Dropped by the adidas House Party here in Hong Kong last night.
Here’s a short recap.
Me and my friend Kazuki Kuraishi.
A photo of Ian Brown wearing the pinstriped suit from Kazuki’s Spring/Summer 2009 “Originals by Originals” collection for adidas Originals.
I had these mi adidas Superstar II made a while ago. As all the texts I considered for the embroidery were blocked, I decided to pay homage to Upplands Väsby - the fantastic Stockholm suburb where I spent my early years.
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If in Copenhagen - check this out.
Skateistan Fundraiser CPH 09 invites you to a great fundraising party in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 12. 2009. Worldfamous Trentemöller and many more music acts are supporting the project by playing for free on this evening. A lot of very talented artists among them Olafsur Eliasson has donated art for our beneficiary art auction. Famous chefs from Gasthaus4Experiment in Germany are coming to cook extraordinary food, skaters are coming from all over Europe to participate in our skatecompetition, where Eastpack has already donated 4 x 1000€ for price money that will go directly to Skateistan! Now all we need is YOU at the party, so book your flight and fill that slot in your calender!
Skateistan works for a better Afghanistan. Through the construction of skate parks in Afghanistan’s major cities Skateistan will provide the Afghan youth with a safe environment where kids can be kids and where skateboarding becomes a much needed breathing hole in a country with little to offer for the youth. Skateistan is Afghanistan’s first dedicated skateboarding school. It engages the growing numbers of urbanised youth through skateboarding and provides new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction and education. Student capacity will be developed in skateboarding, skateboarding instruction, project management, life skills and English. Our aim is to develop a program that empowers youth to take leadership on issues important to them and build networks that will counter current ethnic barriers.
If you happen to be in Paris on September 30, 2008 - don’t miss this event!
The Wood Wood crew are presenting their most hi-tech product up to date:
A full carbon road-bike frame manufactured in close co-orporation with the Danish bicycle enthusiasts Vision.
An invitation from The Jens…
“Meet Mr. Shelltoe” exhibition in collaboration with CODE Magazine.
CODE gallery store, Oudezijds Vooburgwal 121, Amsterdam.
27th of June - 18th of July.
A local Thai travel agent managed to screw up the booking of my Hong Kong flight today. Big time. After having paid the agent twice I still had no e-ticket in my mailbox. Since I was already on my way to the airport when realizing, I called the airline directly to buy a new ticket. Lucky as I am, all flights today were full and I was forced to a stopover in Bangkok. I checked in at the legendary colonial hotel The Oriental, wearing the mandatory full-length pants. After chilling by the pool for a few hours it was time for dinner. I really like sitting by the river at The Veranda restaurant. They usually offer a very nice dinner buffet and this evening was no different. Not only did they offer proper sashimi, 500+ varieties of salad dressing, roasted sirloin, turkey, curries, Mongolian BBQ, hand made ice cream, mango with sticky rice (and the list goes on) - they served fresh chicken kebab! Bigups to the creative chef!
I arrived in Bangkok for the Crooked Tongues BBQ early in the morning the day of the party and suffered from a hard case of jet lag. After a 6 hour nap, I met up with the boys from Crooked Tongues and Ben from Adidas to go to the BBQ at 100 Rajdamri, inside the The Royal Bangkok Sports Club. It offers two good restaurants, a nice bar and an oudoors lounge area. The influences from streethorsing are obvious. One of the restaurants is called Trot Bar and the other one is an Italian restaurant called Fallabella, which name is derived from Falabella - a rare breed of miniature horses. The servers are all wearing equestrian outfits.
First thing when we arrived to the venue was getting the VIP band put on.
I also managed to get the red band intended for the underaged.
After a few Singhas, it was time for me and Ben to get a complimentary foot massage.
The CT crew had designed a bunch of sneakers specially for the event.
Here’s the Adidas x CT BKK BBQ Superskate.
