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Local Legends

9:09
The Designer Making Luxury a Ritual in LA
No matter the luxury you’re creating, it always has a choice of remaining integral. In this custom episode of Local Legends in collaboration with Acura, we’ll introduce luxury-wear designer Brenda Equihua and her Mexican heritage that inspired it.
VICE Asia Pacific

14:23
Bithoon
Kim Ji-hun trained with 30 other trainees for what would later become the biggest K-pop band in the world, BTS. However, life had other plans for Ji-hun. This is his story of being on the brink of fame and then losing it all.
Local Legends

11:31
Meet Florida’s Python Cowboy
VICE meets up with wildlife influencer, Trapper Mike to see how he's amassed such a devoted following by going on hunts to rid the Everglades of various invasive species.
Influence

13:21
Pakistan's Enforced Disappearances
Mahrang Baloch is an activist using social media to highlight the issue of enforced disappearances in Pakistan. Ethnic Baloch people have been disappearing for two decades, activists say this happens after calling for social justice or independence.
Local Legends

11:08
75 Arrests, 134 Marathons & 1 Stabbing: Kansas City Superman
Local Legends meets a one of a kind jogger in Kansas City named the Kansas City Superman.
Local Legends

7:55
London’s Joyful Lockdown Ravers
We meet Joy Anonymous, a dance collective that brought happiness to Londoners during the misery of lockdown by throwing parties on the River Thames.
Local Legends

13:51
Undressing the True Story of the Naked Cowboy
Profiling the local heroes.
Local Legends

10:24
The 60-Ton Junk Cathedral of Texas
Vince Hanneman, AKA The Junk King, has become famous in Austin for the massive, multi-room, 60-ton Cathedral of Junk he has been building on his property since the 80s.
Local Legends

7:14
The Furniture Salesman that Saved Houston: Mattress Mack
If you live in Houston, you probably know Jim McIngvale as his alter-ego "Mattress Mack." Mack is fixture of Houston and a true local legend.
Local Legends

6:34
Pancho Claus is Coming to Town | Local Legends
Since 1981, Richard Reyes has played the part of Pancho Claus, dressing up in a zoot suit and delivering presents in a low-rider to kids around the city.
Local Legends

11:06
Dennis Woodruff
Profiling the local heroes.
Local Legends

9:06
The Ice Bearded Surfers of Lake Michigan
Daniel Schetter, known as “Surfer Dan,” has become a local legend for surfing Lake Superior, rain or shine, and making epic ice beards in the meantime.
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