I stumbled upon this short video for the Ed Banger Volume 2 compilation.
Much in the same vain as Justice’s D.A.N.C.E. Video, only record sleeves go for glory instead of t-shirts.
I love this style.

This commercial for the C63 AMG is amazing. When you want to do something better… call me.

Drifting, smoking tyres, and gross displays of German horsepower in slow-motion?
What else is there?

I met up with Antonio Alvendia today to shoot some snaps of the E46 for a new project he’s working on called Speedhunters. Byron Hill brought his s14 down, and Marcos Ruiz towed his s13 with insane wheel fitment out to be shot as well. Cody Wellons from S3 Magazine came out… Erik Jacobs and Eugene Chou from DGTrials were in effect as well.

Speedhunters is going to be a world-wide collaboration of sorts… bringing you REAL automotive culture from across the globe. I’m really excited to see it launch. Personally, I like to see coverage of real cars that are built with passion, and actually DRIVEN. If I know Antonio… then I know Speedhunters will have plenty of that… not to mention plenty of slammed rides with insane offset.

I won’t give any shots away from the shoot… just some random snaps only.

The 2nd round of Formula Drift went down this weekend up at Road Atlanta. This was my first time since the 2005 season that I wasn’t out there competing. I had a great time kicking back, chilling with old friends, and enjoying America’s best attacking the 10a-10b complex… but it just wasn’t quite the same for me this year.

Making our way down to the pits, we saw this GORGEOUS E30 M3.

I had the E46 down at the Everything Drift booth, where we managed to sell a ton of Slide Styleâ„¢ shirts.
Huge thanks to Jacob & Thao for hooking it up, and to Lieze for helping with the sales.

This year’s attendance was the largest I’ve seen it since Formula Drift’s first event here in 2004. It was PACKED.

My one decent drifting shot with my point-and-shoot.

What more can I say… “Stay Hungry” is one of the best drifting DVD’s I have ever seen. This movie was what I wanted their last DVD to be. It was an excellent mix of amazing drifting, crazy DA antics, hilarious skits, life on the road, comedy, and most of all… what it means to be America’s most infamous drift team.

Andy Laputka shot and edited everything and really set the bar with this one. He put an enormous effort into making this the COMPLETE package, and he succeeded with flying colors. There was not a dull moment from start to finish.

“Stay Hungry” is a MUST HAVE for anyone even remotely interested in drifting. So go get one… and support these guys in what they do.

Andy Luputka getting interviewed by Jarod DeAnda.

Drift Alliance and crew on the red carpet.

We roll deep, and with knives. DriftMechaniks repping it.

Red carpet from the seats.

The title screen.

Outside the theatre, post movie.

We’re headed down to the red-carpet premiere of Drift Alliance’s new DVD “Stay Hungry”. There’s definitely a lot of anticipation surrounding the release. The premiere will be at the same theater we premiered Slide America almost 1 year ago. With the entire professional drift community in town for round 2 of Formula Drift… tonight is sure to be a riot.

We’ll see you all down on the red carpet… in the meantime – enjoy the “Stay Hungry” teaser trailer:

The lower to the AR-15 I’m building came back from the engraver today. I got the Advanced Armament Skull and Crossguns tatted on it. I think it turned out rad! The rifle is finally starting to take shape… I can’t wait until its ready to shoot!

The newest addition to my collection came in yesterday. It is a super-rare Nike SB/Juxtapoz Pushead “Bruised” deck.
Signed and dated by Pushead, this promo deck was a prize from Juxtapoz Magazine in 2006.
This deck was not available for purchase ANYWHERE.

This deck is 1 of 10 made.

Southeastdrift threw a practice event up at the Braves Municipal Stadium in Greenville, SC on Saturday. The asphault DESTROYED tyres, but the event was a blast! It was definitely laid back, and rad to chill with the crew for the weekend. Chris Rhoad let me slide his GTS hatchback around until the tyres popped. It definitely made me miss my li’l eight-six!

This car looks so sexy without 20lbs of vinyl & stickers.

I heart vitaminenergy.

Chris Rhoad on cone detail:

Aftermath.

Support Drifting.

I took the NEW Racing Dynamics RGP up to Gran Turismo East today. I had to get tyres mounted up for this weekend. This wheel was so new and gorgeous, that I really did NOT want to even use it. But I paid what I paid to get it here from Japan to use it… not to look at it sitting in my living room.

This wheel had serious glow to it (pictured top). It even made my newest looking wheel look old and dusty.

The wheel had this sticker on it.

Some of the others lined up for tyres.