- These are the ones I wear at the racetrack
and my everyday life.
[horse neighs]
Oh, what a great intro.
A horse!
I'm Bubba Wallace and these are My 10 Essentials.
[upbeat music]
So my first essential are my Maui Jim sunglasses.
These are probably my favorite, the Little Maks.
The iconic blue, kinda goes with the Petty blue colors.
Richard Petty, the King, that's who I drive for.
Makes total sense to have some blue shaded Maui Jim's.
Why the Maui Jim brand?
It's 'cause they pay me to wear these bad boys,
so I'm gonna wear them all day.
This is one of many pairs that I have at home
and I actually got a couple more in mind
that I'm gonna get this year, so gonna make that phone call
as soon as I leave today.
All right, essential number two.
Pair of my Beats headphones.
Oh yeah.
I got the Studio3's here, all black.
I might keep it black on black, nothing wrong with that.
I'm a big music guy, big music guy.
It puts me in the zone, it gets me out of my funks,
puts me in the racing mood, gets my game face on.
So you slap these bad boys on.
I can't hear the world now, it's lovely.
It's peaceful, it's quiet, it's my place of zen and comfort
and I cannot travel without these.
I'm a big heavy metal guy, which you would think
is the exact opposite of what I listen to to calm me down.
[heavy metal music playing]
The louder the screams, the heavier the breakdowns,
that's all me.
That has my name written all over it.
It is, it brings comfort.
You got the riffs, you got the screams, you got the drums,
you got it all.
What I'm listening to right now is kinda Silent Planet,
Currents is kinda on the playlist right now.
So yeah, those are probably the two.
Country music is not on my list.
I listen to Tyler Childers a lot.
I wouldn't consider him country though,
in my personal opinion.
Chris Stapleton a little bit, I love Chris Stapleton.
Who else?
Colter Wall, that's kinda getting into the country
a little bit, but as far as the mainstream stuff,
nah not really.
Essential number three is my Nintendo Switch.
I'm a big gamer and this right here allows me
to get my fix of gaming
throughout the pre-race flights and post-race flights,
simply because there is a game that most of you
may have heard of called Mario Kart, yeah.
It's a racing game, go figure, racing game.
[horse neighs]
Here's my Switch.
Got the little Petty blue color in there.
Going with the scheme here.
Couple of my team members on the 43,
we have a Mario Kart tournament.
We have a league going.
There's maybe money involved.
We race for a quarter, a nickel, a dollar,
whatever your wager wants to be,
and we start out the beginning of the season
and we tally up the points, keep track of the money
and the stats and you get paid out at the end of the year.
So there are some people that still owe me money.
They're still on the team so I know where they're at.
I can always get the money from them,
but this is a huge essential.
This passes by the long flights so well.
The flights from California and back,
you do 48 races, that's half the flight.
You do another 48, you're home.
So it's a good time.
No more sleeping on the plane, all Mario Kart.
I stick with Wario.
I found some speed with Wario,
tuned in and honed in on the skills,
got the setup right and it does the job very well.
Essential number four, my iPad Pro.
So this has allowed me to pass by the time
sitting at home or on commercial flights
where my race team is not there with me to play Mario Kart.
Download movies, got some apps on here
to do little sketches and doodling.
It's got some photography stuff on here.
I'm big into photography,
and that essential will be coming up here in a little bit.
It has some photography apps on here, I can edit on the go.
Photoshop's on here, Lightroom's on here.
Go on here and use the pen, do my edits,
send it over to my computer.
When I get home, do final touches and send it on its way.
But this has been a huge essential for me,
iPad Pro right here.
Jesus.
Camera bag, pull out my camera here.
Got my tripod in there, little mini one.
This is one of my babies here.
It's actually my newest edition.
This is my Sony A92.
I wanted to get into motorsports photography
and I decided to go with this beast.
It's condensed down right now,
I took my extra battery grip off.
We went to do a little bit of hiking the other day
and so I just wanted to make it compact.
But yeah, I got the whole Nifty 50 on here, 1.4.
I got it wrapped in some cool camouflage wrap.
I got a little mamba snakeskin on the body itself.
1.4 F-stop there.
I've been in photography since about 2010
and I've kinda evolved.
I've always treated it like golf.
The better the equipment, the better you'll play.
The better the camera, the better my pictures will be.
That's not necessarily the case.
Takes a lot of practice to learn how to use this thing.
Yes, I do shoot on manual.
I don't turn it on auto.
I figure it out on my own.
Every frame, I'm learning something new about this deal
but I've had a lot of fun over the years,
got some really good photos
and excited about what photo is next.
The reason I got started,
I've always seen the cool action shots that are on track
and I've always wanted to recreate my own and be like,
"That'd be cool to add my own little twist to it",
so definitely, I've always had a camera with me
every time I travel somewhere.
All right, my next essential.
It's with me everyday, I'm taking it off right now.
It's my watch.
This here is my Bell & Ross BR 03-94 R.S.18.
This was my second timepiece that I have bought, official.
I've had the normal ones where you get it
from the department store.
I've always had a watch on while I race, I don't know why.
I've always been a watch guy and my first watch,
I bought last year in January, I believe.
It was a Breitling.
It's one of the Navitimers, love it.
It was a leather band
and I couldn't wear that inside the race car,
just because the band would get all wore out
and be nasty and stuff, and that one's more dressy.
This one is more, kinda everyday wear.
The gunmetal gray, the red dials here.
It's like a motorsports watch, kinda the motorsports family.
Carbon fiber face inside, the rubber band.
Love it, it is with me at all times.
There's something about big faces capture my eye,
but I think my next one is gonna be a little bit smaller.
But yes, always with me on my wrist at all times.
When I don't wear it, I feel super naked, awkward, weird.
Gotta have a watch on.
You can tell, my watch tan is not pleasant right now.
My next essential is my backpack.
Tumi backpack here.
I've been a fan of Tumi for a number of years now
and this one, I had seen this design in the airport
on one of the many flights that I take
throughout the year, and I thought this one captured my eye,
so I was able to order myself one
and it has all the pockets that we need.
It definitely gets the job done,
allows me to carry everything that I need.
It's very light, compact.
I love it.
I can pack my Switch, my headphones, my camera gear.
All in here, love it.
- [Producer] Do you consider yourself relatively organized?
- I would say I am but my girlfriend says I'm not.
She says I'm messy and leave everything everywhere.
Nowadays, I travel light.
I have probably five of my essentials with me,
so it's easier for me to be organized.
Next essential here, my MacBook Pro.
I've been a Mac fan ever since they came out, Apple fan.
This is my third, I think my third.
Maybe my fourth, I'm not sure.
But I love it.
This is the Mac Daddy here, pun intended.
It allows me to get all of my final touches done
for my photo stuff.
It has a lot of essentials for me, as far as racing as well.
It's got some software on here that I can use
and study up on while I'm at the race tracks,
get me prepped for the next race.
Obviously you see, I'm loaded out on my stickers here.
I got my own brand here,
got some camera stuff here, Peak Design.
Got the Bad Birdie symbol here,
they've been nice and sent some product there.
Always gotta keep calm and chive on.
Then a proud member, new member, of the Beats family there,
so giving them some love.
But this is my battle station
for mostly my photography stuff
and a little bit of my racing side here.
Carmex, can't go wrong with Chap Stick.
Gotta have some Chap Stick.
My lips feel a little dry right now, so just like that.
Boom, gotsta always have Carmex.
I'm self conscious about that.
I don't want people to be like,
"Man you need some Chap Stick".
I'm always mindful of how my lips are, and if I'm not,
then the Chap Stick is right in my pocket.
You know what's crazy?
Is that I don't know if I've ever gone through
one of these without losing them.
I have six at home and I buy them all at once
and it seems like I'll lose every single one of them
inside that week, so I gotta figure out how to do better.
It needs to be a world record.
I wanna be the first to use this whole thing
before I lose it.
My phone.
I am addicted to this phone.
One, social media.
Two, games.
Taking pictures, I love the portrait mode on here.
I'm the iPhone 11.
I keep up with the times.
When a new phone is announced,
I'm already hitting pre-order.
There's nothing wrong with this phone,
but it will be replaced when the new one comes out.
I gotta keep up.
I hate that part, but I always love that part.
Gotta keep up with the Jones's basically.
So this is my phone.
Can't go anywhere without it.
If I do, then I'm freaking out, I'm having anxiety attacks.
I'm addicted to it.
So always gots to have the cell phone.
So that's funny, Instagram is my top, 31%.
Guess what is second?
Guess what is second because of COVID-19?
Zoom.
Zoom is second, and then Safari, then Twitter
and then text messages and phone calls.
But let's see.
I'm a poker guy.
I like Poker Face, it's kinda cool.
Actually it's kinda awkward because when you play
with random people, you have to look at their face.
But I usually just keep my camera
pointed at the ceiling or something,
but play a lot of poker.
The Weather Radar app.
I like to ride motorcycles so I'm always keeping up to date
with the weather and where it's at.
All right GQ, I appreciate you having me.
These are My Essentials.
Until next time, peace!