Big Wet (pictured above)
Country singer, Williamsburg
I heard you won.
We won it all. It was a huge
come-from-behind, dark-horse victory.
Who did people think would win?
Noah was definitely the favorite. Everybody on their team is capable of rolling a 200. I was worried about them off the bat and the Perfectly Imperfect team — we were on the same lane as them for the first heat, and I was like, I don’t even know what Perfectly Imperfect is, but they are all fucking sharks.
Was there any beef?
I noticed that the Gem team was rolling with ten-pound kids’ balls. Any league in any alley, it’s 12 or 13 pounds and up. So I pointed it out to them and to Mr. Dirtbag at the beginning. They were like, “It’s not that big a deal, man. We’re not taking it that seriously.” I’m like, “Well, if it’s not that big a deal, just use the 12-pound ball.” I mean, they might as well put the bumpers up. But justice was served. Noah put them out of their misery in the second round. I wanted to win, but the most important thing to me, once I realized what was going on, was that Gem didn’t win.
Noah Berghammer
Filmmaker and musician, Lower East Side
Billy Jones
Music-venue owner, Greenpoint
Shyan Zakeri
Cook, Bedford-Stuyvesant
How did you find out about this?
I’m a man-about-town. Everybody wants me at their function. I can pop into anything and be really good at it. I have that energy like, “We can count on Shy to do what we need.” Like, if we’re on a road trip and the car breaks down, I’m like, “Yo, shorty, don’t worry. I can fix it. I can do anything.”
Mark Hunter
Photographer, Lower East Side
Do you know a lot of people here?
Yeah, I heard about it from six different people. I was basically getting tapped from all angles to show up. And when I got here, Alyssa, the editor of Nylon, introduced me to the girl that started Parade underwear, and it kept going. Everyone in this room has a good LinkedIn profile.
Vesper Ireland
Partnerships lead, Greenpoint
Brynn Wallner
Founder, East Village
Flynn McGarry
Chef, Lower East Side
Halle Lagatta
Creative producer, Jackson Heights
A. J. Marcus
Acquisitions associate, Lower East Side
Do you have other hobbies?
I’m in a bridge club. My friend’s mom gave us lessons, and now we play once a month. We do it at her family’s apartment uptown. We’ve got a whole spread — wine, beer, pizza — which is not normal for the bridge world, but we’re still learning.
Tyler Bainbridge
Newsletter CEO, Carroll Gardens
Sofia Kotlyar
Student, Upper West Side
Ariella Starkman
Executive producer, Chinatown
How’d your team do?
We came in last, but we looked the best, in my opinion. I also liked Fazeworld’s “Horny Is OK” T-shirts. I think that’s so prolific and, like, profound. I love using the word horny to describe most things, so I think it’s important that we — democratize is not the right word for this, but — democratize the use of the word horny.
Ezra Miller
Digital artist, Ridgewood
Kareem Rahma
Comedian, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Aisa Shelley
Restaurant owner, Vinegar Hill
Adam Faze
Studio chief, West Village
Who came up with the shirts?
Sexy Damion. He’s a hidden gem of New York. He used to be known as Ugly Damion, and one day he decided he didn’t wanna be Ugly Damion anymore. He created this brand that doesn’t exist yet: Horny Is OK. He calls himself “the horniest DJ in New York.”
Andrew Brooks
Fashion-brand CEO, Soho
Deisy Patiño
Fashion operations, Washington Heights
Noah Berghammer
Filmmaker and musician, Lower East Side
Billy Jones
Music-venue owner, Greenpoint
Shyan Zakeri
Cook, Bedford-Stuyvesant
How did you find out about this?
I’m a man-about-town. Everybody wants me at their function. I can pop into anything and be really good at it. I have that energy like, “We can count on Shy to do what we need.” Like, if we’re on a road trip and the car breaks down, I’m like, “Yo, shorty, don’t worry. I can fix it. I can do anything.”
Mark Hunter
Photographer, Lower East Side
Do you know a lot of people here?
Yeah, I heard about it from six different people. I was basically getting tapped from all angles to show up. And when I got here, Alyssa, the editor of Nylon, introduced me to the girl that started Parade underwear, and it kept going. Everyone in this room has a good LinkedIn profile.
Vesper Ireland
Partnerships lead, Greenpoint
Brynn Wallner
Founder, East Village
Flynn McGarry
Chef, Lower East Side
Halle Lagatta
Creative producer, Jackson Heights
A. J. Marcus
Acquisitions associate, Lower East Side
Do you have other hobbies?
I’m in a bridge club. My friend’s mom gave us lessons, and now we play once a month. We do it at her family’s apartment uptown. We’ve got a whole spread — wine, beer, pizza — which is not normal for the bridge world, but we’re still learning.
Tyler Bainbridge
Newsletter CEO, Carroll Gardens
Sofia Kotlyar
Student, Upper West Side
Ariella Starkman
Executive producer, Chinatown
How’d your team do?
We came in last, but we looked the best, in my opinion. I also liked Fazeworld’s “Horny Is OK” T-shirts. I think that’s so prolific and, like, profound. I love using the word horny to describe most things, so I think it’s important that we — democratize is not the right word for this, but — democratize the use of the word horny.
Ezra Miller
Digital artist, Ridgewood
Kareem Rahma
Comedian, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Aisa Shelley
Restaurant owner, Vinegar Hill
Adam Faze
Studio chief, West Village
Who came up with the shirts?
Sexy Damion. He’s a hidden gem of New York. He used to be known as Ugly Damion, and one day he decided he didn’t wanna be Ugly Damion anymore. He created this brand that doesn’t exist yet: Horny Is OK. He calls himself “the horniest DJ in New York.”
Andrew Brooks
Fashion-brand CEO, Soho
Deisy Patiño
Fashion operations, Washington Heights
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