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Final Bout Special Stage – Mobara Twin Circuit
Back in March earlier this year, we finally got the chance to attend a Final Bout event, not in the USA, but in Japan, at Mobara Circuit in Chiba Prefecture. If you’re not familiar, Final Bout is a grassroots drifting event judged on team drifting and style, unlike professional drifting which focuses on clipping points,…
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Garage Sokudo Twilight Underpass 2 meet
First up, a huge thank you to everyone who came out to Garage Sokudo Twilight Underpass 2 over the weekend here in Melbourne. What a night. It was packed with some of the city’s best Japanese street cars, and honestly, I’m still buzzing from seeing so many old friends, some I hadn’t seen in nearly…
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Fumi’s insanely wide 180sx
While in Japan I had the chance to link up and shoot Fumi’s incredibly cool 180SX, a work in progress that already has serious presence. He hand-crafted the ultra-wide moulded rear fenders himself, and just weeks later had the front done too (which I would’ve loved to shoot). But there’s something special about capturing a…
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Drift Tengoku Ikaten team battle at Fuji Speedway
I managed to get out to Fuji Speedway in March to catch the Drift Tengoku Ikaten battle. If you’re not familiar, Ikaten is a team-based drifting competition where groups tandem a section of the track in full unison, staying tight, keeping consistent lines, and working as one. It’s a really fun format and not always…
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Kaeda’s 180sx front S14 Silvia
During my recent trip to Japan, I really wanted to shoot Kaeda’s S14 Silvia. He’s converted it to a 180SX front by cutting and modifying a set of steel front fenders. The car is still a work in progress and currently sitting at his panel shop in Chiba, but I wanted to shoot it before…
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A visit to Team Poison Headquarters
I got invited by my friend Tsuba to visit his compound deep in the forests of Chiba, where he runs Takahashi Autoworks with his father and lives with his family. Tsuba spends most of his time here working on customer and friends’ cars, mainly drift cars. If you don’t know, he’s the leader of the…
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Garage Sokudo x Daikichi Cup
I was lucky enough to run a small event with Daikichi called the Daikichi Cup. These are usually held here at Gunma Cycle Sports Center, better known as Gunsai. Yep, the same Gunsai where all the classic Hot Version DVDs were filmed. We weren’t on the touge this time though, just the skid pad. The…
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Vernal Equinox Day at Daikoku PA
In Japan, Vernal Equinox Day marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. It’s a public holiday, and many people take the opportunity to get out and enjoy the day, so as you’d expect, Daikoku PA had some incredible cars on display. A trio of old VIP-style Y31 Cedrics definitely caught my eye.…
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Garage Sokudo B-Side E01 – Arriving in Japan and drifting at Nikko Circuit
Introducing the first episode of the Garage Sokudo B-side series, unfiltered, less polished content about what I get up to. Way easier to film, edit, and post. And what better way to kick it off than landing in Japan, spending the day at Nikko Circuit for the Winds Auto drift day, and ending the night…
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