Source: www.grindtv.com --- Monday, June 27, 2016
Photo: Courtesy of Death Collective/British Customs Max Duff is the Founder of Death Collective , a motorcycle lifestyle movement based out of Australia built around using bikes to bring people together and having fun. Together, we built Pamela , a Triumph Scrambler built for FUNction. In the interview, he discusses how the death of two friends inspired him to found Death Collective as a creative outlet, his thoughts on what brings motorcyclists together, and customizing his own bike as a form of self-expression. How did Death Collective start? I’m a pretty chill guy, so the first question people usually ask is “What’s up with the dark name? The answer to that question dates back to November 2011, and it’s the reason why Death Collective exists. I was woken up in the early hours of the morning to the news that my friend Dane Searls — known for changing BMX forever after jumping the world’s biggest dirt jumps — had been in accident and was in intensive care. For the next few days I was alongside Dane’s family and closest friends (some I hadn’t seen for years) as we waited and hoped for some good news. On Nov. 25, we were told that his life support would be switched off. Dane died at 4:19 a.m. that morning. Two months later, I received another phone call. My childhood friend Adam Foster had been involved in a car accident, and like Dane, was in intensive care. We raced up to the Brisbane hospital to see Adam and support his family. ...
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