An overcast day in Cali brought with it a cast of characters bearing gifts. The Rollerz Only Toy Drive featured riders from Southside, Brown Pride, Stylistics, Uniques, and more including Rollerz members from as far as Chicago. When all was said and done and the gifts were collected the cameras started rolling to film Doll-E [...]
A nice drive to the eastern edge of LA county rewarded riders with good weather an early morning toy drive. Goodwill, good company, and fine rides set the tone for this event. Even Mr Cartoon stopped by to show support. Oldie classics lined the lot while leaving plenty of room for the other clean classics [...]
At the Old Memories Toy Drive on Saturday I met a couple members from GoodTimes’ East Los Angeles chapter. We kept in touch for a couple days until the opportunity to do a quick shoot came up. John Gonzales called me up and told me where I could meet his dad who would have both [...]
While I was down at The Last Laugh/Upper Playground with Jae Bueno on Thursday evening he told me about a Cruise Night in El Monte on Friday. He gave me directions and we planned to meet up. When I first pulled up at the parking lot I remember being surprised by all the Christmas decorations [...]
After the Stylistics Toy Drive I met up with Gerardo… a friend of Volo’s who was willing to make room for an extra passenger to cruise Crenshaw. I followed him to his house, dropped off the rental car, and got in. Immediately I started with questions. He told me about the neighborhood in South Central [...]
While shooting at the Stylistics Toy Drive I had the opportunity to meet several NLRA members from Ghetto Fabulous and Original Ridaz. We did a small shoot… some of the rides, some couples, then group shots. After I left I headed over to the LA Coliseum where there was another Toy Drive going on. When [...]
Walking up to the shaded area where the show was you could already tell that this toy drive was packed with fine rides and a diverse crowd. Sampling some of the rides with the lens my attention soon turned to the audience. Clubs, friends, families, kids, and pets paced the pavement to soak in all [...]
