I knew Grids would work. I'm loving the colour choice too.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
X Body Spots
This rad little video popped up on the excellent Fatlace™ the other day. Good skids and tunes courtesy of Mos Def.
"Yeah so!?" you say. You're a cool kid and you've already seen it. However! Around the 2:00 minute mark and for only a few seconds you see a MX73 parked up with the others.
Yeay! says me. It's always cool to see X body drifters out there. It gives me that little bit more motivation to get mine rolling.
Sadly you don't get to see it action in the video above but, after some rummaging around on the web I found these shots taken by Jay of Speedzoku.com
Pretty cool! If you click on his link at the bottom of his blog entry it takes you to the gallery where I found these. There's some really nice shots in there like these.
If you or anyone you know out there drifts one of these beasts right now give me a shout! I'd love to here from you.
"Yeah so!?" you say. You're a cool kid and you've already seen it. However! Around the 2:00 minute mark and for only a few seconds you see a MX73 parked up with the others.
Yeay! says me. It's always cool to see X body drifters out there. It gives me that little bit more motivation to get mine rolling.
Sadly you don't get to see it action in the video above but, after some rummaging around on the web I found these shots taken by Jay of Speedzoku.com
Pretty cool! If you click on his link at the bottom of his blog entry it takes you to the gallery where I found these. There's some really nice shots in there like these.
If you or anyone you know out there drifts one of these beasts right now give me a shout! I'd love to here from you.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Will Roegge/Speedhunters All Star Bash '09
What can I say? Another awesome production from Will Roegge, This time collaborating with the Speedhunters crew. Will and Touge Heroes are producing some of the best drifting videos in the world right now. FACT.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
An oldie.. but a goodie..
Here's an old promo video from way back that I'd forgotten all about. It nicely answers the question that friends always ask.. "Drifting?! What the fuck is that?" If you're feeling lazy just show them this. The explanation that Darren McNamara gives is so simple and clear it actually makes drifting sound sensible Haha!
The now legendary Kazama Vs McNamara battle is discussed in part two. I think it's fair to say that one battle alone was responsible for boosting Darrren McNamaras career and driver profile through the roof. And rightly so! Anyone able to go up against the all dominating Japanese champion of the time and give him a real run for his money deserves the props they get. And the drift geek in me was there watching it happen! I remember the feeling so well. All the European guys were pretty much having there asses handed to them by the Japanese. Amazing to watch but with a sinking feeling inside that the home team were just cannon fodder. And then it came to Kazama Vs McNamara. Darren had driven the best out of all the Europeans but he was up against Kazama, Japanese champion, amazing driver, never makes mistakes. Oh well I thought.. But then.. As the battle unfolds "Is he.. he is.. HE'S ON HIM.. HE'S FUCKING ON HIM.. YEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Me and my girlfriend at the time, both screaming our tits off in excitement. Haha! It was amazing. I think that could be the moment I fell in love with drifting. Some screaming was involved with falling in love with the girlfriend too I'm sure, but that's another story that would required some Jäger.
I just found these pictures I took in the depths of my hard drive. I feel kinda privileged to have seen those old Japanese D1 cars now. In the flesh, in England!
Good times.
The now legendary Kazama Vs McNamara battle is discussed in part two. I think it's fair to say that one battle alone was responsible for boosting Darrren McNamaras career and driver profile through the roof. And rightly so! Anyone able to go up against the all dominating Japanese champion of the time and give him a real run for his money deserves the props they get. And the drift geek in me was there watching it happen! I remember the feeling so well. All the European guys were pretty much having there asses handed to them by the Japanese. Amazing to watch but with a sinking feeling inside that the home team were just cannon fodder. And then it came to Kazama Vs McNamara. Darren had driven the best out of all the Europeans but he was up against Kazama, Japanese champion, amazing driver, never makes mistakes. Oh well I thought.. But then.. As the battle unfolds "Is he.. he is.. HE'S ON HIM.. HE'S FUCKING ON HIM.. YEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Me and my girlfriend at the time, both screaming our tits off in excitement. Haha! It was amazing. I think that could be the moment I fell in love with drifting. Some screaming was involved with falling in love with the girlfriend too I'm sure, but that's another story that would required some Jäger.
I just found these pictures I took in the depths of my hard drive. I feel kinda privileged to have seen those old Japanese D1 cars now. In the flesh, in England!
Good times.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
All Star Bash '09
Just been looking for a link to Will Roegges new All Star Bash '09 video and found this from Hero productions.
All star bash is made of win! Cool cars, awesome drifting and weather we can only dream of!
All star bash is made of win! Cool cars, awesome drifting and weather we can only dream of!
JDM Allstars Wembley 2009: Friends and photos
It seems silly to do a write up on the event seeing as it was over a week ago now and the video I posted yesterday really captures the feel of the event perfectly.
But what I will say, and I'm not alone in my thinking of this, is that this could be the best drifting event that Europe has seen so far. The level of skill and commitment shown by the drivers at JDM Allstars was high, real high! Which rubbed off on everyone involved. The crowd got to see some really exciting stuff while the drivers got to do what they enjoy most, surrounded by talent from around Europe in a chilled but well organised event where everyone was there to just have fun.
I had a great time catching up and hanging out with friends watching some of the best drifting I have seen in a long time! And to quote our friend Daniel "There's nothing like hanging out with mates cheering on some sick drifting!"
Daniel hooked up with Sweet Oblivion for these exclusive shots from the event that you won't see anywhere else.
You'll find the rest of his awesome photos from the event on his flickr here and here.
Roll on the next round of JDM Allstars!!
But what I will say, and I'm not alone in my thinking of this, is that this could be the best drifting event that Europe has seen so far. The level of skill and commitment shown by the drivers at JDM Allstars was high, real high! Which rubbed off on everyone involved. The crowd got to see some really exciting stuff while the drivers got to do what they enjoy most, surrounded by talent from around Europe in a chilled but well organised event where everyone was there to just have fun.
I had a great time catching up and hanging out with friends watching some of the best drifting I have seen in a long time! And to quote our friend Daniel "There's nothing like hanging out with mates cheering on some sick drifting!"
Daniel hooked up with Sweet Oblivion for these exclusive shots from the event that you won't see anywhere else.
You'll find the rest of his awesome photos from the event on his flickr here and here.
Roll on the next round of JDM Allstars!!
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