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By Jarod DeAnda, March 30, 2010

Wifey, PJ and I rolled out to LA and the IE (Inland Empire) for the weekend…
1st stop Los Angeles for The ID Agency Open house and automotive photo exhibition….

Marco the man…

Ben Baller knew of each other for a while but never met until about a month ago…
Ben’s BLOG is out of hand!!!! Including his 7 series BMW!

John works at The ID Agency and is a fellow Fatlace Stay Fresh’r…
Now he’s an INCIPIO user and abuser!

Here’s Joey “Wrecked” in front of his photo’s on display at the shindig…

Here’s DC Chavez another homie in front of his work…

Old homie CHUX and Super Steve from the World Famous KROQ 106.7 radio station…
They’re now INCIPIO’ed out too, get your INCIPIO cases, not just for phones for MacBook’s too!

Chux and Steve’s homie Cale Glendening rolled out, not only does he have a sweet Nikko tattoo sleeve of his Grandpa’s WWII plane he also has some skills behind the camera and now on his iPhone with that Incipio LOVE!
Peep Cale’s website HERE!!!!

Here’s the big homie ESTEVAN ORIOL and Murs… CHILLIN’

Heeerrrreee’s Mike of 686 CLOTHING, good dude, straight shooter and his wife is super nice…

Jasper of Rogue Status/DTA in front of his Estevan Oriol original on GUMBALL 3000…

Here’s the Rogue Status/DTA/Widowmaker MC general, YO (CENTER) speaking to Joshua “Hobo” Herron and Will “The Fro” Roegge of KEEP DRIFTING FUN!

Nads NEEDS more Yacht Rock in his life… He’s just not smmmoooth enough!

John P of THE IDagency and Nick F of Falken Tire…

Chris Forsberg and Paulie from LA Ink

Here’s Hunter chillin’ in Cartoon’s Monte Carlo…

Here’s the man, the myth the legend TOON$ or Mister Cartoon to you…
He gifted me some of his Skidrow licene plate frames and Mr. Cartoon’s Collection dealer plates, so rad! Thanks homie

Will Roegge and Joshua “Hobo” Herron are officially INCIPIO laced out with MacBook Pro feather cover, iPOD Cover, Bold case, their Keep Drifting Fun project will be awesome in ther old school VW van stay tuned at KeepDriftingFun.com

Late night dinner with Victor of The IDagency, his wife Pam and others including artist Patrick Martinez, cool spot in LA

David Choe fly posters…

Jamming by LA on Friday for a tat zap session!

Clandestine Rabbit Tattoo in Tarzana is a solid shop with some good dudes and even better tattoo’s…
My homie Johnny Vampotna works there and I’m getting my snake piece colored in…

First you see it… paint by number!

Now voila…

This is Soulgr and a sick watercolor he’s working on…

Hacky sack session post tattoo with the fellas…

LA TRAFFIC SUCKS!!!!
Disney animation building in Burbank is rad…

Yes, yes they do!

FAIL on the rim set up!
Get some offset on that ride!

Saturday AM tumbleweed invasion!!!

Taka Aono and is new Megan Racing Nexen Tire AE86…

Cyrus Martinez, FD rookie and his new Megan Racing/ Nexen Tire S13

Chris Forsberg’s comp vehicle, similar livery but now with bright white wheels!

Congrats Mickey on the new gig at HRE Wheels and on the INCIPIO case for your iPhone…

INCIPIO love for my Formula Drift family!!!!!
Casidi and here Silicrylic case for the Blackberry Bold 9700

Steve “Choice” and a Silicrylic for the BB Bold 9700…

Bryan “The Wolf” Olfert so psyched on his new Feather case for his iPod Touch…

DJ Ryan Sage Co-Founder of Formula Drift handled and Incipio kitted…

Jim Liaw Co-founder of Formula Drift with Ryan Sage has Incipio in his life now too!

Even Eric of Universal Technical Institute now has Incipio in his life…

Little funny video of some of the Formula D drivers there…

Tanaka Racings new paint scheme and wheels
The “Sliding Hawaiian” Alex Pfeiffer is psyched!

Michael Essa and his new GSR Autosport BMW V10 335i, wow!
looks sick!

Deutsch fresh!!! David Blunt and his old school 3 series!

Samuel Hubinette’s new Dodge Challenger…

These kids are cool as ice…
Matt Powers and Tommy Roberts, NO their not in a band these guys are DRIFT PARTY at it’s finest!!!
stay tuned

Forsberg the truck driver and I rolling home, good times in So Cal!!!!

HOME, thai food, good beer and my family!!!!!
love it!
Peace!

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 29, 2010

NOS Energy Drink commercial featuring Chris Forsberg and cameo by yours truly
Debuting NOW on national television during NASCAR and obviously here on the internet is this NOS Energy Drink commercial with 2009 Formula Drift Champion CHRIS FORSBERG, his CFR crew and oh yeah yours truly, Jarod DeAnda “The Voice of Drifting”…
The experience of shooting the national commercial was a blast and I have to say that Chris NAILED IT, he clipped that bottle on the 1st try!
NO CGI, No trick cameras, that’s true talent!!!
Let me know what ya think!!!
WWW.DRINKNOS.COM

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By Jarod DeAnda,

It’s the little things and the perks of being in good company, right?!?!?

I’m blessed with clothes, shoes, bags and even beer and I USE IT ALL!!!!
Seriously I DO use it all!

Being the Incipio Brand ambassador I’ve been stoked to give back and give to you and show you what Incipio has to offer, so Incipio stoked me out and sent me a brand new Apple iPod Touch!
Thanks so much Incipio!

Love the box it all came in!

iPod Touch with 3 Incipio case options…

Incipio netbook bag, this is sweet if you own a netbook

1st case I’m gonna roll is the Silicrylic case…

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 26, 2010

Get involved!!!

This is Behind the scenes of the NOS Energy Drink commercial shoot featuring reigning 2009 Formula Drift Champion Chris Forsberg and oh yeah I make a sweet cameo in both this video and the actual commercial which airs for the 1st time THIS SUNDAY during NASCAR around 1pm, TUNE IN!

Also, this Saturday aka tomorrow!!!!
Be sure to come out this Saturday, March 27 to the Annual Formula DRIFT Tech Day at Universal Technical Institute (UTI) campus in Rancho Cucamonga. The event is open to the public and we invite you to see the live tech inspections, check out the competition cars before they make it to the track, meet the drivers, and more! Event starts at 10am – 4pm.

McQueen drift! Had to buy this stuff for Parker they had a good deal on it!
Maximum Drift!

Local Arizona brewer to PHOENIX yeaahhh boy, good stuff actually and inexpensive!
Old World Brewery

Alphanumeric is on fire in the Sandy Dog aka San Diego, good dudes behind the company…
Making some noise in SD…
Alphanumeric love, thanks Danny, Aly, Mark and the gang!

a# getting loud huh guys?

Uni more thing…

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 24, 2010

EXEDY clutches are used in numerous different vehicles on the track, the streets and everywhere in between!
I’m officially on the EXEDY team and am working on some video’s for EXEDY, I wore the EXEDY logo on my Formula Drift crew shirt all last year and I’m stoked to be back on board with the EXEDY team in 2010…

Vivid Racing installed a Stage 1 Exedy Clutch and Exedy lightened flywheel into an 04 Subaru WRX Sti…
But when you hang out at Vivid Racing long enough you’re gonna see some nice cars roll in and out…

This is Dan co-owner of Vivid Racing holding his brand new Incipio NGP case for his iPhone, look at that face he’s STOKED!

This is Dan and his 997TT that will be shooting for 200MPH this weekend at The TEXAS Mile…

This is Dan shooting his Porsche

Customers Corvette ZR1, hard as nails car but throw some HRE’s on it, even better!

Gotta love the little Rabbit..respect…

JMFH bout to pilot the skittle to 200MPH in TX…

This is my homie Willie T repping the roots of shooting video, shoot to kill!

Of course I gotta lace Willie T with an Incipio case for his iPod Touch…

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 23, 2010

Incipio Stimulus package
I headed to my local mall to have the 1st of many Incipio Stimulus package giveaways or “Random act of Incipio-ness”…
Basically surprise somebody and give them a brand new Incipio case for their phone, device, etc…

Check out Scott and Lexi as I stoke them out with some Incipio-ness…
I might just stoke you out soon….

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 22, 2010

Headed out to LA/Orange County/Irwindale this past weekend…
Primarily for but not limited to XDC Round 1….

Start with some Old No. 7 from The Devil Makes 3…
Push play…

Peace out PHX…

Hello SNA and Chris Forsberg, check out the ghosted Drift Alliance logo on the hood…

Track bound on Friday…
A jet on a truck…

Alex “Baby Drift” Kors…

THE Formula Drift nazi, he says “jump” you say “how high?”

Matt “Nice Moustache” Petty, Jersey Blaze!

The cool kids…

T.Angelo… aka Trouble…

JTP Justin Pawlak Falken Tires Mustang being campaigned in 2010, nice HellaFlush shirt buddy!

Pupusa’s for dinner!
BANGING!!

The beer and the mug were even better!!!!

Post pupusa smoke for Mich and Tim…

Post pupusa haircut by Petty and TAngelo…

The SHOW DAY at XDC Round 1 Irwindale…
Some sick cars out there …
Offset, engines, paint, etc there’s some garbage and some awesomeness both at the show and on the track but overall a GREAT event…
Thanks XDC for having me, hopefully I did ya good!

Celica with an S2000 engine, sweet, looks like a little Japanese Mustang…

Respect the So Cal street race roots, still love small H badged cars!

Giraffe offset craziness!

My homie John his BLOG from Heavy Hitters Magazine and the ridic Lambo …
haha

Plenty of EVENT COVERAGE on DRIFTING.COM…. Wrecked Magazine Blog etc…
I work the entire event so I can’t really snap pics of the action, just some randomness and the podium!

Here’s my buddy Nick Hogan weve known each other for a while and his mom Linda who I met for the 1st time. Nick’s a good dude and Linda is a fan of my MC’ing as she’s been to Formula Drift events and familiar with my work so now we’re cool too!!! Word up! solid…

My Canadian homie Dave Briggs got 1st place!
3rd at Vegas Drift Pro Am last weekend, 1st here at XDC and this past Sunday he got 1st at Just Drift, kids on a roll!!!!

Briggs in 1st, Quoc Ly in 2nd and Jeff Jones in 3rd!

Ceaser showing you his junk!

Off to LA with The Forsbergs…
Lady GAGA blairing on the way up!

The infamous The Troubadour for The Devil Makes 3 concert, never seen em before but they were awesome!!!!

My REBEL8 shirt is awesome under blacklight!!!

Myself, Petty and Forsberg!

Video has The Devil Makes 3 + Forsberg, Tim, Petty, Hobo Herron and more

An AWESOME Hall & Oates poster I wanted to steal soooo bad!

This dude’s attire combo of white long sleeve and leather vest was a bad decision as he looked just like HAN SOLO! Ridic!

The rest of the night looked like this…

WagonForce…

Sunday AM!
Nice Jaguar right?!?!?!

Stopped by friend Jeremys office he hooked up a FLIP Skateboard Young One for my son’s best friends Birthday!

Ceaser on the prowl!

Keep the train moving utilizing NOS Energy Drink Sugar Free, sooo good!

Happy 5th birthday Ryan from The DeAnda’s!
Mini FLIP Skateboard and Pro Tec mini helmet, safety 1st!

Of course DC Shoes shirt…

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 20, 2010

This Saturday at “The House of Drift” Toyota Speedway at Irwindale is XDC aka Xtreme Drift Circuit the newest Pro-Am series to slide into the scene…
The crew behind the curtain has a track record (pun intended) and have been in the industry for quite some time, looking forward to working with them and the entire staff…
Your truly will be MC’ing the event as they’ve hired me for XDC MC’ing duties….They’ve even commissioned Chris Forsberg 2009 Formula Drift Champion and East Coast drift legend Matt Petty for judges…
Come one, come all, lets root on the PRO-AM drivers that are gunning for licenses to the big show at FORMULA DRIFT

Speaking of Formula Drift, next Saturday MARCH 27TH 10AM-4PM is the UTI Tech Day where a majority of the vehicles will NEED to be tech’d!
A slew of Formula Drift drivers will be present along with their rides, so come out and see the machines and the gladiators that pilot them!

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 18, 2010

My homie Mike has been in town from Sunday until Wednesday and we had a killer time…
re-visit what we got into from bike riding Scottsdale, beers, margarita’s, what some people call the best pizza in the country plus more…

Sick truck…

Mike’s a Big Buck Hunter…

Clint’s just a big dude NOW with an Incipio Honu case for his iPhone 3GS, Clint is Security manager at The Tavern on Mill Ave

Oysters for lunch at Casey Moore’s in Tempe…

REBEL8 throw up on the sign…

Had to do some voice over work for an online video for Discount Tire/America’s Tire/Tires.com I’ll let you know when it’s posted…

Weather was insanely awesome Tuesday so we pounded the pavement pedaling and pushing in Scottsdale, AZ…

Infamous Scottsdale Rd.

1st stop was a new spot in Scottsdale, really nice and cool buildout…
RnR Scottsdale…

My homie RJ (right) and his friend Mike joined us for lunch…

tiny lil ahi tacos good app for the road…

Nice layout…

Next stop margaritas…@ Cien Agave’s

The Lodge is next…

I’ve seen dogs play poker but…

Un-real day for real!

Mike pushing, I’m pedaling… Hammertime tee by CCXCR Get one!

My homie RJ is working on piecing together his old school FJ, things SICK!!!

The writings on the sidewalk… coincidentally Mike stepped out of the car to throw trash away and MIKE was on the ground, creeeeppppyyyy!

Hey Buddy!

Next stop Pizzeria Bianco which has been said to be “The BEST pizza in the country”, I’ve been here once before and it was good but not THAT great… Just wait, oh you wait! no literally YOU WAIT!!!

Bianco opens at 5pm, we got there at 4:15 and this line was there…

Open the doors and they tell us “4 to 5 hours wait”, yep that’s whats up!
The place is small but wait for it…
Hey so what we had our bike and skateboard lets it Downtown Phoenix the PHX…
These girls knew what was up, seats, their own wine and wait!

Met this couple, Frenchie and Jennifer from Toronto Canada on vacation… cool people for sure…
They had tickets to the Suns game so they’ll catch the game and we’ll rendezvous for dinner, it was smarter to share a table and pizzas that way we try more food that way!
“Frenchie” doesn’t own a phone btw!

So we hit PHX…

My pedals…

Downtown Civic Space Park, this sculpture is RAD, jellyfish craziness mimicking the desert storms…

AZ Sunsets rule!

This is Matt’s Big Breakfast, obviously not breakfast time so they weren’t open, need to hit it up another time this place has been Diners, Drive-In and Dives btw…

Matt of Matt’s Big Breakfast also owns this RAD SPOT called The ROOSEVELT TAVERN…
This isn’t just an old house it’s a great beer, wine and food spot…
Got a chance to speak to Matt about his spot Roosevelt and is affinity for beer, good dude and looking forward to anything he touches in this food/beverage world…

ROOSEVELT had Lost Abbey 10 commandments ON TAP!!!
Plus they ALWAYS have a Lost Abbey tap and rotate the style of Lost Abbey that their pouring rad!

Exposed keg and beer room…

FINALLY AT 9:45PM we sit down with our new Canadian friends for some of the best pizza in the country… Did it live up to the hype???

Brick oven…

Appetizers…

DINNER, 4 Pizzas and YES IT WAS AWESOME!!!!

Fun little fact! Canadians carry a flag wherever they go, just kidding they were super cool and good company, Mike even bought them dinner!

Good times!

Mike and PJ being “hard as nails”, last picture before we head to the airport…
GREAT TIMES!!!

Caught a new tee in the mail…
ALOHA KINGS tee for the HI/808 show…Thanks Chris, Mark and the IN4MANTS…
Hella Flush X FATLACE X IN4MATION x Alpinestars Apex Initiative collab tee…

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By Jarod DeAnda, March 17, 2010

So now that I’m the INCIPIO Brand Ambassador I want to share with you some info and knowledge on the products Incipio makes, lets start with my new phone that I caught the Blackberry Bold 9700…
The Blackberry Bold 9700 is a great phone option right now and if you own one or on it soon enough, why not protect it…
Here’s a short video breaking down the cases and some pics below…
Word!
ALL INCIPIO CASES FOR THE BLACKBERRY BOLD 9700 CAN BE FOUND HERE

Here’s a video I show you and talk to you about the cases and then below thers some up close images….

Incipio Silycrylic

Incipio EDGE

Incipio Feather