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New blog. New days. New everything.

A long time I begun this as a way to vent my frustrations, anger and bad times I was into. That was around 2006.
It also helped me to stay in touch with my friends overseas.
Eventually, I launched a Tshirt line called Worldwide that sold at major stores like Digital Gravel, Supreme NY, Reed Space NY or Trust Nobody Barcelona.
I launched 2 seasons. I designed a whole new collection by 2008 that never saw the light because my life gave a twist.

Now, when 2009 is ending, I feel this Worldwide project must end. No more blog. No more photos. No more stories. The blog was focused around what was going on with the brand building during theso years, and now that I decided to finally drop Worldwide as a project, this makes no sense.

Also, there is no need to vent anything. Im completely happy, feel my life is way better now than in 2006 and everything evolved to a positive end.

I feel I gave this project the right direction but lately it was turning into a more day to day with no background which I think belongs to other type of blogging behavior.

This is the last post in the WORLDWIDE blog.

All my friends will be able to follow my skate adventures with Nike SB at skatefamily.es in the blog section, and eventually will launch a new blog not focused on a brand, or a certain project, but on my daily adventures. That is would make sense to me.

My last instalment to this whole thing, and as a project Im working right now, would be the Qatar project, a tour I put together some weeks ago, and the documentary that will go live in january 2010 about the skateboard tour to a city like Qatar. You can peep the trailer here.

This is Qatar from Enrique Mayor on Vimeo.

Thanks for all the emails, all the pics wearing my tees, all the good times, and all the friends I met during these years.

yeah, I know my forehead looks like Im 40. But no, its just I set my LX3 in high contrast mode and the shadows get really strong. Hope that excuse works…

Dani Lopez from Vitoria. A young rider who kills anything in sight. Good laughs.

The Khalifa Stadium. We spent more time here than anywhere else. Add a mall to the mix of good marble benches and you have a good mix of options to spend time here.

P-Rods 3 used by Dani Lebron.

Another day shooting. Driving. Avoiding 4×4 in the road. And my first day eating right, a steak and a salad.

Im leaving again. This time for one of the biggest projects Im doing this year: A NIke Sb tour to Qatar.
I begun Sb for Spain and Portugal in late 2004, and little did I know I would build a team, build a commercial network and everything in between for a brand I loved and love to this day.
I will be shooting a skateboard tour again since 2005, and I cant be more excited.
So be on the lookout for the blog as I will be updating live from Qatar through skatefamily.es and some of the stuff here.

Meetings, skateboarding, cleaning a shithole, sequences, and friends. What best way to have a day full.

London visit: check. A great trip to a city I have been 6 times already. Best time ever. How to check the city from a different point of view, and enjoying every single minute of it. From walking like a maniac around their gorgeous parks, going out at night, having chinese/japanese lunch in the street, walking around the city surrounded by trillions of people and more. A great adventure with some photos for your viewing pleaseure…

And interesting to know what I brought with me…

“Swine flu is so hot right now”

“The Pleasures and sorrows of work” by Alain de Botton. Looks like this is the “author” when you are in your 30’s and begin to wonder about life. Nima suggested “the architecture of happiness” from the same guy, and something about love. Looks like at some point, we wonder about those issues more than ever, and reading a book to try to clear certain clouds we might have, helps.

In an era where work is overrated, and stress is commonly stated as a 21st century disease, maybe I will have to pay close attention to this bought I bought at the MONOCLE store. 60 pounds thou, philosphy aint cheap…

Porsche, porsche… you have spent the last years focusing on bulky Suvs, working your way with the Panamera and updating with leather seats your old Bosters and 911 and adding more turbos to your engines. The guys in their 50’s (or those with selfconfidence issues) are still buying your cars. Now you come up with a 250hp car for less than 40k euros. All good. Bring it on. Im still a F20C fan.

New project in the way: Qatar with my Nike SB team. I will be shooting my first skate tour in years next week. The idea is also to get footage for two video projects and much more. Will be an interesting, exhausting, but cool trip. Also, one of my longest trips outside the country, 9 days. As opposed as last tours, I will be filling my photo backpack with the minimum. The setup:
-1 D300s camera + 16mm digi fisheye + 18-200 Tamron lens
-1 LX3 Panasonic Lumix camera
-1 sunpak 544 flash unit
-1 polaroid Spectra camera
-1 Vivitar Hv185 flash unit
-2 Pocket wizard receivers + transmitter
-1 Vivitar SJ120 flash unit
-All the usual cables and around 6 SD 4Gb cards
Sum up a Macbook pro 15″ + 1 spare battery and I will be set. No Hasselblad this time, no bulky lenses

Just got the D300S and will be trying the new toy wednesday in the city.

Snowboard boots you want. Apparel you want. And cold weather. And strange food. And homies. Plans and powerpoints. In Holland for the launch planning of Nike Snowboarding…

This is how a taxi at 6:45 looks, having waken up at 6 am.

Schipol airport when you rushing to get into a meeting

And this is how Holland looks from a bus at 7 am…

And Im sharing these days with this guy, the king of excel and powerpoint.

Basically, locked here until tomorrow when I come back.Next week, new destination.And the next one, another.

back to shooting skate photos.
This time, after 3 years of non shooting skate pics, is to shoot for an ad for SkateFamily.es, one of the blogs I work with as super blogger for UNO Magazine… stay tuned…