retail genre clothing lifestyle founded 1997 founder trigger gum larry linkogle nathan fletcher headquarters carlsbad california united states products action sports apparel number of employees 450 website metalmulisha.com metal mulisha is an american lifestyle clothing brand that was created in 1997 by trigger gumm nathan fletcher and larry linkogle . metal mulisha inc. products are sold at various retail stores and company owned stores . it also offers metal mulisha energy drinks under the same brand in a joint venture with rockstar . the company currently employs about 450 people . the metal mulisha monster jam monster truck was debuted in 2012 at reliant stadium in houston tx . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 contents 1 clothing 2 notable riders 3 references 4 external links clothing edit metal mulisha t shirts were fashionable among youth in the 2000s . the shirts often feature existential slogans or quotes that tout the virtues of extreme sports . in 2010 the murrieta valley unified school district banned metal mulisha clothing at its schools due to graphics resembling nazi symbols and iconography . some graphics appearing on metal mulisha s clothing line include a skull wearing a helmet resembling one worn by german soldiers in world war ii while on the company s logo the s in mulisha is represented graphically by a lightning bolt that resembles the double lighting bolts insignia of the nazi major paramilitary organization schutzstaffel or ss . 11 12 rabbi barry ulrych of the b nai chaim of murrieta synagogue regarding the images appearing on metal mulisha products stated people say it s just a fashion it s more than that it s an identity ... these symbols are not as neutral as one might think . symbols can hurt and some symbols are intimidating ... with this symbolism they are glorifying the nazi past . you can t go through life being ignorant of symbols . 12 in a letter the company countered with the statement metal mulish founders and riders are devout christians espousing those values prized in the religious community . 12 still metal mulisha t shirts maintain some popularity in the 2010s . one of their more popular t shirts contain the slogan ass cash or grass ... nobody rides for free . 13 notable riders edit jackson strong brian deegan larry linkogle nate adams jeremy stenberg mike jones seth enslow robbie maddison cam sinclair references edit http www.virtual strategy.com 2015 03 21 team fastrax % e2 % 84 % a2 appear auto club 400 nascar sprint cup axzz3vypxauoq http www.metalmulisha.com history http www.shop eat surf.com 2015 04 bill gage returns to metal mulisha http www.bendsource.com bent archives 2015 02 05 winterfest cancels snow events adds more metal mulisha and music http motocross.transworld.net news metal mulisha mini troops ride day fun 6t0oseh7rw7zluaa .97 http motocross.transworld.net news in search of mx in tahiti lxfjeqlcjq6ksso6 .97 http www.lodinews.com news article f4f4be8e db25 11e4 8b14 0b916dddd691.html http www.redbull.com en motorsports stories 1331720040389 nitro circus josh sheehan triple flip video story http xgames.espn.go.com xgames rally moto x article 10073720 metal mulisha members star new suicidal tendencies video http xgames.espn.go.com xgames rally moto x article 9379815 qa metal mulisha co founder larry linkogle li shan . nazi like insignia on bike team s clothing stirs heat at riverside county school district . latimes.com . los angeles times . retrieved 2 july 2015 . a b c rodman edmon j. schools go to war with nazi insignia clothing company . jewishjournal.com . jewish journal . retrieved 2 july 2015 . metal mulisha for free tee . metalmulisha.com . metal mulisha . retrieved 2 july 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title metal mulisha & oldid 735502959 categories 1990s fashionclothing companies of the united statescompanies established in 1997companies based in carlsbad californiaprivately held companies based in californiasportswear brandsclothing brands of the united statesmonster trucks navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 05 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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