Sweaty and ready for some Formula Drift Singapore 2010!!! Big post…

By Jarod DeAnda, April 29, 2010

Formula Drift Singapore came and went and here’s my adventure…
I do apologize in advance if you’re hungry and enjoy good food you’ll be craving some goodness in t minus 2 minutes and also apologize for lack of car photos but still enjoy the sites of my Singapore adventure…
And also while in Singapore it’s like 95 degrees with 90% humidity Real Feel of like 110 degrees

On the road again, well obviously can’t drive to Singapore but the Keep Drifting Fun fellas Will and Josh stayed at my crib so they dropped me off curbside at PHX airport to rendezvous in LAX with others…
Thanks Will and Hobo…

Will & I in the Westy…

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Hooked up w/ Enemy2Fashion Chronic Fatigue Carry on + UNDFTD motors

By Jarod DeAnda, April 28, 2010

My super solid homie from across the country, Caleb aka ENEMY2FASHION hooked me up with a piece that I was super stoked on from jump….

It’s called the Chronic Fatigue Carry On, it’s a World War II helmet bag that has been customized and embellished with E3F patches, painting and labels….
It’s now Sold Out but I encourage you to watch Enemy2Fashion’s BLOG for what he has up his customized sleeve….

Love the shipping label, haha

Nice packaging and personal note on the inside of the box…

KUSTOM…


Inside label…

Get involved…

Stickers…

E2F also has his hand in the UNDFTDmotorsport” project, stay tuned….

Safe? Brown Safe! Lamborghini chrono safe

By Jarod DeAnda, April 27, 2010

href=”http://www.brownsafe.com/”>BROWN SAFE…
Check these out!
Safe’s are built to keep your valuables YOURS and in good hands!

Here’s a custom built Brown Safe for the car guy in all of us…
It’s built to protect and keep your watches safe but it’s also a piece of art!

Keep Drifting Fun & protected via Incipio…You’re welcome fellas

My good homies, Will “Fro” Roegge and Joshua “Hobo” Herron are to embark at any given minute on their country wide adventure and mission to KEEP DRIFTING FUN!
The tour will involve them traveling cross country in a 70′s VW van, does it matter what year?!?! Not really just that’s hilariously awesome!!!

I contributed to their awesomely creative and youthful spirited adventure by giving them some INCIPIO CASES for their Macbooks, phones, IPod even an Incipio wallet…
Watch this awesome little vid they shot with the INCIPIO products! I love these dudes and see ya soon fellas in AZ! Incipio Macbook Feather case so nice you can take a rooftop nap with it!
I’ll be needing a ride to the airport in the Westy by the way!

Please stay tuned and watch their adventure via their blog and more…
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INSTALLMENTS OF KEEP DRIFTING FUN

Keep Drifting Fun Update – Eight from Keep Drifting Fun on Vimeo.

Keep Drifting Fun Van, that’s a wrap but just the beginning…

By Jarod DeAnda, April 21, 2010

KEEP DRIFTING FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Click it and learn more about these guys and their adventure…
My homies Will Roegge and Joshua “Hobo” Herron stayed at my house but are East bound and down in their 1974 VW van NOW with a fresh new wrap provided by BlueMedia…
Check it….

Check the sponsors out on the vehicle, I laced them with some INCIPIO cases, NOS Energy Drink gave them some drinks and so much more…

This is Brandon of Bluemedia and his Cadillac sled…

The fellas made an awesome video of the product I gave them, check it out…

Keep Drifting Fun Update – Eight from Keep Drifting Fun on Vimeo.

GSD in PHX, LA & LBC

By Jarod DeAnda, April 19, 2010

GSD if you don’t know what it means, it’s Get S#!t Done…
I’ve been go, go and oh yeah, go…
Feel blessed for all the opportunity that’s been coming my way so keep it rollin, come along for the ride…
PHX to LAX to Long Beach and my pit stops, at stores, food and at Long Beach Grand Prix…

But let’s start with a beer with my friend Ryan, CHEERS!
Grab a beer if you like, I’ll wait…
K begin…

Saw this awesome Chuck Jones display at the PHX Sky Harbor, Chuck Jones is an idol of mine, I always loved what he did on so many levels!

Peep the original paintings!


Alright LAX to rendezvous with my GSD Candian brother Albert…
So Cal rental equals convertible, good weather why not!
Tourist looking, I don’t care!

1st stop food in OC, Wahoo’s of course!
Maui Bowl!

Tiki!

Tatzap session with my Johnny Vampotna of Clandestine Rabbit, love this dude

W Hotel in Westwood… got hooked up with a Penthouse suite…. sweet!

Photo booth elevator AWESOME!

awol life…


TROUBLE!

The Mayor of Afghanistan and President of London aka Yo and Jasper of Rogue Status…

Canadians invading!

Bird X Cat collab…


BLACK SCALE
lab…

Mega… gettin it in…

One of my favorite shops ever…
Anybody know this place???

Yes those are drift cars and YES that’s the infamous Chinese Theatre!

We don’t shine, we light it up when us drifters are invited…

“Hey tell your mom I said Hi, will ya”
Mark Wahlberg

We go back, Mr. X Games Sal Masekela…

LA’ers love their Korean BBQ… This place is solid…
Supposedly Danny Masterson and Aoki own it…

Aww yeah, Pinkberry…

Shells by the seashore, shotgun shells at Crooks & Castles…

Shepard Fairey wall in front of De La Barracuda…


Confederate motorycles
in the shop, LOVE THESE BIKES!

Guess who?

It’s the one and only, Slick….creator of Dissizit

Long Beach Grand Prix for some good times with the gang!
Sam’s Auto Land…
Myself, Sam, Forsberg and Pfeiffer…

Powers and Forsberg both stand like this, weirdo’s!

Don’t try this at home…
THIS IS DRIFT PARTY!

Classic LBC…

Peace out W…

Muah + BIG MIRROR!

Stop and smell the flowers…

New view for a minute…

LA Ink…

Top down… Albert rocking his new DISSIZIT California Republic hat…

Wind in my hair…

Long Beach aka LBC…

Old homie Stephan…

Ok racing is cool but chilling and drinking on a boat near the race, even better!

Total coincidence people on the pier had a NOS Energy Drink tent!
haha

“Man Up”

Back to Sam’s for dinner!
Yumm! Armenian food rules!

SUNDAY!
Forsberg, Tanner Foust and I led a car cruise all over LA county and OC to the Grand Prix…

Forsberg drove this thing Mazda CX9 Pace car with light bars and sirens…

Tanner got to drive this super car Ultima GTR…

I LOVE THIS CAR!!! So at the top of my list!
ALL MOTOR MADNESS!


Forsberg setting the pace…

Beating Tanner from Calabasas… haha

Tell me Tanner Foust doesn’t look like Maverick from Top Gun behind the wheel…

Peep the cars…

Regular F430 and a Scuderia, yummmyy!

Look at that line up!
Magnum PI jumped in…

Still blows me away how awesome the Audi R8 is, I mean seriously they made the car in “I ROBOT”

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, oh yeah racing!

They wouldn’t make TOP 32 at Formula Drift!
Terrible shallow line in turn 10!

Now these guys are gonna tear it up and they did, tradtional race car fans and people with heartbeats LOVE DRIFTING!!!

I have an affinity for a nice clean, professional and dialed pit area. Matching scooters, clean, concise etc…

Indy car winner, Ryan Hunter-Reay..

And his car…

Formula Drift Team Competition winners, DRIFT ALLIANCE…

Of course we go to The Pike, the best BAR IN LONG BEACH maybe even the world! Peep the banner, This is the official Drift Alliance bar, Chris the owner loves the DA boys…

Alright LBC-ya but before I go, I arrive in Phoenix only to be picked up by the KEEP DRIFTING FUN BUS!


Burnt rubber and so much more to scorch! Formula Drift round 1, thats a wrap!

By Jarod DeAnda, April 13, 2010

Formula Drift Round 1 was this weekend in Long Beach and it was awesome!
Enjoy the re-cap of this weekend!

Foreshadowing?!??? So fast I can’t even see him, Vaughn Gittin Jr…
The man of the hour, the weekend and the winner of Round 1, Wednesday he debuts his brand new Monster Energy Drink Falken Tires 2011 Ford Mustang, congrats buddy!
All at The Fantasy Factory…

Blurry Dyrdek…

Blurry Dyrdek and Blurry brother..

Sharp crowd…

Blue Steel!

While on the infamous LA traffic check out homeboys hat…
DTA!

Went and hit Alpinestars, if you don’t know Alpinestars I’m sorry you should…

They make some of the best drivers in the worlds race suits and equipment…
Ever heard of this guy?
Look at this suit, super lightweight all screened logos=weight reduction…


Compared to NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson’s suit ALL embroidery…

Alonso’s Champion suit in F1…

This is Mark Arcenal of FATLACE’s custom super hybrid craziness, for driving, karting, racing, partying, whatever, it’s insanely awesome!

Loving all the collectables…

Formula Drift drivers that are officially on ALPINESTARS…
Tuerck, Foust, Gushi, Forsberg and Gittin

Some sweet gear…

New backpack, stoked!

Lil one gear for the kids…

Here’s Danica Patrick’s tiny little suit..

This is the armor that Travis Pastrana wore when he did the DOUBLE BACKFLIP…

Love this, Dr. Romanelli’s spin on Alpinestars leathers and Mad Max the movie, radical!

The buck stops here for you, but we continue later on headed into Long Beach…

Follow that van…

The harbor what comes in comes here…

1st car I see when I show up, Vaughn’s new ride!
Loving the exposed carbon fiber nose…

Hooked up the homies with some INCIPIO PRODUCTS…
Tony Angelo gets the Macbook Pro 13″ Feather case…

Chief Steward Randy is ALWAYS on his iPhone so I figured I HAD to hook him up!

Fellow Fatlace blogger John P. gets laced with a 15″ Macbook Pro feather case… STOKED!

2009 Formula Drift Retrospective gallery on Broadway & Promenade in Long Beach, open this whole week in Long Beach during the Long Beach Grand Prix, get over there and see the homies Linhbergh Nguyen, Jose Martinez and Estevan Oriol photos + Will Roegge‘s video…

Art of Formula D: 2009 Retrospective from Will Roegge on Vimeo.

Estevan, big guy in front of a lil car!

Jose showing Mad Mike Whiddett one of his images…

Late night in front of the gallery…

This dude Blaze is super excited about all things drift, Fatlace and more… Thanks for saying whats up man!

Mr. Fatlace Mark Arcenal and “Creepo/Awesomeo stache’ Jose Martinez…

John P. puts on his Macbook Pro Incipio 15″ Feather case like that!!!!

Check out the custom HPI Racing Chris Forsberg NOS Energy Drink RC car!
RAD HUH?!?!?!?!

Who will stand in front of this 2010 backdrop for the 1st time?

We got Vaughn, D-mac, Tanner Foust…

Gittin, Tuerck, Forsberg…

Check these dudes and their weapons of choice!!
Will FRO-egge, Willie T and EO…

That’s genuine “hey buddy, I missed ya”

Thumbs up!

Chris with PJ + my niece and nephew…

Passing out some EXEDY CLUTCHES product!



The kids are restless!

IT’S GO TIME!!!
TOP 16 INTRO’S!


Parker and I breaking it down!

FOR COVERAGE AND IMAGES OF THE EVENT WHILE I’M ANNOUNCING YOU CAN CLICK
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SPEEDHUNTERS.COM
WRECKEDMAGAZINE.com
DRIFTING.COM
OMGDRIFT.COM
and so many more

The winner is………….
Vaughn Gittin Jr.!

I can NEVER look as tough and crazy as Estevan, NEVER!
Love this dude!

Sunday AM church and check out this building!

Party time at The ForsGroh’s house Tuerck and Forsbergs bday party!
Me, I’ll be drinking some fine brews from my friends brewery Maui Brewing Co, Big Swell IPA YUM!

Vaughn, you might have won the 1st round but Parker’s got your number bro!!!!!!

See look he’s showing YOU how to drive, hahaha
so awesome!

You guys call each other?!?!?!

Linhbergh’s the Only Member here…

The East Coast INDUSTRY MADE homies, check out these guys and their brand INDUSTRY MADE!

Loving all the adults acting like kids in this pic!
Nintendo DS, Nerf guns, computers, etc…
good GREAT TIMES!

See you on the internet bros…
Peace out Vaughn, Tony and Wilkerson!

New shoes for me and Mad Mike…

By Jarod DeAnda, April 6, 2010

DC Shoes via Ken Block sent me some fresh rubber..
Psyched!
One of the pairs include the Pro Spec 2.0, oh yeah!

Wifey and PJ caught some shoes too…

Some threads…

You will start seeing these shirts EVERYWHERE!
Atta boy KB!

Mad Mike Whiddett and fiance Toni rolled through Texas to pick up their new tow truck for their newly announced Need for Speed/Red Bull RX8 , congrats Mikey…
Now peep this TRUCK aka new shoes for Mike…

Parker got in on it…

Parker and I took Toni to the mall to shop and hit Johnny Rockets, Toni had never had a Root Beer float, Ranch on her fries and get this NEVER has had a Baby Ruth candy bar until a few days ago!
Her mind will explode on the cross country drives for Formula Drift…

See ya in Long Beach this weekend!

Out with the REALLY old and in with the new…

Fortune…

LOUD & PROUD Formula Drift THIS WEEKEND IN Long Beach Fri & Saturday! SEND IT!

If ya don’t know NOW ya KNOW!!!!
FORMULA DRIFT this weekend!!!!
SEND IT!!!!!!
Come find me MC’ing at the event, giving away INCIPIO cases, see me at the EXEDY Racing Clutch booth and more, PLEASE say hi and lets party!!!!

Also, if you CAN’T make it and want to watch online don’t go any further than your computer!
Check out FORMULA D LIVE!!!!!

http://formulad.com/live/

OR on FACEBOOK TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!
FACEBOOK Page link- http://apps.facebook.com/formulad/

CosPlay & drifting craziness in Houston, TX

By Jarod DeAnda, April 5, 2010

Houston, TX…
Vaughn Gittin Jr. drifting demo and judging…
Yours truly MC’ing and announcing both the Vaughn demo and the Import Reactor Pro-Am competition at Gulf Greyhound Park for Import Reactor Drift…
That was Thursday night….

Friday and Saturday included CosPlay craziness and car show at The Woodlands, TX for Anime Matsuri!!!
Wow, culture shock and it was awesome people watching!!!
Enjoy it while not attending now!

Houston Astro’s stadium..

Vaughn & Abby…

Mickey…

Bobby V working on Vaughn’s demo car, aka the last time he’ll be driving a blue & teal Mustang..

Linhbergh of SpeedHunters.com gets hooked up with an Incipio case for his iPhone…Solid ArtPants!!!!

Linhbergh reviewing some pics in his new SPEEDHUNTERS FATLACE tee…

Drift:30…

Drivers meeting…

Whataburger, WhatACorolla and WhattaBrad…

Kids repping FATLACE in TX!!!

Rodeo in the last ride into the sunset for this vehicle being Falken teal and blue…

Smokey of Top Secret Japan in the house…

Stoked this dude out with an INCIPIO case for his iPHONE, random act of Stimulus package.

Loving this Miata…

Some dude in a Japanese band called Back On rocking the Tribal T-Star logo, Bobby whats up?!

Hit the car show on the upper level of the parking structure…
Hand painted…

Hand copied and bitten Illest sticker… flattering Mark???

Lovin the copper finish…

That’s for real, G wagon on an XB, GB maybe?

VIP Fit…

TX reps Fatlace and Illest hard!!!

Roof basket!

Fresh…

Clean…

Needs some paint but clean…

That’s what she said…

Let the CRAZINESS BEGIN!!!!!!!


Then at the bar enjoying some drinks and look who we see…
The Most Interesting man in the world from the Dos Equis beer commercials

So then he says to me “Stay thirsty my friends” and hands me a beer!
Like this guy!

Told you TX and the Mayday Garage guys rep FATLACE and Illest HARD!!!!

It’s a secret where the bathroom is,… shhhh, Vaughn knows!

All the way from Italy world renowned Cosplayer…

Stoked out TJ with an Incipio case, videos to follow!

Speed Racer sat behind me at the opening ceremony!

Street Fighter broke out!

I have no idea but they were sweet!

This whole Free Hugs thing was all over the place, really weird!

Back to cars again…

Loving these Z’s and the red one especially!!!



All the way in TX a Kiwi shows up, well 2, Mad Mike Whiddett and his wife Toni…

Why is Mike and Toni in TX???
Well to pick up this craziness!!!
Well can you say the HARDEST Tow Truck ever!

Blurry party pics of beating the beat with Tom Cluise and Abigail!

Hahaha

Mario-ette and Luigi-ette!

Mario Jr…

Vaughn and Abby thanks guys!

Leave TX with some BBQ and Shiner Bock, peace!

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