Pro-Skaters Sean Malto, Curren Caples and Pro-Surfer Friends to Release Personal-Care Line

“We travel a lot together, skate together, but it’s pretty exciting to go into a business venture together as well,” said 30-year-old professional skateboarder Sean Malto. “…It’s always been a dream of mine to do one with a good friend.” That friend is fellow pro-skater Curren Caples, who, along with his father Evan Caples, Malto and professional surfers Jack Freestone and Mikey February founded Kelsen, a line of clean, unisex, personal-care products that launches in mid-October. “I’ve been hit up by a few companies to do things for them,” said 23-year-old Curren. “But none of the companies really did [it] in a way that felt right…and then me and my dad had the thought of doing our own.” A former pro-surfer himself, Evan — owner of Momentum Ride Shop, a skate, surf and bike store in Port Hueneme, Calif. — has been immersed in surf and skate culture for years. After Malto came on, the father-son duo recruited Freestone and February. “This is a space new to a lot of us, but it all seemed right,” said Curren, who’s based in California. Malto grew up in Kansas City, while Freestone, 27, is from Australia, and February is from South Africa. Together, the four athletes

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