Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Almost every stop on the Formula DRIFT tour features a
Hellaflush Slammed Society car show, put on by our friends at
Fatlace. We rarely cover car shows because none of our staff are enamored by them, and as you know if you've read our
About LB page, we only cover stuff that
we like. Here, blasterfans, is a rare exception wherein…
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Tags: acura, airbags, Atlanta, bagged, car show, datsun, dumped, ewwiwop, fatlace, fc, formula drift, hellaflush, honda, illest, infinity, lexus, mazda, miata, rx7, s2000, slammed, slammed society, truck, vintage, work wheels
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Who could have guessed that Road Atlanta would hold such a prestigious place in American drifting history? For sure the South is a hotbed of car culture and racing activity, but most Japanese influence is in Los Angeles and the rest of the West Coast. Eventual FD founders Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage were involved with D1 coming to Irwindale in 2003 so when it came time to start the US's own professional drifting series in 2004, where would it make sense to hold the first event?
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Tags: Atlanta, ayala, bohan, daigo saito, formula d, pitts, road atlanta, vaughn gittin jr.
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Monday, April 15th, 2013
That's right, folks, the 10th anniversary season of Formula DRIFT is now underway! Round 1 is in the books, and Life Blasters is here for you with the play-by-play, but before we get into the details we would like to extend a huge thanks to Formula DRIFT for signing us on as an official Media Affiliate. We are proud to be recognized for our previous media coverage efforts, and look forward to bringing you a whole season of killer stories as they happen.
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Tags: 2013, ayala, bohan, drift, drifting, fdlb, formula d, formula drift, lb, lbc, long beach, pro, professional, round 1
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Friday, April 12th, 2013
Formula Drift implemented a new qualifying method for 2013. Before, each driver would get two nonconsecutive runs, starting with the lowest ranked driver and working up the list. Now they start with the highest ranked driver and work their way down, and after the first run the top 16 drivers are locked in and don't get another run. The remaining drivers then take their second run and try to claim one of the remaining 16 spots. The implications of the change aren't small,…
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Tags: 2013, anniversary, drift, drifting, fdlb, formula d, formula drift, lbc, long beach, professional, round 1
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Monday, April 1st, 2013
Ladies and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to announce to you all that Life Blasters is now an official
Formula DRIFT Media Affiliate!
"What does this mean for me, the viewer?!" you ask? Well, I'll tell you! It means that we will still be providing you with some of the best photos in our industry...
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Tags: ayala, bohan, contest, drift, drifting, formula d, formula drift, giveaway, life blasters, long beach, pitts, pro, round 1, shreeve, tickets, wong
Posted in Drifting, News, Pitts, Travel, Work | 50 Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Bohan has been in my ear constantly for the past few months with pleas of making a trip to Yosemite in the winter. "Evvvveryone gets the same shots all summer, I want awesome ones with snow!" he says. Last Wednesday having just returned to the office from a
different snowy expedition, I told Bohan that we should try to get the trip in soon before our schedules filled up. After a brief period of concentrated thought, we decided to leave that very night at midnight. This would allow us to catch a sunrise,…
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Tags: awesome, beautiful, bohan, canon, crx, long exposure, national park, nature, night, photo, photography, pitts, scenery, timelapse, travel, yosemite
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
I've been absent from the dirt bike scene for several years now, so Tuesday was not only an opportunity to take some photos of my younger brother Graeme, but a great chance for me to shake off the cobwebs and do some riding of my own!
The bikes are housed deep in the woods of Nevada…
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Tags: air, california, carnegie, cobwebs, dirt, dirtbike, downhill mtb, graeme pitts, hillclimb, jump, ktm, motocross, naha, ohv, park, pitts, pro, sports, svra, tracy, travel, yamaha
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Thursday, December 20th, 2012
We've been anxiously awaiting this year's 25 Hours of Thunderhill, thinking of shots, going over ideas, planning, and waiting. But then sometimes the unexpected happens. Just a week or so before North America's longest endurance race was set to start, Geoff got a call from NASA Race Director Jeff Mohler, to see if he'd be interested in flying to Willows with him in a Cessna. Of course Geoff wanted to do that, but he also arranged for Jeff to give Joe and me an aerial…
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Tags: 2012, 25, airplane, ayala, bohan, hours, motorsports solutions, nasa, pitts, porsche, thunderhill, tyler mcquarrie
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Tags: 350Z, aliensurfgirlproblems, blown tires, california, championship, dlhq, drift, drifting, driver blog, ewwiwop, final, finale, formula d, formula drift, irwindale, nissan, professional, round 7, ryan kado, sheryl crow, socal, southern, travel
Posted in Ayala, Bohan, Drifting, Driver Blog, Pitts, Travel, Video | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 14th, 2012
Tags: achilles, champion, chelsea denofa, chris forsberg, conrad grunewald, d1gp, daigo saito, daijiro yoshihara, darren mcnamara, drifting, formula d, fredric aasbo, house of drift, irwindale, kenny moen, kyle mohan, matt field, matt powers, pat mordaunt, pat the possum, rhys millen, robbie nishida, rookie, ryan kado, ryan tuerck, taka aono, tony angelo, vaughn gittin jr., walker wilkerson
Posted in Ayala, Bohan, Drifting, Pitts | 11 Comments »
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Tags: ballast, daigo saito, daijiro yoshihara, formula d, fredric aasbo, justin pawlak, rhys millen, ryan tuerck, vaughn gittin jr., x-ray
Posted in Ayala, Bohan, Drifting, Pitts | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
Formula DRIFT Irwindale is upon us, and because it's the last round of the season, we wanted to do something extra special. As you may already know, we travel to FD Las Vegas we take the extra-long route through Yosemite's Tioga Pass to celebrate where we birthed the idea for Life Blasters, so in similar fashion we decided to take the scenic route to Southern California. Our story begins shortly after dawn at Fort Point, near the southern landing of the Golden Gate Bridge. Our goal was to travel…
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Tags: accident, awesome, bagel, beach, beer, big sur, blastfinder, bohan, cabrillo highway, carcass, climb, climbing, death, dirtbag, driving, fish, formula d, golden gate bridge, hearst castle, highway 1, los angeles, norcal, pacific coast highway, photo, pitts, rock climing, rum and coke, san francisco, santa monica, seafood, sheryl crow, socal, too many tags, travel
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Tags: 510, ae86, C110, california, car, car show, corolla, datsun, dr30, gathering, gtr, hachiroku, hakosuka, historic, hjcg, japanese, kenmeri, marina, nissan, photo, san leandro, skyline, swap meet, te27, toyota, vintage
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