs to start TOYS, was it a hard decision ?
No. getting to do a company with me and Aka was a dream since I was a kid. We get to make all the calls all the shots for ToYs so it is sick!

14. What’s the typical Will George’s day ?
If the waves are good i’ll surf. if no waves maybe do some fishing with Raffi. recently my days have been working on ToYs and making it happen.

15. And what’s the typical Aka Lyman’s day ?
Kids , kids , kids!!! to much stuff to go through the whole day.I got 2 boys so the work never stops. The waves have been good the past few weeks so the kids have been not going to school and going to the beach with me.

16. What else do you guys do when you’re not in the water ?
Will: fishing , t.v. , baseball , girls , working out , you know stuff like that
Aka: BBQ’s at the beach and golf , I love golf

17. Who do you like to see surf ? who’s got skills on the knee ?
Will: heres my list , Aka , Roach , Raffi , Keith , JJ , Fred , Kainoa , P.Cooper , Leroy , Mason Rose , Lackey , Jacky Buder, that’s all I can think of for now.
Aka: Roach, Will , Raffi , the whole ToYs and Sandy’s crew

18. Who inspires you ?
Will: everyone who playes for the New York Yankees.
Aka: my family!

19. The new company is a full time job for you guys or do you manage to work and do this company thing aside of your other activity ?
Will: full time.

20. When will the boards be available ?
Will: soon very soon! As we do this interview we are taking care of some details and the boards will be out soon!!!

21. Who’s in the team besides Will and Aka ?
ToYs team: Aka Lyman , Will George , Raffi Meyer , Keith Sasaki , JJ Ayala. plus there is one very other very big name DK rider and very big Prone rider who will be joining the crew soon.

22. We’ve seen nice pics/framegrabs of you guys and also Raffi, filming for your new video. Where and what have you filmed so far ?
Will: We have been on location in Mexico , California and Hawaii so far…

23. When will you release the video ?
Spring /Summer 07!!!

24. Do you guys wanna add anything ? any thank you’s ? fuck you’s ? love you’s ? hate you’s ?
Will: ToYs would tour coming to you spring/summer 07… Rock for light!
Aka: Love you’s my family. Thank you’s you guys for the love on your site. That’s it for me…

Thanx a lot Aka & Will – TC at Spongercity.com