Dennis Kanegae
My first ad related job was delivering
motorcycles to shoots while working at Yamaha Motors. I took a 750 in my
van to a mansion in Pasadena. When I arrived I saw all these trucks and
vehicles and there must have been 50 people there. Most of them were
standing around munching on bagels. I went into the mansion to find
out where they wanted the bike and I accidentally went into a room with
three half-dressed female models.
The next day, we shot in
Westwood and the rider drank beer all day. At the end of the day, he
was hammered. That night, we had a wrap party at this really expensive
restaurant in Hollywood where I met an actress who gave me her phone
number. Nothing came of it but I thought I should learn more about the
advertising agency work, seemed like fun. Plus, many of those guys who
were standing around drove Porsches.
After that, I wanted to get
in the ad biz. My first job was at Honda's new ad agency (they just won
the account way back when) called Dailey & Associates. Peter Dailey
owned it but was never there because he became the ambassador to
Ireland. I didn't have any ad agency experience so I offered to work
for free for 90 days, they all laughed and I said "how hard can working
in advertising be?"
They hired me even though I insulted them. They even paid me.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
HONDA
YAMAHA
SUZUKI
BTO SPORTS.COM
SCORPION HELMETS
SUNLINE/SIXSIXSIXONE
CAMELBAK
FAST LANE
FMF
FOX RACING
ANSWER
SPECIALZED
KTMWORLD
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION (MSF)
MALCOLM SMITH
SOUTHWEST MOTO TIRES
XPEED
CRG
MOTODOFFO
CALIZONA APPALOOSA HORSE CLUB
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First Job
Working on a family chicken farm in Santa Ana, CA made me want a non-farm job. We had egg fights and rode mini bikes. I learned to wheelie a tractor at 12 years old and found out chicken manure could catch fire.
Favorite Food
Fried chicken (any kind of chicken for that matter)
First Motorcycle
Yamaha 80 trail bike. It had no ground clearance and rigid foot pegs so every time I tried to corner hard, I would dig in the peg and high side so I spent a small fortune on clutch and brake levers.
First Race Bike
Bultaco Pursang. The first time I rode it, I looped it out and broke the fenders, tank and seat. I went about 100 feet but 75 of it was the bike endoing.
First Race
Got a bad start and crashed into a pond near one of the turns. Luckily, it was shallow.
First Pro Win
I was leading an Ascot Junior main event but crashed hard with about three laps to go. Somehow, they put me in the front row on the re-start but as I started the bike, I noticed my tank was punctured and fuel was literally pouring out, plus my knee was messed up. My mechanic stuffed a rag in the tank and seat and we went on to win it.
Patti Kanegae
I have been working in the Powersports Industry since...well, the early 70's... yep that long. My career started in the dealership side, then later a rep for Hallman Racing (now Thor), Ed Tucker Distributor (now Tucker Rocky) and others. I was one of the largest selling KTM Dealers in the history of the brand, one of the first dealers with a retail powersports website, managed the DirtBike School program for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation in Irvine, CA and managed the accessory, internet and outlet department for a large Powersports dealer.
Recently I returned to college to study Graphics Technology. With that said, I now handle most of the production and assist in the management of NineFiftyOne Marketing.
Our focus is to provide great customer service at a reasonable price and allow our customers to fully utilize our many years of experience in the powersports and advertising business.
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