Designer Ryan Arambula talks us through his playing days with Charleston Battery and how the physical impact of the game closed the door on a USL career, but a love of design opened up the game to him in a way he hadn’t imagined. 

A phone call took him from Myrtle Beach to Venice Beach and he soon found himself at the epicentre of a West Coast cultural movement where his two passions, football and design, could play out together on VBFC’s concrete paradise.

Opportunities followed, one on the form of Kylian M’Bappe and he was on the move again, this time to Portland, Oregon and Nike’s global HQ.

‘Only in America’ they say. But more than being in the right place at the right time, risks need to be taken when opportunity knocks, and Ryan’s not afraid of taking them. 

There's plenty of great stuff in this conversation and worth the listen for that South Carolinian drawl alone.

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