2010 SOULFIESTA Pinas Hiphop Power Rankings #20

Specks/We Legendary comes into the list at Number 20.

NUMBER 20: SPECKS/WE LEGENDARY - Mark Bandigan has been one of the biggest persons behind the entire skate scene in the Philippines. I bumped into his product during my early days as a member of AMPON, I saw Caliph8 rocking a shirt and it caught my eye. Years later, as my team was doing cross promotions with FUBU -- I came to know the person behind the shirts. Mark Bandigan, a graphic designer and was the marketing head of FUBU at the time, had another passion which was his own clothing line called SPECKS. His passion for the in line skating and skateboard community is unparalleled. Pushing shirts off his own house, sponsoring acts like Pamilia Dimagiba, TEAM GRAE to Raimund Marasigan of Sandwich and basically putting his money where his mouth is. Throughout the years he has blossomed into a better businessman and it shows -- he has opened his first store We Legendary and has also opened his second store within 2 years in his birth place in Davao. Constantly pushing the skate scene to achieve more recognition, he has a team of skaters under his guidance who have been dominating and has become legends in the circuit both in the metro and in Davao.

WE LEGENDARY NIKE SB LAUNCH

Recently, he bagged his NIKE SB account and has been selling em like crazy. I have to credit his deals with Nike cause from my last visit there and to my visit to sneaker shops in SG, We Legendary actually has better stocks and their releases are quite on time -- than Singapore. I've seen urban shops come up and go throughout the years, whether it be hiphop or skate inclined but none has outlasted the shifting scene more than SPECKS/WE LEGENDARY.

WONG of Team Specks was recently invited to the X Games in Shanghai.

Also if you don't already assess how much of a hustler Mark Bandigan is, let me break it down for you. Even in the skate community -- there are on going pirating of one crew member to the other by different crews trying to get they name up. Whether it be money, sponsorships, fame, shoes -- the offers are going crazy by the day. TEAM SPECKS was just recently invited to the X GAMES in Shanghai,China -- as recent as late last month. And although Wong didn't qualify due to some issues on the changing the rules last minute but this also marks the first time a Filipino Skater from Pinas made it to the X Games! Specks as a brand has taken a back seat for now, but they have released collaboration shirts with AMPON, DJ Red I and the sold out "Loyalty Feeds The Movement" shirt by Turbulence.

VISIT WELEGENDARY HERE.

DID YOU KNOW: Did you know Tracer One from Mastaplann skates? Did you know Mastaplann is coming for a reunion concert in Manila this August? Did you know Marquiss has a song with Mastaplann on GRAE?