Rally America... New England Forest Rally

Last weekend we were out in Maine for Rally America. We ended up getting 2nd in class but still won the series championship. Driver Chris Duplessis and co-driver Catherine Woods both win championships and got their invite for X-games.

Maintenance at the Duplessis garage.

They have a Wallabee!

Ken block during the test day

On our way back from New Hampshire, Forest took us to some breathtaking sites.

Thanks for the champagne all over my camera guys

Born Free 2 in a nutshell

Pretty much sums up the vibe at the show.

Born Free Show from BornFreeShow on Vimeo.

Sneak Peek

Heres a little teaser of the project I worked on with Giant Robot Magazine for Scion. Really want to show more but it'll have to wait until the new Giant Robot issue comes out.

It was a great pleasure meeting and working with Eric from Giant Robot. The build was really fun with the help of Ben, Gary and Danny. Hands down the coolest Scion.

Not so seedy

Picked up a couple records that I've never seen. Some rare Clash tracks and a Ramones cover by OP-IV. Both good.

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant!

2 record set

They did the soundtrack to a really good movie Blue Spring (Aoi Haru)

How the hell??

So i ended up winning Best Original at the Born Free 2 chopper and classic cycle show. I dont quite know how that happen. None the less, I am speechless. Chopper Dave who picked the bike must have had a hell of a day judging. There were tons of neat bikes!

Thanks Dave!

Someone very lucky won the Born Free Panhead!

Some goodies that came along with the trophy! Really cool stuff! Like always, most of it don't fit me.

But probably the best thing was getting these stickers from Brawny . So good!

I snagged this photo below from Yukio of the talented collective The So-so's. Thanks!

It was great weekend. Michelle got her masters degree and i got to play with motorcycles.

This Guy!!

Born Free 2010. Its been a while since i have posted anything on here, Found this on the SoSo's blog. Len won Best Original!!

Congrats guy!!

Aloha

Born Free 2

A really good time with a ton of nice bikes. It really had a good vibe going. The guys over at Born Loser MC and Freedom Machine and Accessories put on a spectacular show. I think they captured what they were going for. Job well done.

Dustin won best sportser. Nelson was saying on his way to the show he cracked his handle bars doing a wheelie. Went home welded it back up, put a COC sticker over it and wins. Rad

This guy rode all the way from Sioux city Iowa. The day of the show he goes to start it and blows his tranny. Bummer. Well not so much, he wins best in a category (I forgot which one... best chopper? Shovel?)

And the Best in show winner is....

"Time is Speed, Speed is Time" - Dennis Hopper

RIP Dennis Hopper. A little late on the subject but why should it matter. He truly had a great style to his acting. Been seeing of photos and movie clips in homage to him everywhere but havent seen anyone post clips from this movie. King of the Mountain.

STAND ON IT!

Help

Giant Robot Magazines needs your help. I'm pretty sure they could have sold the magazine for tons of money to some corporate publishing company many of times. That would have also defeated the purpose behind an indie magazine.

Probably some of your favorite artist and bands got their start up from this magazine. Always been a fan of it as it helped me discover tons of music/art and life lessons as well.

Every little bit counts. So if you have some extra cash, why not help out a magazine that helps your future favorite artist.

Donate here: Giant Robot Donate

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Best Coast

Finally got to watch some highlights of last weekends Monaco Grand Prix. Webber definitely killed it.
Also stumbled on a Best Coast video that uses the 60's movie Grand prix(Monaco) although its an unofficial video, I think its pretty damn official.



Heres the original trailer for the movie

2nd place 1st rally

Last weekend I got to travel to Oregon with one of the cars we've been building. Not bad for its first time out. 2nd place usually means first loser but not in this case, a lot of cars dont even finish the rally. Its was a good time with good people. It was really cool that a crew of 15 people who barely know each other got a long so well. I think it played huge part in the great end result for the team. It was nice doing race support again.... But rally racing is no joke... A lot of long nights and hard work. We got lucky the weather held up nicely.

Frank Frazetta RIP

You probably heard the news and know more about him than I do. But Seeing all of his artwork gives me nice sense of nostalgia. I was about 5 when my brother and I were into D&D... well I cant actually claim I was into the game since i didnt really understand how to play it. What really caught my interest was the characters and lead figurines we used to get. If we were lucky my mom would take us to The Legionnaire in Kalihi where we would buy figurines, books and puzzles. The puzzles are how I learned of Frank Frazetta. Not sure if my parents kept the puzzles... A few of them were laminated with resin and framed. But i do know i have a box of lead figurines in my old room in Hawaii. Its funny how i just read that Alyasha had the Death Dealer figurine too. I also had it but when i bought it i thought it was Sauron from lord of the rings. Paint job really horrible.... I was 5 or 6!

to be continued

Japones boys day...

Also, Cinco de Mayo! May 5th, Japanese Boys day (also known as childrens day).

Some photos of Boys day displays

Koi/carp are flown representing the family.

Happy boys day and Cinco de Mayo

Jyumoku

Just picked up a new/old book bag from my buddy Ted. Jyumoku is his new project. Its been a while since hes been hunting around and collecting quality reclaimed materials. Really dig the concept of the brand. I know, I know, its not the first time anyone has used recycled materials, but every Jyumoku bag is unique in it own way. One-offs with some material you may never see again. A lot of character in these. Check out the site he may have a couple more in the store?