Super low R32 Skyline sitting in the queue patiently waiting for the gates to open at Central Circuit for Hellaflush Kansai x

It would almost be rude to post a photo of Jesse and not one of Joel, so here is my redemption. I love shooting Meihan! x

LOWBRAIN: ゆーさん ＪＺＸ９０, しんごーさん Ｒ３２, むこさん ＧＸ７１x

Heading to Japan with a handful of good friends was an awesome experience for 2 or so weeks. However when they left I was a little worried I’d get bored by myself and not know what to do at times. Yes, there were times like that but it was mostly exciting. A few days after my friends had headed back to Australia I decided to stay an extra week in Kansai to meet up with Jesse Streeter and his new room mate all the way from New Zealand – Joel Hedges (C’S GARAGE). After getting a couple of hours rest we woke up to a gorgeous Spring morning en route to Meihan Sports Land for a traditional そうこうかい track day. With Joel living in Japan just over 12 months he was pretty settled in to the lifestyle, to be more specific the car side of things. Up front is his R32 coupe and behind is Jesse’s other wall-rider, a Zenki S14 with a similar engine setup to his PS13. When I think back, these are some of the best days spent in Japan. Waking up before the sun rises, throwing all our gear in to the back of a drift car hoping it doesn’t get smashed. Sitting in a low and ridiculously loud car on the way to Meihan with a few pit stops. I remember this day very clearly. It was a moment where I had been in Japan for a few weeks, everything was starting to become quite regular, life was awesome. Riding in a slammed car making a deafening amount of noise along the expressway next to another gorgeous drift car. It is honestly such a cool feeling – and I wasn’t even driving! I have a bunch more photos from this day including a tonne of action. It wasn’t a huge turnout but there were a few D1SL guys practicing and tearing up. Be sure to stay tuned x

The BRIDE setup at MSC Challenge YZ Circuit x

Before I left for Japan I remember finding a small selection of images of one of the absolutely slammed Skyline’s. After Hellaflush Kansai had finished I was shooting along the main road exiting the circuit when I saw two very low R32’s in the distance. Neither of the cars had entered the show so it is still a mystery where they came from, maybe a track day or something? x

I will never forget the day I photographed this red Type X sitting on a staggered set of 17/18″ TE37’s, one of the cleanest, legit cars I’ve seen and shot to date.

Man, I can’t wait to get back to Japan x

This afternoon I headed around to one of my good mates – Morgan Downling, the owner of this S14 of course. Yesterday, lucky enough, his BN Sports widebody kit arrived straight from the motherland which was on the TRIAL S14 believe it or not. I won’t say too much but here is a few photos of the car getting dummied up with the new aero, the car has been off the road for a few weeks now and is getting extremely close!

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Shirtstuckedin is almost 100% content we’ve shot over the duration of being in Japan. Over the 1.5 years Shirtstuckedin has been alive for we have managed to attract an unbelievable audience, one being Andrew Stepp from the United States of America and this is his groovy s-chassis. Myself, Ian and Andrew talk quite often and I couldn’t help but to not re-post this photo Ian snapped in Fuji Pro160c 200 film not too long ago. With such friendly people like this I’m more than happy to share what they have in their backyards half way across the globe. Be sure to check out Ian’s blog – http://seecreature.blogspot.com.au/ x

2 years have passed since Atsushi Kuroi-sans death, I’m so fortunate to have seen Kuroi-sans RPS13 sliding the ‘drift heaven’ Ebisu back in 2010 driven by one of his closest friend x