Contrast Magazine

So I finally got to roll around on my skateboard this past sunday. It had been a while and I wasn’t too confident in my fitness so I thought it was a good idea to bring a pair of cameras with me. I met some friends at the In4mation Boardshop and after a half-hour debate about what spot to hit up, we headed Downtown to a set of ledges that none of us had touched in a while. The crew consisted of some of my old partners in crime: Ryan, Darin, Grant, Ian Okui, Ian Kimura, Derek and Applenutz.

When we got to the spot, the sun was burning a million degrees celsius. My skateboarding motivation dropped a bit but everyone was happy to be out and rolling around. Ryan and Darin envisioning the potential.

Once the cloud cover came the temperature dropped a bit and the level of skating went up. Ian Okui, frontside blunt.

Grant and Derek showed up after the boardshop closed. Derek, Grant and Ryan.

Toward the end of the day Darin, Ian, and Derek were hitting up a ledge with a bike rack at one end. Darin, smooth as butter.

If you were up at the ungodly hour of 6:40am, then you saw Contrast getting some shine on KGMB9’s Sunrise Morning Show. If not, you can see the entire interview HERE. We would like to send a gigantic MAHALO to the entire Sunrise Morning Show staff for the help and time. We hope that we could back in the future and be guests again.

Be sure to join us for the Surf Film Festival at The Doris Duke Theatre July 10th - July 24th.

And join us First Friday in August at SoHo for a benefit for The Contemporary Museum sponsored by In4mation and Contrast featuring the art work of DALEK. More info coming soon.

Special thanks to the Sunrise Morning Crew (Taizo, Steve (holding Contrast Issue Uno), Malika and Grace) for doing a special promo just for us. You can peep the whole thing on their site HERE (the video player on the left hand side when you scroll down). But serious, no “cool guy” shit going on over here…we’re just try to cover people doing creative and intelligent work! Thanks KGMB. Look for a piece on Malika Dudley coming up in our next issue.

The promo will air at 9:30pm tonight on KGMB9, right in the middle of CSI: Miami.

This one is dedicated to the man of every hour, Raceballs. He admitted to me that he once had a cathartic episode while driving down the 101 in Cali, listening to this song. It happens even to the best of us. Footy from 3eb this past weekend. note Lyle’s reflex “booyahs!” off camera in the beginning. I don’t think he realized he kept yelling booyah every other minute or so. It was a great time altogether. Big ups BAMP. Don’t worry its okay to sing along. *tear

… stand clear of me…

Photo by me
Canon Xti

Tomorrow morning, Contrast Magazine will invade KGMB9’s Sunrise Morning show. At the waaaay too early time of 6:40am, Contrast Magazine Editor Daniel Ikaika Ito, Marketing Director Jason Shibata and Photo Editor Lance Arinaga will be interviewed about our publication and what exactly it is we are trying to do. Please tune in.

Tuesday June 30th, 6:40am

KGMB9 - CBS Affiliate - Channel 7 or 9

Too bad Jeff Booth isn’t there anymore, that guy is hilarious. Maybe BATS will do the surf report?

Weekend Update:

My husband got me the In4mation Salmon Casio G-Shock this weekend! So stoked!

Today was a super long day of shopping. I was on a mission to find work clothes cause I’m so tired of wearing the same old stuff to work all the time… it makes me feel sloppy and I don’t like it. I had been obsessing about getting new work clothes for some time now, but wasn’t really sure where to begin looking. Ideally, I would have liked to shop at Zara or H&M for work clothes, however, that was not an option since I am no longer living in LA and am confined to this rock instead. So, I began my mission at Club Monaco… and let me tell you, I went nutz in there.. I’m talking no holding back nutz! I lucked out because they had a good sale going on, and everything I got was marked down! I got a bunch of stuff for cheap! After Club Monaco, we walked around a bit and stopped by Neiman Marcus, where they were also having a sale, and I got pair of shorts and a top on sale too. We started to head back to our car, and I decided to stop into Ann Taylor on a whim. Now keep in mind, I don’t recall ever stepping foot in that store before… but I was surprised to find some pretty cute basic & classic pieces in there… also on sale! Never in a million years would I have thought I’d find something at Ann Taylor… haha… but they had a great sale and it really helps that they carry petite sizes for me. After that, we left the mall, and I wanted to stop at Nordstrom Rack on the way home to look for shoes. Not only did I find some really cute shoes for work, but I also found these really sick pair of green Nikes! I couldn’t pass these up, there were just too cool. They remind me of a cross breed of sneakers & moon boots… hahaha… funky stuff…. I love it. Overall, it was a good day today and I’m glad I accomplished what I set out to do. For once, I’m looking forward to dressing up and going to work…

Hope you all had a great weekend! Looking forward to the short work week coming up… chee!

Here is the trailer for Icons2.  The showing at the academy of arts has free beer too.  Free Beer!

Icons 2 Premiere
July 10th
Doris Duke Theatre @ the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Film starts at 7:30pm
$8 Admission
All ages welcome

The After Party
July 10th
Thirtynine Hotel (39 N. Hotel Street)
9pm-2am
21+

Live performances:
Vaive Atoish
The Jump Offs
Kause

Sponsors:
Vertra
In4mation
Aloha Army
Contrast

here is a little michael jackson tribute mix revise and murder mainstream sent over… ive seen a bunch of mixes floating around but heres one from the islands… cheepono… c.r.e.a.m. on dat puzzy… stream and download HERE!!!

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