Name/title cards.
Hey Zann! Setting up earlier in the day.
5.30PM, it’s beer time.
Mist spray in the courtyard.
Damien, who leaves for Seattle soon, and photographer extraordinaire Garry Trinh.
Visual Response #07: 15 exhibition went well last night at The Tate in Glebe where we celebrated 15 years of Infront and revealed the top 10 winning entries.
All 147 entries are now online for your viewing pleasure! Visit: http://www.australianinfront.com.au
Adding weight?! WTF!
Check: http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/showthread.php?56475-My-2nd-Mazda-MX-5-NA8C-Roadster/page25
Too broke to play with the MX-5. Heaps of parts waiting for me at JDMyard to install, but just no time, no cash either. Track Days are going to have to wait till 2014!
Our new Zen reservoir socks look rad!
Toys sent to me by Anh Minh To! Love getting goodies in the mail! :)
Back in Sydney, totally burnt up too as Serg scored a flat tyre on the highway home and Claudio and I had to sit in the sun and wait for him to return from the nearest tyre shop!
REBUILD the Philippines was awesome and Melbourne turned on the weather, hard. So many marshals and volunteers greeted the hoards of amazing rides into the amazing venue in West Melbourne, which almost had a Daikoku Futo vibe going on. We loved it!
More pics on Zen: http://zengarage.com.au/2013/12/melbourne-road-trip-part-3-rebuild
Good morning Zen.
Morning Hugs – Lauren and Matty.
A German, a Japanese and an Aussie walk in to a bar…
First Stop: Car Wash.
Then a quick bite to eat.
Wide Load – Checking out Matty’s place to be by the beach.
Zen Cycling Squad. Couldn’t resist a blat on these hire bikes. Great fun for $2.60!
At Cookie’s rooftop bar for a refreshing bevy.
Then I forced the boys to choose a macaron each from La Belle Miette on Hardware Lane. Minds were blown. Cute ladies serving asked about Zen, and thought we were a dance crew (lol).
The plan today was to get cuts at the Barbers on Hardware Lane, unfortunately we got there too late and they were shut. In desperation we came across a random hairdressers, not quite the same experience, but they did the job!
Happy Matty.
Happy Mark.
Fuel up! Leaving from Zen this morning.
Unnatural habitat.
Piss break!
Isn’t a road trip without McDonalds.
Beautiful cafe in the carpark.
Natural Habitat.
The price you pay for a photo!
Natural Habitat. Finally!
Matty!
Matty the host.
Westgate Bridge. The Yarra.
Photo Credit: http://www.iheartstance.com
I love generating discussion and I’ve been known to open can of worm discussion threads on the JDMST forums for years. Tiring for some, but inspiring for others.
The other day I had a situation on the forums where a group of long standing members banned together to blast an individual about his choice of car tuning (stance). Worst thing is they did it in the guys build thread. One of my priorities is to inspire people to create and share their builds by running a build thread/diary on the forums. I can’t have haters destroy build threads as it’ll just scare people off from creating them (takes a lot of effort to run one to be honest).
In an attempt to stand up for the stance guys I wrote a facebook status that ended up getting over 250 comments in a matter of hours, the next morning I wrote a feature which yesterday had over 23,656 views on the Zen Garage web site. Not all the feedback has been positive, but that’s got to be expected when you’re voicing your opinion in public, the main thing is I’ve generated a bit of discussion, and it’s gotten a few people thinking I’m sure.
Check it out here: http://zengarage.com.au/2013/11/so-over-people-hating-on-stanced-cars
Good times with Samantha Torretta, Adam Burgess, Hayley Swanson and Ved Kay.
All the photos from last weekend’s epic sneaker swap meet are now on Zen. Click here to check them all out: http://zengarage.com.au/2013/11/the-kickz-stand-sneaker-swap-meet-4/
Has been an interesting and entertaining 48hrs on the JDMST forums/facebook group. I couldn’t help but write a feature this morning, so therapeutic!
Read up:http://zengarage.com.au/2013/11/so-over-people-hating-on-stanced-cars/