BOBBY HUNDREDS: I’ve gotta say, it’s not that I never expected you to introduce an NFT, it’s just that many of my design heroes have been a bit slower to adopt, let alone embrace. So, I’ve gotta ask: How did you get in and what has inspired you to launch Flying Formations?

TINKER HATFIELD: I really didn’t know much about NFTs until Phil Knight asked me to do one for Oregon’s top football player Kayvon Thibodeaux. It just so happened that I was already working on an art piece with him in it anyway. How Phil knew about NFTs I do not know but it’s pretty damn cool that, at his age, he’s still one of the most progressive thinkers and decision-makers around. Period.

I immediately called a very bright young Innovator at NIKE. His name is Bobby Legaye.

He coached me through some of the rudimentary aspects of Cryptocurrency, blockchain transactions and then I flew into action. After I completed the digital art, Bobby minted the image, got it authenticated, created a wallet for me and then off it went to Kayvon.

After that project, I started thinking about taking yet another project that I had been working on which I called DUCKS COME IN ALL COLORS. I essentially drew up a bunch of ducks in multiple color combinations and developed a plan to put them on t-shirts and shoes and then disperse them to all OREGON Athletes.

A super talented graphic designer and artist named Vincent Clervi and the amazing Innovator Elizabeth Brock-Jones were executing the plan along with my very sharp and organized administrative assistant Kendal Bagby when Division Street CEO Rosemary St. Clair, called and suggested that we turn them all into NFT ART and SNEAKERS. Rosemary being the fabulous get-it-done leader of Division Street helped refine the language into BIRDS OF A FEATHER and the FLYING FORMATIONS collection.

I’m telling you; this team is the best I’ve ever worked with, and I think it shows. I’m super excited to work with them and a handful of others. We are going to change many athletes’ lives for the better and help lead this new revolution. What could be better than that?

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