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By Jarod DeAnda, November 30, 2009

Hadn’t blogged for a lil bit since I was hanging out with family, friends and new friends…
BTW, Welcome to the Stay Fresh Crew JDM EGO (Jay) , The Nice Guys and many others…

Here’s a recap of my Thanksgiving looonnggg weekend…
First off I come prepared with my Police helmet… You might need a helmet too…

Beers for the feast, drank the ROGUE ALES but not the Anchor Brewing CHRISTMAS ALE 35th anniversary Magnum yet…

Saw the grandparents Lady T and Mr. T…

Caught a case for my wifes new Storm 2 from INCIPIO, check them out… They have some nice cases and a solid company…

Now it’s food time…
The night before Thanksgiving, Wednesday night hit my homie Marc’s house where we injected birds with marinade, oh man insane!!!!

Thanksgiving day, wifey making potatoes and my favorite stuffing!

PJ loving on one of his doggies Enzo…

Parker will make ya jump jump…

Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub!


Here’s how I roll…

Friday, my homie Mike flew in so him Gordon (neighbor/homie) and I hit San Tan Brewery and smoked cigars…

Here’s the SanTan wich, roast beef, mashed potatoes, cheese in beer bread, seriously!

Casa Fuma for some cigars….

Mikey…

El Gordon…

Hit Total Wine & Spirits for some more brews…
First catch was some of this awesome DOGFISH HEAD this is Squall IPA
Super good and rad label design…

Some Full Sail Barleywine aging for a year, Mike brought out… This was good not as good as the 07 Stone Brewery Imperial Russian Stout, that was TASTY!!!!

Sour beer, yum…

Now on Saturday we planned our neighborhoods 1st ever block party..
This included Road Closed, bouncy for the kids, pot luck and the pivotal simultaneous Christmas lights on the house= A BLAST!
This is what we got for the kids..

Here’s my kegerator window walk 7 pour set up… awesome!

Check the crowd out…

Peace Mikey…
In N Out before hitting the airport, just like JacobChills…

For the Happy New Years I caught the Grand Cru for my homie Chris P….

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 24, 2009

If you haven’t already seen the REBEL8 Winter lookbook on REBEL8.COM, Hypebeast, CtotheJL or any other website that knows whats up already, here it is again…

With the debut of the Winter 2009 REBEL8 collection Joshy D. and the gang are launching cut & sew… Cut & sew from REBEL8, means you’ll have some awesome garments that capture the vibe, lifestyle and essence of REBEL8 outside of tees, hoodies and hats.
Check out some of these pieces being rocked by some San Francisco socialites….
Go to your favorite store and tell em to get that REBEL8 so you can be in constant flow of R8 and you can support their store…

Also, be sure to catch some online on Black Friday along with some REBEL8 Black Friday deals….

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 23, 2009

Headed out to Ontario, California not Canada for a quick trip for the Formula Drift Pro Am Finals…

Before hitting the airport caught some awesome shrimp enchiladas with the fam…

PJ rocking his new DC gear…

Saturday I got lost with DSTROYR Jon Chase… “No worries”…

The founders of Formula Drift…
Jim Liaw…

and Mr. Ryan Sage tending to the grill…

Thought this was funny for some reason..

The winner winner chicken dinner from Canda, Ian Fournier…
Congrats buddy!

All 3 winners…

Caught a ride home with the fellas behind WRECKED MAGAZINE, Joey and Jason the dynamic duo!

Nice sunset… Not an AZ caliber but still good!

Met up with my bro and we had a good time..
Saw the Ontario Reign play, good times!

Then hit The Improv to see a dude named Earthquake, funny dude…
BTW my bro got tix for free for both hockey and Improv, thanks broseph…

Sunday= Chargers football!!!
Family, burger and beer…
Oh yeah BOLTS KICKED THE *!#@ OUT OF THE DONKEYS AKA THE BRONCOS, YEAH!!!!
My newphew Dash got really comfortable during the game, haha

Flying home…

Rice and beans until Thanksgiving btw…

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 20, 2009

Just caught some new kicks for my wife, my son and I…
Thanks DC Shoes and KB…

Tough black leather w/ orange contrast stitch is on point!

PJ’s little skatey kicks…

He calls these his “Ken Block kicks”…

Wifeys…

Saw this British Racing green Toyota FJ, I love these things…

Seriously this Porsche Design Grill looks awesome and come to find out the $7,000 + price tag comes with some awesome technology not just good looks!!!!!
So rad!!!! Click here for more info….

This is a temp gauge but not on your car vitals more like your BBQ vitals…

One of my favorite bands Kings of Leon created a capsule collection with Surface 2 Air, the only piece to actually fit me out of this collection will probably be this chain, hahah. but small fellas check the leather jacket, belts, flannels, tees even a bandana and hat…
Check HighSnobiety for more info

Lastly,
Blue Moon Brewing has just informed me and my friend Chris that the brews have aligned….
There will be a Blue Moon on New Years which happens every 20 years so it’s rare! They’re brewing a special beer for the occasion…
Pretty cool Visit BlueMoonOnNYE.com.

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By Jarod DeAnda,

This video was part of the SEMA Livestream I was part of a few weeks ago in Las Vegas, Ryan Tuerck, Chris Forsberg ,(Members of Drift Alliance) myself and others captured this gem of a “jack move” in a cab line in Vegas…
hilarious!!!
Tuerck’s line at the end of the video is CLASSIC!!!!

How To Catch a Cab in Vegas from Drift Alliance Media on Vimeo.

This weekend at Irwindale is the Formula Drift Pro Am Finals, see some of ya there!

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 18, 2009

Been out and about and here’s what happened…

Caught up with my homie SLIM of Dearly Departed…
His brand is just getting warmed up like the candle in the Dearly Departed “D”. Catch Dearly Departed on TWITTER HERE
Atta boy….

He laced me with a Dearly Departed X High Point hat but PJ had to wear it 1st…

Slim works at one of if not AZ’s finest streetwear shop HIGH POINT…

Slim laced me with a couple new colorway tee’s, stickers and the new snapback hat…

Here’s some details of the DD X HP hat…

DC Shoes always keep me and my family kitted out…
Parker came up on a few tee’s, he was PUMPED!!!!
Thanks Ken Block… That’s PJ saying that even…

Caught a new flannel…

And a new SWEET JACKET!!!

Monster Energy Drinks keep me going, IMPORT is my favorite for real, but the coffee ones are the jam in the AM!

CRASH— BANG—- BOOM

dj Nameless has some wheels for sale…
Monoblocks for some V Dub heads and I got mine for sale too 20″ J Lines for E39… Get it!

+ a sweet GT Dyno poster from 95′

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 17, 2009

This past weekend was a blast with the fam and friends in PHX…
NASCAR at Phoenix International Raceway aka PIR

My boy JacobChills (he’s kind of a big deal in this world) hooked up the tix for PJ, wifey and I…
Parker just one of the boys…

We got HOT PASS aka BALLER passes up in the mix!!!
This is the engine that won the race *spoiler alert*

Thumbs up for Kasey #9 Budweiser car…

JPM…

Assembling parts for the “Crash Cart” parts in case you crash are put into the said Crash Cart…

DEJ…

My fam and behind them is most likely the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion…btw he’s from SD!!! El Cajon boy…

JPM’s pit, we were super close I mean just look below…

I’m next!

Testing tires, insane…

Check the Domino’s pizza wheel covers, haha

Parker doing it up RV stylee…

PJ’s into it…

Mirra Bike Co X Monster Energy…
Cool…

Thanks Jake and this is Tyler Walker aka T DUB aka King of California aka kind of a big deal…

Sick pace car right???

This is how real racers travel…

Jake the LA California kid HAD to have a In-N-Out before catching the flight…

PJ caught a job too…

Peace…

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 14, 2009

PJ and I rendezvoused with DJ Diesel and his daughter to see the Veterans day parade in Tempe…

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Like the old Indian…

Mooneyes!

Sled…

The shriners in the little cars haha

2 steering wheels for AWD steering, haha

Here’s PJ’s favorite, he’s yelling “It’s GRAVE DIGGER!!”

Lunch time…
YUMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Chris and Teyha for the invite, we had a good Vets day……

Off to PDX aka Portland…
Peep the mountains…

We got a special escort because one of our hydraulic pumps failed, really? Told us while were going to land that were running on 2 out of 3 but should be ok, really???
Great!

The 1st ever stand alone Carhartt store, say word!

Lunch with Ryan and Chabin at this spot, good stuff!

Old German from WI, go figure…

Hit Montage under the bridge for dinner, yum!
Man on the right is Eddie Eagle, he does the voiceover on the FD show, you never see him until now!

The last supper behind Chabin and Ryan…

Oyster shooters were bangin!!!!!

Hit the town, but no pics…

Peace out Portland, nice change of weather for a minute…
See ya next year!

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 11, 2009

Headed out to LA late Sunday night for some meetings and what not…

Before heading out spotted this owl…

AZ’s sunsets are unreal!!!

Arrive to OC and get picked up by my good friends The Forsbergs, they have such good hospitality…

Oh yeah and the cutest, awesomest little dog, Ceaser!!!!

LA…

SA Studios with Victor (far) & Joshy D of REBEL8 (close)…

Stopped by UNION LA …
I picked up the KAWS Original Fake Stark laces, $15 for laces or $1,600 for the figure??? haha

Joshy don’t look behind you……

Rendezous at American Rag on La Brea…
sweet ride…

James Bond of UNDFTD is a nice guy…

I take that back… just kidding, 1 of the best dudes…

Levi aka Maestro Knows…

Andre’s work…

GLORY best kept secret until now…

The Crime & REBEL8…

BAND OF HORSES @ Nokia Theatre!!! Yes!

Johnny V and his chica…

LUNCH!

Spider man gets down!

The infamous Mr. Cartoon wall…

Toon$ pops ElCo, epic!

EO & another beautiful LA woman…

The new issue of FRANK151 is super rad… surf history and stories…

small raised surfer on the back cover…

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By Jarod DeAnda, November 8, 2009

SEMA 2009 has come and gone…
It’s always a bitter sweet event that’s long, tiring and just spansive…
To be honest I’m not a big fan of Vegas, but regardless I love seeing my friends, cool cars and creating memories and of course getting business done…

I MC’ed a Falken Tire drift demo, hosted a LiveStream (go check it out but be warned it’s long and after hours gets NUTS) show and made memories…
Here’s my adventure…

Shuttle is sparce…

Really? I’ve always wanted to make a call underwater???? WTF!

NEEK my Vegas homeboy, he’s such a good dude and always down to pick me up and kick it…
NEEK check him out…

PARTY dude, DUDE party!

2 of my good friends, FD homie and co-host Ryan and TEAM Fred…

DUDES….

WEDNESDAY- Falken Tire Drift demo MC’ing
Dai vs. The Breakfast Burrito…

Ross Petty rocking the TMR M’zine sticker, FALSHBACK dope!

Saw homeboy in McDonald’s, my bro works for Enterprise, he’s a bullrider in Vegas for the PBR…

THURSDAY- LiveStream hosting with “Gay” Andy behind the camera, set up is awesome!

Hahaha,

Jet powered F-650

Those are NOT JDM!

My favorite car of the show, Piss’ed off Pete by Blastolene, built by 1 man, Randy Grubb, super nice guy and amazing work…
All hand formed aluminum and leather and just AWESOME!!!
Yours for only $250,000, that’s not bad in my mind for real!
At that price he said his hourly labor rate would be $35/hr…

Not Rogue Status affiliated but still good stuff…

On the LiveStream show I interview Ken Block which was alot of fun as he’s having too much fun, SEE THE INTERVIEW HERE….
JR popped over after I interviewed Ken, here’s the pic of us…

Awesome right???

Loving this Mustang, hard as nails!

Rhys Millen’s RM 450 Hyundai Genesis, awesomeness!

So proud of my homie Vaughn and his Mustang RTR-C…
INSANE!

Another night shot of the BLASTOLENE pissed off Pete…

DOUBLE DOWN Salooon, THE dive bar in Vegas…
Spot the old school Drift Alliance stickers from YEARS ago…

The Champ and RTR…

Mr. RTR and Mrs. Birthday girl…

“Square”, Powers and “Candian” Frank…

Peace out Vegas…

Family time with the friends too…
Homies for LIFE!

Slip and slide, take it to the house..

Swing ya later…