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Apr 16, 07
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Ephin apperal
check out a dope urban clothing line coming out of surrey at :
Ephin Apparel 
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Apr 16, 07
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my buddy's been an ephin wearer for a while, sure he'll be glad to hear about the store if he hasn't already.
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May 06, 07
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Search Site:        Heera Sidhu (left) and Ryan Wiese are partners in Ephin Apparel, a Surrey company selling clothing to the skateboarding and hiphop market. They're trying to convince graffiti artists to give up their scofflaw ways and turn their talents to more productive channels.Photo/Ted ColleyGraffiti artists spray their way into trouble Ted Colley Surrey's mayor wants the RCMP to crack down on Stompdown Killaz, a group of graffiti artists who like to post videos of themselves at work on YouTube. Stompdown has posted 75 flicks of its members painting graffiti on Surrey buildings, bridge abutments and overpasses on the popular website, and Mayor Dianne Watts isn't amused. "I looked at the stuff on YouTube and the city manager looked at it," Watts said Thursday after being told about the postings. "We've contacted the RCMP to see how we're going to deal with this. We're going to track them down and put a stop to it." Surrey RCMP Cpl. Roger Morrow said police regularly monitor sites like YouTube to keep an eye of what's going on in the city. "There's a core of a few people in the city doing graffiti. We did extensive work in District 2 (Fleetwood) with graffiti and there's other stuff coming," Morrow said. The police and city hall aren't the only ones interested in putting the brakes on graffiti in Surrey. Ryan Wiese and Heera Sidhu are co-owners of Ephin Apparel, a clothing company that caters to the skateboarding and hip hop subculture. Both men were born and raised in Surrey and both say they want to make a positive contribution to their city. The YouTube videos carry links to Ephin Apparel, their website, but Wiese and Sidhu said they're not involved in putting up graffiti. "No, we don't have anything to do with it. It's just because they like our clothes, so they link us," Wiese said. He understands the mayor and police want to stamp out graffiti, but said going around trying to catch the bombers and penalize them isn't likely to be very productive. "They can tell them 'don't do it,' but they're not going to listen. Going out chasing them won't work - they like that," Wiese said. "They've gotta get young companies, people like us, involved. We can talk to these kids." Ephin sells spray paint along with their clothes, but Wiese said they don't sell to anyone under 19 years and they want to know what people are doing with the stuff before they make a sale. "We won't sell it if they're not using it for canvases. Nobody gets art supplies from us if they're not using them in a positive way." He and Heera try to steer kids away from illegal activity like graffiti and into more positive outlets for their creative urges. They encourage kids to create canvases - paintings. If they're any good, they'll display them in the store. "They're on the tip of either doing something good for themselves, or doing something bad," Wiese said. "We want to be a catalyst for good. I ask them, 'What are you doing with your art? Look what we did, we created a clothing company.'" Ephin is talking to city hall about doing a cleanup of their neighbourhood, along Fraser Highway, west of 152nd Street, in the next week or two. Watts liked the sound of that. "I'd be more than happy to work with them if they want to get involved in that," the mayor said.
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May 08, 07
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they don't let on that they have girl's clothing too.. but if you actually go into the store they have some nice stuff for the ladies as well!
last time I was in there the store was further towards Fleetwood though. they have since moved.
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