JDMST EOMM Video

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Justin Fox

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VW Nationals 2011

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Justin Fox


I’d love to put some modern wheels on this thing, so so nice.


This MKI Golf tickled my fancy.

This year Christina and I decided to just rock up and check the show out instead of entering our cars. I have to say, we’re glad we did! Car parking was nice and easy, we got to catch up with some old faces (albeit briefly as we turned up a little late) and check out all the great cars but not have to be tied down to being there from early until end of show.

Many more pics can be found here.

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Christina’s wedding make-up trial

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Justin Fox


Words can’t describe! Christina had a make-up artist come over yesterday to work on her wedding face. Great job I’m sure you’ll agree!

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District Dining

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Justin Fox


Sharing style dishes.


Di was just about to relaunch Be The Foodie, her food blog. We got a sneak peek on the new design too, super clean, functional, just how it should be!

Caught up with Felix and Di the other night at District Dining. I didn’t think the food wasn’t that great (but the company more than made up for it!). It didn’t help that we were denied dessert and kicked out as the table was booked for another party after us! Christina and I dined at Emmilou the night before, a Spanish Tapas restaurant which takes Tapas to a new level. I thought Emmilou was so damn good that I’m sure it kinda ruined the District Dining experience for me a little (similar shared dish style concept).

Edit: The all new Be The Foodie is now live!

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Max & Mia

Posted on 21 May, 2011 by Justin Fox

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JDMST EOMM / EVO NATS

Posted on 21 May, 2011 by Justin Fox


I brought my 80’s Kuwahara along for kicks.


Babs’ Hako took out best of show runner up.


One category I had to judge was “Best Hellaflush”… but Hellaflush is an American brand! I sat there, felt embarrassed about it for a bit, then I kicked myself in the bum and thought why the hell not, sun’s out, let’s have some fun. This is the car I chose for the win.


I also had to judge “best stance” which I gave to Shane. You can’t argue his Supra has a menacing stance (even in broad daylight!), best of all, it’s stance is dictated by function.


EVO 9 wagon took me by surprise. It also won a runner up prize for best EVO.

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Babs claiming his prize.


A very pregnant Nat (Miss-R) took 3rd best overall car of the day.

Perfect weather, EVO guys were ripping it up on the circuit and skid pan (very impressive!), Show and Shine prizes went down a treat and best of all there was a great social vibe all morning and afternoon.

Judging the “Show and Shine” with George from Mothers was a hard job. George has judged many an event (including Sema!), and being in the care care industry he had a thing for perfect paint. I’ve got little idea about good or bad paint, but George didn’t have much of an idea about JDM car culture so we met in the middle.

There were a billion photographers out and about today so I’m sure there will be many more pics of the cars on show. I’ve started a photo thread on JDMST. Click here to keep an eye on it as photographers get busy uploading their images.

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AGDA Debate

Posted on 19 May, 2011 by Justin Fox

Simon Mundy, the Victorian President of the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA), has written a blog entry on his desktop blog in response to Andrew Moffitt’s opinion piece in desktop magazine’s May issue, where he posed the question ‘To join or not to join AGDA’.

For various reasons, AGDA was why I started The Australian INfront in 1999. I’ve never paid to join AGDA, mainly because I’ve never been convinced of the value of joining (no offense intended).

In the late 90′s I worked at a few design companies that were members of AGDA (all you have to do to be a member is pay their yearly fee) and they admitted to me that being allowed to have an AGDA badge on your web site (along side your Microsoft Certified Partner badge!) made them ‘look good’. In fact one of the AGDA councilors in the debate writes the following on the value of being an AGDA member:

Kudos: Put “Member: Australian Graphic Design Association” in your email signature and on your website. It’s (perhaps not) surprising how many clients take note and take you more seriously. Use it like a qualification or like accountants use “CPA”. And the more of us that do it the more powerful it becomes.

That’s pretty hilarious as it confirms this idea of paying to be a member, just so you can say you’re a member, to somehow make your design company seem more legitimate.

I’ve been around public forums to know how they work. There might only be a handful of people fighting in a room, but the fact is that thousands more people are reading the debate, and they’re making up their minds about who’s side to be on. I’m feeling sorry for Simon Mundy, who initiated the debate to try and convince everyone that joining AGDA is well worth the $250. The responses made by AGDA representatives read very defensive, which is a shame as they’ve got a golden opportunity here to listen to what people really want (IE: digest the feedback, have an AGDA meeting and then reply post meeting).

I tried my best to stay out of the debate, but in the end I had to chime in (couldn’t help myself!).

You can read, or join the debate here: http://desktopmag.com.au/blogs/agda-give-it-a-try

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Public Domain

Posted on 19 May, 2011 by Justin Fox


Ray Barbee (they spelled his name wrong in the video!) in Public Domain (1988). We used to watch this video over and over. Each time we got to this segment of the video we’d be so pumped we’d all yell out “let’s skate!” and hit the streets. The first song in the clip rocks too.

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80’s revival right about now

Posted on 19 May, 2011 by Justin Fox


I scored these NOS (new old stock) pink T-Bones on eBay They’re the exact same wheels I used to skate on way back in the day. On opening the door this morning, post man greeted me with “T-Bones!”. Turns out he used to be a skater too, and still does skate occasionally. He couldn’t see the logos on the wheels as the wheels were wrapped up in bubble wrap, he could just tell from their size, impressive!


Size comparison to a newer style wheel. They’re huge, and roll over small stones and cracks effortlessly, damn fast too.


Later that day the doorbell went off again, this time Mr Postman delivered a genuine NOS Ray Barbee complete. His video segment in the Public Domain video blew me away as a kid, at the time no other skateboard had a nose kick as big as this. I always wanted it, now it’s mine. I intend to skate this one rather than leave it up on the wall.


Top side is factory gripped from the 80’s.


90a’s a little hard for my liking as I like to do big slides. They’re 57mm “mini’s” but 57mm is a huge wheel today. T-Bones might make their way onto this board, maybe.

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Zoomer Timeline

Posted on 18 May, 2011 by Justin Fox


Day 1. Previous owner Paul had already bought an exhaust, stretch kit and lower seat frame.


Stripped plastic panels, frame brace with forward pegs, new exhaust. Painted. New seat frame. Low and flat handlebars, removed blinkers and put them on the sides of the battery box. New seat, fat rear wheel and tyre, painted mid section of frame, new front-end (brakes, wheel and shocks), JDM headlights.

It’s always nice to see before and after pics :)

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