ON & BEYOND

Got these beasts from Nike. Can’t wait to test em tonight. I Will update on how they hold up!! I’ve always been a t90 fan; although, I’ve been wanting to try out some CRT360′s…your thoughts?

Training and running season debuted for most, but I’m starting mine this week to get in shape for summer soccer season. After an extensive consultation with Claire at Nike, she suggested to me and my fragile ankles, a pair of Lunarglide+ 2′s. Sure enough, they arrived at the office a couple of days later. Equipped with flywire, amazing ankle support and most importantly the comfortable dynamic support Lunarlon soles, these are sure to do some damage in the next couple of weeks heading into high-gear for futball season. Thanks Claire and NSW for always taking care of me.

Was down in NY to shoot for the MTexperience. Can’t reveal the happenings just yet, but here are some candids from the weekend. Big thanks to Marcus, Charles, IZ & Sarah Kim for a fun 2 days.

Apologies for the lack of updates for the passed month, but I promise there alot of great things to come…notably some of the actual work I did in Japan…

It’s always a pleasure to go to New York; I’ll be there til monday for a very exciting project – more on that later… Those who have my contact info, let’s grub.

The Special Force Boot (SFB) Chukka from NSW takes some inspiration from the US Army Jungle boots of the 1970′s. While the nylon and suede exterior resemble the influencors, Nike have replaced the RO-SEARCH sole from the 70′s with their own NIKE FREE soles giving it that sportswear factor. I wanna thank Claire from NSW for getting these out to me as they will come quite useful when braving the harsh canadian weather.

They should be available at your local Quickstrike Accounts in a Dark Obsidian or Tan colorway.

US ARMY JUNGLE BOOTS – 1970s

One of my favorite shops when I was in Tokyo, was hoping I would find some scraps of the Gyakusou collection…but it was long sold out. I did however find some great cottonduck workpants by Head Porter Plus which will later be photographed and showcased on an upcoming edition of I WISH THEY MADE THIS FOR GIRLS.

NSW at Head Porter Plus
Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 4-27-6-1F
P: 03.5772.8540
www.headporter.co.jp

Gore-Tex, Ripstop, ACG, Primaloft, Calf Leather & Wool. Have me ready for the all conditions.

I’m super excited about this video. It’s my first real video shoot and edit. Paul just wrapped up his new book, ready to be released. You might have encountered some of his previous work either on my blog or on the notorious shelves at Reed Space. With help from Johnny F Kim, and audio assist from Scott, I think we pulled off an awesome result. The book is called : Photographs inspired by the rap music that once inspired me.

Books arrived today. It’s my fourth. It’s already available at the Sometimes/Desfois shop. This one is a book of photo’s. The photo’s I showed at the 381 projects gallery space in the spring of 2008. Last month the people at Anteism Publishing asked me if I wanted to do a small print project with the shots. I agreed to it and Conor Virtue (my long time cohort) agreed to lay it out. Jacob Gavin had curated that 381 Projects show. The idea behind his show was to get creatives who work in and around the music industry to make art based on the music they actually listen to. The music that inspires them. The music that plays when they work. Rap music moves me. Painting pictures with words over sped up soul loops and big drums inspires me. Anybody who has spent any amount of time with me over the 20 years knows that I speak in rap quotes a lot of the time. It’s like the OHHLA site is uploaded to my brain. Hindsight I should have called the book Lose it when dudes think it’s just music. I have this love hate thing with rap. I feel like I spent 25 years of my life trying to justify it’s merits to people and I’m tired now.