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By Jarod DeAnda, July 20, 2009

Joshua “Hobo” Herron (the nickname I gave him, yet Jacob claims he did) creates another masterpiece from Formula Drift Las Vegas Round 4….
Atta Boy!!!!

Formula D Las Vegas “All In” from Joshua Herron on Vimeo.

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By Jarod DeAnda, July 16, 2009

stolen from REBEL8 website for promotion and awareness of the one and only Mike Giant…
Killin’ it…
Interview by Willy Toledo from The ID Agency

Mike Giant Interview from David Mongan on Vimeo.

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By Jarod DeAnda,

How about you???
What chu been up to?

Here’s what people say my blog consists of…
New Gear, beer and my son…
Well sometimes cars, my life and oh yeah that is my life, yet NOT in the correct order, a#1 is my son!

Caught some new kicks from DC shoes, P.S. Grey is my favorite color, stark, classic and modern…
All mono grey, yes!

Smuttynose care of JerseyStreets.tv, soo goood!!!!!!!!!!
especially the Big Beer series… Oh yeah!
Wheat Wine Ale….

Then my lil man and I hit LEGO store for build your own LEGO men…
Pretty cool!

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By Jarod DeAnda, July 14, 2009

So as I posted before Formula Drift Las Vegas happened July 10th & 11th …

Here’s a recap of the weekend…

On the road again…

My trusty host/chaufer/Vegas Homie… NEEK…

Chris Julian GM of Stussy LV and UNDFTD LV & co-owner of Fruition LV….
Good dude!
Good convo…

Saw this random dude and HAD to take a picture with him…
Handlebar + eyepatch + walking cane= amazing kit!

Love this girls she’s so hilarious, Britney “mrs. cool hair” of Stussy LV…

Rolling into Vegas seeing Fred rolling in the X5 riding shotgun is Mrs. Wolfert Becky…

Mario rocking the REBEL8 lid, so jealous! (SIZE 8, if anybody wants to hook it up!)
I NEED ONE!

Formula Drift Blackjack tournament… Jacobchills and Ceso of FD twitter fame…

DA and Tanner at the tables…

John P getting his twitter on ironically with his @FATLACE Twitter shirt on…

Optimus Prime chop top, channeled, slammed…

what?

Dr. Styles…

Agent Iceman…

EVB and JTD…

Doc Brown works so hard he just falls asleep midsentence…

I think this was like 6yam or something…

Oh yeah!

Sweet drag car…

fixed gear + slammed scion looks pretty cool….Who’s going to do a fixed gear car? haha no brakes!

Fred looking dapper in the new ROGUE STATUS Tanner Foust crew shirt…

This dude Linhbergh and his analog camera… This guy kills it on the still shots…

Will Roegge, nicest dude and some even better videos…

Ryan REALLY loves pizza…dark!

Matt Powers…

Mattley Crue….

Desert sunsets are amazing!

YO!

Yo arrrrr!

The podium,
1st- Foust, 2nd- Miki, 3rd- Forsberg….

ODP aka Old Dirty Panda stealing the shot like a ‘cool guy’…

So here’s one angle of this shot taken by myself…
Muah, Jasper of ROGUE STATUS, Mike of Mishimoto and Jacobchills…

Then taken from Rogue Status site, haha

Jasper and I… such a good dude!!!

Ray from Electric always keeps me laced in glasses thanks buddy!

Dai loves banana splits…

Getting rowdy at the bar late night/early morning…

The trifecta of drift videography…
“Gay”Andy, Will “wolfman” Roegge and “Hobo” Josh Herron…

Jiinxy makes it rain!

Casidi the girl behind the logistics wheel at Formula Drift…

Jasper pre-moonshine!
CHECK THE SWEET ROGUE STATUS MOTORSPORTS HAT, get it!!!!1

Ryan Sage my Formula Drift TV co-host aka better half and muah at Aliante pool side…

Good times!

Love this pic…

Forsberg is wondering, where’d everybody go???

It’s been real, real awesome Vegas…
Aliante is a SWEET HOTEL, out there a bit but a good alternative to “the strip”…
Check it out…

That’s a rap, peace out Vegas from Tony, Andy and Jiinx…

A gift while in Vegas from UNDFTD and Chris Julian….

A tee from Chris Julian and his store FRUITION Las Vegas…

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By Jarod DeAnda, July 9, 2009

My homie Slim and Rook have been conspiring on a new apparel brand for some time ever since I met them months ago and finally they have tee’s and working on some lids…
Be on the lookout and pick up some for yourself…
I present to you Dearly Departed….
SOLID LOGO and the brand will carry the essence of memorial, legacy and legend not morbid but just get some and get down…
Good dudes, thanks Slim for the tee….

PJ is getting down on the ice, pretty soon he’ll be checking chins and taking names!

Too cute…

Cheers, had some beers with my best friend Nic, actually at home which was nice at a spot called Blue 32 Sports Grill, good sports bar….

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By Jarod DeAnda,

What’s up drift fans!!!!
FORMULA DRIFT VEGAS this weekend!
Make not of the times, yes it’s hot in Vegas but gates open at 4 anyways, should be a good time!!!!
Come one come all for the BIG SHOW!!!!!!!!

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By Jarod DeAnda, July 7, 2009

I’ve been MIA I apologize but it was due to me being busy with traveling, MC’ing and judging Formula Drift Singapore Pro-Am…
Thanks to any and all staff especially MARCUS, fans, and overall the scene for supporting Formula Drift Singapore….
Just announced also, Formula Drift Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur later on this year!!!
Yeah!!!!

Without further ado, Formula Drift Singapore….

Peace out PHX…

PHX downtown..

Hello LAX…

Peace out LAX…

Hello Japan…Free beer on the plane, I chose Asahi and Jim Beam black label & diet because I knew I’d be drinking a gang of Tiger Beer…

Hello Singapore…

Stayed at a cool boutique hotel called Hotel Re! yep Reeee!

It was cool, good rooms, ammenities, no pool but nice TV and what not..
I’d stay there again…

Quirky designs all over,
I had athe John and Yoko room…

I LOVE THESE CARS!!!!!!!
Honda Stream and Honda Odyssey’s are SWEET in Singapore…

A Harley in Singapore….

Our homie Jeremy and his shuttle service whip, A Crown! Nice car…

He tells me that Buddha’s teeth are in this temple, nuts!

We hit the Hawker Market Maxwell for some clay pot chicken and beer….

At the table service, banging!

Off to the track…
rain looms in front of the under construction Integrated Resort and the largest ferris wheel in the world, larger than Londons even…

It’s friday by the way so no biggie…
Yep it rained!

Subaru 600 K car, hilarious!
I want to see Ken Block tear up one of these!!!

This is a sweet Miata with RX-8 headlights and an SR engine, pretty cool looking except the stance and the rear bumper but front end looks sweet!

Hey lil buddy!

Hit the pub for some beers!

Heyooo

Singapore=HIP!

I’M TELLING YOU THESES LOOK SWEET DONE UP LIKE THIS ONE, Volk’s, Spoon brakes, slammed wing, sweet!

Marcus looks beat and stuffed after some killer food at the nicest airport I’ve been to, Changi Singapore airport while waiting for Tony Angelo…

There he is after 26 hours of flight including a 10 hour layover in Taiwan…
hahaha

Elvis greets you in the Hotel Re! elevators…

Saturday back to the track, Ivan Lim Goodyear Tire/Binter Tire Toyota Chaser…

Tony getting interviewed by misses HUGE shoes…
Sorry Jade they’re HUGE!

The big wheel overlooking the F1 Singapore paddock, sweet!

Back to the Hawker with Andy Yen , Tony and Jeremy…

Time for some rest and guess what MORE FOOD!!!
Chili crab is like a national dish!!!
Banging!

We hit a KTV aka Karaoke bar called Moon Bar for a good time on July 3rd but were there at midnight so Tony wished America HAPPY BIRTHDAY by singing Neil Diamond “Forever in Blue Jeans”….
We drank tiny beers haha,
Andy had a blast as we all did!

Tony Monroe…

That’s how we do!

Tony says “This is the worst spaghetti ever!” haha
he didn’t say that…

If you could see me now…

demo session with some of the Malaysian drifters and stunt bike rider Mattie Griffin from Ireland..

Dinner Black Pepper crab now…
Uh oh, it fights back!

Thanks Marcus…

Straight biting….

Top 16…

Doing it up in Singapore…

We did it up in Singapore actually…

Sold out 4,200 people + Top 16 introductions, good times…

The winners all Malaysian podium!
Tengku Djan with the win…

The trophies…

The only Indonesian drifter, We nicknamed him “Rowdy” Ronadi Arinton…
1st drift event was Formula Drift Singapore and here he is Top 16, good stuff!

Wow!
Nice shirt….not…

Caldena is sick!

Went to The Line at Shangri La Hotel, amazing buffet!

Peace out Singapore…

Sweet Ferrari store in the airport…’

This is the cherished fire extinguisher of the Changi Singapore Airport…
Weird huh? It’s a nice case just random…

Hello LAX…

At LAX picked up the latest copy of Import Tuner…
Featuring Subaru DC rally team, myself and even Yo from Rogue Status hahaha…

But peep the shoes, high top with rolled heel driving shoe, UH OH!
Ken I need a pair in custom colorway!!!! So sick!

Don’t forget to check out these guys and myself being the MC at X Games 15….

Here’s my little Formula D Diary up in the mix of the drivers, good times!

Speaking of drifting, here’s Yo from Rogue Status’ Gumball 3000 S13…

Also, check out Ken Block’s being a guest on the infamous TOP GEAR TV show in the UK, what a great video….

So I caught a gift from a new homie Brian from Jersey Street.tv

US Drift @ Hyperfest from Jersey Streets on Vimeo.

Yeah a way to my own beer filled heart…
Smuttynose brewery, OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s on ice as I type, can’t wait to have it…

Also, when I returned home I caught a new pair of DC Shoes …
These are BMX specific too, not that I pedal a ton or at all currently but the design is pretty fresh, make me a black pair and I’m ever more down!
But here they are, so sick…
Details below…
TACTIC MID…

Lace pouch in the tongue for loose laces… Loose laces sink bikes…

reinforced sidewall on the upper for no crushing…

staggered pill shape sole pattern for pedal grip…

Lastly heel support….