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Liquid gold

By admin | July 1, 2009

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Some get excited by Jordan shoes in special packages. I get excited by spanish oil in wooden boxes, in a special edition packaging. Different flavours and an amazing good looking graphic design- Update soon on the taste.

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Smile now, cry later

By admin | July 1, 2009

Sunny & The Sunliners, in 1963 wrote an amazing song called like that.
Mostly the story of my life…. not really but maybe.

I know Julio will like this. I dont, I just like the song…

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My city

By admin | June 29, 2009

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Its friday, again.

By admin | June 26, 2009

I dont write much lately in here. I try to post certain things or photos I find interesting every now and then.
These last weeks have been somehow strange, hard and dramatic. Life is not easy kids… Im pretty sure everyone knows that.
So these last days I have basically been thinking and wondering about the mysteries of life and existence. Sounds metaphysical, and maybe it is. You knwo those phases when you feel changes are happening in your life and inside of your own self? Yes, thats whats going on over here.
For the last months my posts have been totally unrelated to sportswear, t-shirts, shoes or even whats cool and whats not. Just my plain fucking day by day, friends, fun and dramas.
As this is my place to let my friends and fam know whats going on in my head, I’m ok with it.

I have been blogging at the SKATE FAMILY blog for about a year, I do it in spanish, and it gives me a personal space to fill with anything I feel like, can be skateboard related, or not. Check it out if you want to find out more about my day by day adventures.
For those of you asking about T-Shirts, and such… I might drop something soon, but just for the love of it. Im not in the mood for tees, shipments, orders, shop owners who think they rule the world, and everything in between.

And holidays, Im planning to do something in july. Maybe California, maybe somewhere… email me your suggestions joder!

helge

Does somebody remember Helge Tscharn?

He was one of the first european pro skate photographer and ran the good german MUNSTER Magazine for years, he shot for many brands, had a couple photo books and shot with many musicians, skaters, stars, friends and unknown heroes.

He was my main inspiration in my skate photography years. His ability ro create frozen moments, adapt lighting and play with city landcapes from all over the world created a unique style, imitated by some, but never duplicated. I used to investigate for minutes every one of his photos, to understand where he placed the flashes, trying to guess the F stop and wondering what film he used for that certain shot. Yes, we are talking before digital came to the rescue of mediocre photographers.
We became friends, and eneded up email each other and meeting in championships. he gave good advice, and helped me in certain articles when I was running UNO Magazine.
Some day, in one of those weekly emails where we used to talk about our personal lifes, he told me changes were going on in his life. We used to talk about our personal dramas and adventures, as both our ex girlfriends were hairdressers… Next thing I know, he´s having a child, and leaving to Brazil to begin a new life with her brazilian wife and soon-to-be child.

I plan on seeing you again soon my friend, keep doing your thing and enjoy those amazing beaches!

Hlge is still shooting photos, you can check his stuff HERE, then you will realize how unique his style is and was.

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DEBACLE

By admin | June 25, 2009

New Nike SB movie. Free to download in HD quality. Go get it.

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Tuesday

By admin | June 23, 2009

Pics from this weekend. if you pay close attention, the iron-made restaurant from pic number 2 has a ripoff logo of Johnny Cupcakes.

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Smart man

By admin | June 20, 2009

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Friday

By admin | June 20, 2009

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Minotouro

By admin | June 19, 2009

Minotauro brother “Minotouro” gave a valetudo seminar in my city, Barcelona this week. After 3 hours of constant sweat (no tears thou), photo time…

And yes, Im the one in the back with a black bag and red Nike Pro TShirt. I just dont have here the pic I shot with him. Just to let people know the level of this guy, a nice clip…

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Foreign Ichats

By admin | June 16, 2009

Go visit FOREIGN FAMILY website. Chad and Yoshi are putting a lot of effort on it.
Chad is back in my life, as he’s been through some crazy times like me. Chad, WORLDWIDE loves you, everything else doesnt matter. Chad is one of my best friends. When we met back in…2007 I think, we connected and begun to build a partnership that would take me to Korea Town some months later, drive him to find a toilet at night, or going to a korean hair saloon where the girl in charge only spoke “argentinian” (Not even spanish…argentinian she said).
Good chats on AIM, and better ones if you come over.

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Back

By admin | June 14, 2009

So one of my last projects, the “ONE WAY” documentary and book and Dvd. The Nike 6.0 team went to New York in january: Snow, surf, and cold weather. A good package to film the adventure and create a documentary Iker Elorrieta edited and filmed along with Enrique Mayor. It premiered in San Sebastian where I spent the weekend with friends and having good times. You can see the surfer Borja Agote with the hard cover book…

And I also happened to be at the FLOW Store in the city for the online premiere of the amateur team of Nike SB. We put together an online launch for the video, so imagine a group of friends, some drinks, food and a fucking good movie… amazing. All the euro crew put together their own mini events all over Europe, til we reached 58 premieres.

And the whole movie is been shot in High Definition…. amazing.

This, and a lot more is what these last days had…

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Graphic LVR

By admin | June 11, 2009

My friend John now has a new office/work, its called Graphic LVR. John has been the one responsible for all the Tshirt texts in the digitalgravel.com website for all these years. Read on…

“Hey Ivan,

This is my new work email…

Thanks for the comment on the site…you were the first one!

So we’ve only just launched the site and it’s time to start sending out the link to our friends and family so we can get this thing off the ground.

It’s just a simple art/design/graphics/los angeles blog, along with some info on our design services, and our portfolio.

Hopefully we can use this to garner some new clients or a bit more work here and there!

http://graphiclvr.com/

Peace!
John”

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Jiu-Jistu can-Ryu

By admin | June 10, 2009

Hooked on this shit. My only and safe drug.

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“Let me live before I die”

By admin | June 9, 2009

We did a little premiere of the long awaited “MASH” dvd that Benny Gold sent me…finally! Watched it after a dinner with the homies and went straight to hit the streets at night. Epic race through the city, just to finish in the other side of the town drinking Aquarius and watching hipsters ready to get drunk.