The annual trip to FD is always fun. Having the bus at our booth made it feel comfortable to be at a race. Every year we close down the shop for race day. We bring Fatlace to the race though, so it’s all good. Our booth support team had things running like a well oiled machine. Big ups to Leslee! Team F/Stop was holding down the photos. José was running things on the track. Kenny, Andy, Mark and Felix all took awesome photos! Peep their blogs. It was my first time shooting on the island, and it was hella fun. I got some quick pointers from José that helped me get some cool shots. He also loaned me a 24mm-70mm lens while I was at the island. Thanks man! The only battle photos I have are of the controversial “one more time”. My opinion is that it should have happened the same day. The rest of the shots are practice runs for the top 16. That’s why the cars are so far apart. Next time, I’d like to shoot more heated battles.

Good to see some old and new friends. I ran into Sean from FLA who I met years ago. Last time I saw him was when my cousin was caught by a popo w/ a bad attitude doing a manji. At the booth was Jei “The Pho King”, Jay with the sick LS1 GS, Phil 360, Calvin, Tyler, Jose, John and Yu to name a few. It was nice to chill with a brewski at a sunny day like that.

On the way home I rode in the bus. That ride has a lot of character. It’s a panel bus shipped from Germany. You don’t see a lot of them around here. The sliding door with no side windows is hella rare. Inside you can see surf related stickers from around the world. That thing has history.