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The Canyon that is Grand + The Trinity of High Elevation Arizona Wines

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By Jarod DeAnda, September 1, 2010

The fam took a little staycation to the Grand Canyon and on the way home swung through and tasted some fine wines…

The fam at the Grand Canyon…

I almost fell in…jk

Parker and I were trying to fill in the “big hole”…

The view is seriously unbelievable, you have to see it to believe it…

Check out the people sitting on the ledge, seriously step away…

Its seriously HUGE!

I was there…

Wild animals…

Dont look down, peep the Native Shoes…

Open roads…

So many options, the famous Route 66 in Flagstaff, AZ…

Local beer at Beaver Street Brewery

Cruising nature with PJ

Headed home through Sedona, if you haven’t been, GO!

So wife and I decided to partake in whats called “The Trinity of High Elevation Arizona Wines”
It consists of Page Cellars Cellars owned by Eric Glomski, Caduceus owned by Maynard James Keenan and together they own AZ Stronghold… So we hit all three, follow us…

These fellas Eric & Maynard have a film called BLOOD INTO WINE you have to check out… CLICK THE LINK FOR A MOVIE TRAILER
Who knew wine could be so rebellious, making wine THEIR way on THEIR terms…

Here’s the synopsis of the film…
“Maynard James Keenan is known as the front man for Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. In the mid-1990’s the reclusive rock star left Los Angeles and moved to an Arizona ghost town (population 300). A wine enthusiast, Keenan soon began to envision a world class wine region on the Verde Valley’s craggy slopes. With the guidance of wine mentor Eric Glomski (former David Bruce winemaker and current owner of the award-winning Page Springs Cellars), Keenan began the long road to bringing credibility and notoriety to Caduceus and Arizona Stronghold Vineyards amidst wine industry prejudice and the harsh Arizona terrain.
Take a look inside the life of one of rock music’s most mysterious figures.”

1st stop, Page Springs Cellars…Cornville, AZ

Nice tasting room…

Even nicer ground and vineyard…

Picked up a bottle…

The basis of wine, good grapes…

2nd stop: AZ Stronghold in Cottonwood, AZ…
Main St. in Cottonwood, AZ…

Took part in a flight of wines…

Like the sign…

Nice large art piece defaced by the 2 fellas showing their disdain for the freeway they transport grapes on…

We ended up enjoying and buying a bottle from Burning Tree Cellars called The Lotus, The guy behind Burning Tree Cellars works at AZ Stronghold and they offered him to make his own wine while working so this is his first grape stomp, solid wine!

3rd and Last stop Caduceus Cellars in Jerome, AZ

Really nice build out and design…

PJ and Snake Eyes liked it…

Here’s the 3 bottles that we purchased, at the 3 stops..

And the back of the Caduceus 2007 Nagual De La Naga bottle we purchased…

The Jerome Fire Dept.

Jerome has a lot of history and is a sleepy desert ghost town, very cool…
Interesting stories all over this town…

The view from Jerome, AZ

Caught some burgers at The Haunted Hamburger…

Ended the meal with a margarita in a mason jar…

Growing into each other…

Time to go home… Obligatory AZ sunset to the end the day and this blog…

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REBEL8 in AZ, Beer that cares from Abita, farewell to friends, Street League & drifting in AZ

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By Jarod DeAnda, August 31, 2010

Good times are a brewing…
Check it…

REBEL8 one of my favorite brands has what’s called the Tattoo Tour collection the Dougernaut of R8 visited the Hell City Tattoo show at The Biltmore AZ this past weekend working the table with the classic goodness…
Be on the lookout if REBEL8 will be in your neck of the woods at your favorite tattoo convention/tour/etc.
Check it…
$20 each take your pic, tee, hat, print…

The Arizona Biltmore is so sick, designed by one of Frank Lloyd Wrights understudies and the pool is said to be MARILYN MONROE’S favorite,

Ironically heres one of the REBEL8 Mike Giant prints sold at the show…

Peace out Dougernaut, “When I grow up I wanna be a REBEL8″- PJ

Doug laced me with the REBEL8 X PBR collab tee, check out the event that inspired the tee HERE

Here’s such a rad example of Mid Century AZ design, love this crib…

Here’s a rad example of yesteryear car design, love the curved glass, HUGE WAGON and the wood paneling, boom!

Abita Beer has created SOS-Save Our Shore Beer that .75 cents from each of these tasty bers goes towards the clean up and restoration of peoples lives affected by the oil spill in the Gulf.
Please TAKE A LOOK HERE AND BUY, DRINK AND BUY MORE of the SOS Beer by Abita to HELP!

Great AZ sunset…

Great friends, safe travels and to new adventures to The Spikers, cheers!

Here’s my only photo of Street League round 1 at Jobing.com Arena Arizona.
Given that they said NO CAMERAS!
Mind you I twittered it up and I recommend going to the other rounds of comp, CLICK HERE for more info on Street League

Saturday night, Southwest All Star Car Battle happened, $6,000 for 1st place! Cody Parkhouse won and he couldn’t be more stoked!

Pat Mordaunt came out but problems with his S14 didn’t help, his DTA door had to sit off the car along with the car on the sidelines…

Michael Essa in his V8 powered S13 vert missile car! Far cry from his V10 BMW 350R!

Automotive, Beer, Drifting, Fashion, REBEL8

Respect the real: J.C. Agajanian #98

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By Jarod DeAnda, August 30, 2010

My doorstep was graced with a little box with some history and a piece of clothing inside…
Check it out…

First of all the box reads MMI X J.C. Agajanian ????

Then open it up and check it out…

Read and respect, love the shirt quality, the image and of course the history that this captures.

This shirt is not available for sale unless you ask nicely the fellas at MMI, they might have one for you…

Fore more info and the history of MMI and the Agajanian name CLICK HERE, RESPECT!!!!

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Kickin’ it w/ Native Shoes… Keep It Lite

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By Jarod DeAnda, August 26, 2010

If you haven’t seen Native Shoes yet, take a gander and witness the solid concept that is NATIVE Shoes…

Get serious! With it being in the cut of summer and back to school is happening you need a new pair of shoes, mind you some people don’t think sandals are appropriate for occasions, cover the little piggies but you wanna look fresh as well, waterproof for pool, beach or water sessions… NATIVE SHOES are your answer to all these dilemmas…

Also, keep in mind once I saw these shoes I was stoked living in Arizona and as much traveling as I do I need a lite, waterproof solid shoe, insert NATIVE SHOES…
The one piece molded foam design is so creative utilizing a technology debuted but not fashionably utilized UNTIL NOW!

I caught a couple pairs of the Natives, check it…
The Miller seems to be inspired by an Off the Wall since 66′ silhouette & The Jefferson is reminiscent of a shoe that rhymes with Buck Saylor

Here’s the Jefferson in Jiffy colorway aka Navy

Here’s my current fav, Miller in Pylon aka bright orange….

Here’s a statement about the shoes from the NATIVE SHOES ABOUT page, right on!
Inspired by classic, casual silhouettes, but made with the lightest and most comfortable material available, Native Shoes are the best of both worlds. Footwear for the future done in the style of everything we’ve ever loved about shoe design. You can slip them on for a quick stroll, throw them into your backpack for a day at the beach or keep them on hand for après. Our aesthetic is relaxed, flexible and active. Native Shoes is footwear for anybody, anywhere, anytime.

Now some close up shots and detail shots of the shoes…

Box artwork “Keep it Lite” plus the slider cabinet boxes are solid for the closet…

By the way, shhhh but at Agenda I saw some of these shoes in smaller sizes, wink wink, for the lil ones!
Yep, your kids could be rocking some lil Natives!

Here’s the perfect scenario- poolside, beverage and Native shoes… Thanks Native…
The Miller’s in Pylon even match NOS Energy Drink…

Fashion, NOS Energy Drink

It’s a LOVE/HATE relationship w/ Vegas

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By Jarod DeAnda, August 24, 2010

Las Vegas!
It’s a LOVE/HATE relationship…

Headed to out to Las Vegas for a couple events…
Formula Drift Las Vegas round 5 of 7
Then also the MAGIC trade show…
Check it out…

Why hello there…

Hahaha, rad shirt…

Sweet bike in the Magic parking lot…

Incipio was showing at the SLATE show at Magic…
Being a brand ambassador and working on some co[LAB] projects I wanted to be there…

Booth looked solid and the crew was all there…

Incipio X Fatlace & Fatlace, Solid…

Incipio X Us Versus Them

Incipio launching the bag collection…
Check it, backpack, shoulder bag and sleeves…

Laced my boy Justin aka EARS with a new iPad case…

Stopped by and saw the ROGUE STATUS fellas, always a pleasure…

Yo says NOPE… on his arm now…

Ryan Tuerck rolled out and kicked it, Japser and him getting up…

Long time SD homie, Bobby of Tribal Gear!

Solid artwork by the 7th Letter crew…

This is “BOSS” aka Ryan Sage’s bro, he runs the warehouse at The Hundreds…
He thinks I look like Kenny Powers, haha

Now some ridiculousness at MAGIC…
More shine!!!!

Just look at all thats happening from the kids, the bik, the brand name…

More RUBBER!

Diego says “What up!”
Not at the table Diego!

Rolled to the STUSSY & Undefeated store to see the homie NEEK…
This is Neek’s whip, he’s a LOWBALLER…

I laced NEEK with an Incipio Silicryclic for his Blackberry just like I laced DJ Neil Armstrong with some Incipio goodies, Send It!

Guess what other Scion was there???
The Rogue Status/DTA Rear wheel drive JZ powered SCION xB, check it!!!

Yo of Rogue Status left a souvenir on the parking lot, burnt rubber!
Check the video HERE, As YO LIGHTING IT UP, THE ONLY RWD Scion xB I know of…

Hotel bound!
Stayed at The Golden Nugget, this place is solid…
Good rates, great pool and it’s the True School Vegas!
Fremont St experience…

Laced my boy John P with an Incipio Kickstand for his iPad…

Voiceover…

Friday, practice, Pro-Am and Pro Qualifying…
Drivers meeting…

Laced some Formula Drift homies with Incipio gear inclding FD Twitter monitor Ceso and Formula Doug with his ridic Oakley Over the Tops, yes he wears those on purpose and has 2 pair in case one pair breaks!

It’s Linhbergh aka The Asian “Tom Cluise”…

Peep the NOS Energy Drink X Keep Drifting Fun Las Vegas poster’s Chris Forsberg was signing so sick!

Check the autograph signing line for, mind you it’s a Friday 100+ degree’s

NOS Energy Drink Bunker is blue & orange but green as it’s solar powered…

Check out Ryan Tuerck’s new engine LS7 powered now!

Random fan that I graced with a NOS…

Me, myself and Mic…rophone that is, the custom 1 of 1 NOS Energy Drink microphone…

Oh man, poor Tommy Roberts, it hurts my soul seeing this!

Laced Mr. Mickey with an Incipio case for his Macbook Pro…
Rad color!

This is Jeff Abbott, he’s HUGE, peep the shirt! Hilarious!
Hes the biggest dude in the smallest car for real, him in a Miata, awesome!

So much to tel about this picture… I’ll just say, 4am, McD’s, we saw the menus change from dinner to breakfast and Andy got the McShaft, Tecate & an Egg McMuffin!

These numbers dont lie, GAME DAY!

SPOTTED Jon Chase of DSTROYR!!!
Thanks for the hat homie!!!!!
Fitted DSTROYR Estate hat Black & Orange!
Peep it!

NOS VIP & the carbon fiber sided cooler equipped cart…

Maestro Knows Drift now & Ice Cream….

if you build it, they will drift it…

HOBO!

iPhone 4 case by INCIPIO, get one HERE
Like the homie Lonnie…

Chris Forsberg was out but not down…

Jasper of Rogue Status, happy belated bday!

NOS @ NIGHT

Blurry podium shot… + Twitpic HERE of the podium

The Drift Safari crew hooked me with their collab tee with FATLACE, love it!!!

THESE 4 rule!!! They live in Minnesota & came al the way to Vegas just for Formula Drift and of course Vegas fun but main purpose was for FD! So rad!

This was taken at 7 or 8am and we didnt wake up early for breakfast, good times!!!

SUNDAY! Pool party & shark tube!!!

Peace out Vegas!
Had to do the corny pic, I never have but had to.
Funny the line to take the pic, haha

So here’s the real deal Holyfield awesomeness!!!
NOS Energy Drink made these special Limited Edition Bottle openers… 100 made just for VIPS’s…
As we were joking one side “Go!” other side “Bro, get me a beer!”

Fits the signature NOS Energy Drink bottle cap…

The other side is a traditional bottle opener, of which I’m opening a solid Stone Brewing El Camino…

Automotive, Beer, Drifting, EXEDY, Family/Friends, Fashion, INCIPIO, NOS Energy Drink, Scion

Get equipped for the cockpit… reading material too…

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By Jarod DeAnda, August 23, 2010

Just got back from Vegas for Formula Drift round 5 but I figured I’ll show you some gifts I got in the mail!
That blog will come tomorrow after I recover more…
Helmet and gloves, never know when I’m gonna drive or do I?!?!?!
Study up with some mags too…

Tanner Foust hooked it up, Fulmer sent me a helmet… Had to hook it up with some NOS Energy Drink stickers…

Of course if I’m going to get race gloves, Alpinestars is the way to go… laces out on the gloves better feel…
Tech 1-ZX Glove is fresh!

My homie Gordon sent me the latest issues of 0-60 Magazine and Antenna Magazine…
0-60 is one of the best car mags out right now, great photography, story concepts and just overall gets it…

Antenna is an approachable fashion magazine, catalog of what you want and some candid stories…

Automotive, Drifting, Fashion, Misc Media

Vegas… Sin City becomes Smoke City w/ Formula Drift rd. 5 + NOS Energy Drink X Keep Drifting Fun stickers + Video!!!!

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By Jarod DeAnda, August 18, 2010

Formula Drift round 5 of the 7 stop Championship is going down under the lights in Las Vegas!
Friday & Saturday, come on out, lets SEND IT together!!!
Sweaty and ready!!!

Also, come find myself, Joshua “Hobo” Herron or Will “F-”Roegge aka the Keep Drifting fun boys if you ask nicely or say “Send It” we’ll grace you with the Limited Edition collab sticker, each round has an exclusive NOS Energy Drink X Keep Drifting Fun sticker!!! So rad!

Speaking of Formula Drift Las Vegas we shot this video last year 2009 it’s basically a weekend from arriving at the airport to the pool party and everything in between.

Pre-Grid to Post-Podium: Formula Drift Las Vegas w/ Jarod DeAnda 2009 from SHOOT FIRST media on Vimeo.

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Boys and their toys… Maisto die casts

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By Jarod DeAnda,

Have you seen what Maisto toys has created lately?!?!
Many different brands, cars, motorcycles, super heroes and so much more!

My homie Jon works at Maisto and he knows as you do that my son Parker is into cars & toys like every other 4 year old!!!
So Jon and Maisto sent out and awesome assortment for Parker to tear it up…
Here’s some of the favorites of Parkers!
Thanks Jon and Maisto…

Flat blacked R8, I liked this one!

Gotta love the DSTROYR graphics on the slammed VW vert Beetle!

Parker likes it!

Also gave thumbs up to the Z…

Fresh…

nice stance…

Super heroes cars…

Look for these labels and you’ll see what I’m talking about…

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Happy Hour time DSTROYR

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By Jarod DeAnda, August 17, 2010

As you know I enjoy beer!
Who doesn’t? Well quite a few people don’t regardless I do and I really like cool bottle openers…
I found out about this product called Happy Hour Timepieces via the Interwebs of social media…
They sent me the watch and I present to you a watch that has a sleek bottle opener in it!
BOOM Check out the Happy Hour Timepiece!