rob dyrdek. -lemonis: what's happening, my man? rob: appreciate you, man. how you been, man? would have never thought the day you show up at my office with a skateboard. i mean, i'm -- i'm just -- i'm so happy right now. lemonis: i'm carrying it. i'm not riding it. rob: okay. sit down. show me what you guys got going here. lemonis: well, rob, i'm gonna have them give you a little background on who kota is. -rob: sure. -mike: kota stands for "knights of the air," a moniker that was given to the earliest fighter pilots. so, that's the essence of the brand. i flew f-14s in the navy out of san diego, actually. -rob: i've been in one. -mike: have you really? rob: threw up a little bit. -mike: nice. -rob: the g's got me. -nikki: [ chuckles ] yes. -lemonis: [ laughs ] the g's got you. -rob: and so, what happened? you made the skateboards and -- and -- mike: people started buying them right out of my driveway. then we developed this clear, non-porous grip finish so that we could move the primary art surface to the top of the board. so, you can feel that. and you don't need any grip t