Courtesy of Clearweather.
- After years in the industry, brothers Brandon and Josh Brubaker co-founded Clearweather Footwear.
- The brothers from California are both designers and run their company with three other employees.
- They create skateboarding and lifestyle shoes and hope to leave the company to their kids someday.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brandon and Josh Brubaker, who cofounded Clearweather Footwear in 2014. The brothers, ages 50 and 41, respectively, have nearly 50 years of experience in the footwear industry between them, working at Vans, Converse, Supra Footwear, and Quiksilver, among others.