Ben Brough
Born and raised in Hawaii, Ben Brough is a skater and a surfer at heart. A former team athlete for Volcom, Brough traveled the world competing in surf events as a teenager and, to his benefit, had the opportunity to visit museums and meet with artists as he worked to craft his own form. Seeing with his own eyes what many of us were stuck admiring in books in the classroom, Brough honed his vision—a cubist, abstract, Picasso-esque style blending different mediums. So, when an artist and friend of Völkl athlete, Paddy Graham, reached out to Brough about creating designs for the ski-maker’s latest Built Together collection, it was an easy fit. The “Spirit Animals” collection is certainly eye-catching, but we knew there was more to the story. From surfing to skiing, drawing inspiration from music and seeing his art “living” out in the world, here’s the scoop from Brough himself.
