Surfer Jordy Smith
For those of you who missed California’s greatest surf event, the US Open of Surf, here are the highlights courtesy of Fyasko friend & BNQT’s, Danny Spyra.
Dear Danny,
Thanks for looking so hot in Fyasko’s “Aloha” & “Sailor” tees. You wore them well!
Love,
Fyasko
Audible Mainframe for Fyasko
So…Fyasko just released a Limited Edition collection for sale on Jack Threads!!! (www.jackthreads.com)
The sale started today at 9am PST and will go for the next 72 hours. The membership is FREE so log onto their website to start shopping now. Don’t miss out otherwise you will be BUMMING!
JackThreads is an online shopping community offering the sickest brands in surf, skate, street, and contemporary fashion, at up to 80% less than retail prices. They’re kind of like the Robin Hood of men’s clothing, minus the grand larceny and the pointy hat.
To begin your Fyasko experience, click right HERE!!!
So go forth and feed your hungry closet with fresh threads for less…. MUCH less.
GQ Magazine
Fyasko would like to introduce you to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley…You’re welcome! This English Rose was born on April 18th, 1987 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Her great-great-grandfather was politician Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet, and her great-grandmother was descended from Polish Jewish immigrants of the 1870s.
Victoria's Secret...and Rosie's
In 2003, while studying at Tavistock College, Huntington-Whiteley was discovered by Profile Model Management while seeking internships with several London based modelling agencies. After modelling in London for a year, Huntington-Whiteley made her Fashion Week debut at the autumn/winter 2004 shows and the following year walked for labels including Moschino, DSquared and Kenzo.
This is how you catch a cab...
She has also appeared in advertisements for Abercrombie & Fitch, Bloomingdale’s, Clinique, DKNY, French Connection, L.A.M.B., Pepe Jeans, Shiatzy Chen, Ralph Lauren, and Top Shop among others.
Classic Beauty
In 2008 she was also placed 6th on Harper’s Bazaar’s annual “Best Dressed List”. The following year Huntington-Whiteley received an Elle Style Award for 2009′s “Model of the Year”. She also starred in a provocative short film for Agent Provocateur playing a woman whose boyfriend forgets Valentine’s Day…Naughty!
Au Natural
She appeared on her first international Vogue cover, for Vogue Nippon, in May of 2005, and in 2006, the model made her Victoria’s Secret debut at the brand’s show in Los Angeles among established names including Gisele Bündchen, Karolina Kurkova and Adriana Lima.
We love Rosie...
In 2008, Huntington-Whiteley was cast by Christopher Bailey as the face of Burberry’s autumn/winter 2008 campaign with actor Sam Riley. Her first British Vogue cover, for November 2008, saw her pictured alongside Eden Clark and Jourdan Dunn in a feature celebrating British models. In late 2009, Huntington-Whiteley officially became a Victoria’s Secret Angel.
Dolce & Gabbana
Oh yeah, and Devon, England is a large county in South West England. The county is occasionally referred to as Devonshire, although that is an unofficial name, rarely used inside the county itself and often indicating a traditional or historical context. The county shares borders with Cornwall to the west and Dorset and Somerset to the east. Its south coast abuts the English Channel and its north coast the Bristol Channel. Devon is the fourth largest of the English counties and has a population of 1,141,600.
Dressed down...
There will be a geography test to follow. Let’s see who was paying attention…
Ghetti Alphabet
Brazilian born, Connecticut based, Dalton Ghetti carefully crafts the tips of pencils into amazing micro sculptures. These miniature masterpieces are a side project for the professional carpenter, who has been perfecting this art for the last 25 years. Dalton uses a razor blade, sewing needle, a sculpting knife, a steady hand and lots of patience to meticulously carve the graphite which can take anywhere between a few months to a few years. Over time he has broken many works in progress and keeps them in what he calls the cemetery collection. One of the most fascinating things about these tiny works of art is that he has never sold them, only given away to friends as gifts.
Links
Elvis
Uhh, Screw
Hearts
Key
Love
Careful
Chair
Button
Hammer
Boot
Mailbox
Tombstone
Cemetary Collection
AUDIBLE MAINFRAME
So our boys Audible Mainframe just finished up rocking the stage at The Roxy as part of the tribute to Slash for the Sunset Strip Music Festival. If you wanna know what they’re all about,
The Sunset Strip Music Festival concluded with over 12 hours of live music on Saturday, August 28th. The final celebration featured over 100 bands performing throughout the day and evening, all within three blocks of the fabulous Sunset Strip. We were lucky enough to be part of the festivities by tagging along with our sponsored band, Audible Mainframe. Holy cow, what an experience!!!
The Viper Room Media Lounge
The morning started in the Viper Room Media Lounge where 98.7FM was putting on interviews with the likes of Slash, Neon Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Travie McCoy, Nikki Six and Semi Precious Weapons.
Travie McCoy
Billy Corgan
Audible Mainframe had a radio segment interview & acoustic performance (which of course they killed), followed up by interviews from some of the top publications like Rock.com, Young Hollywood, Neon Tommy & LA Weekly, to name a few. They were looking so sharp rocking Fyasko gear. (Thanks guys for always being a huge support!)
98.7 Interview
Waking the crowd up at the Viper Room
Neon Tommy
LA Weekly
Rock.com
Next, we walked over to the West Stage to get a good spot for Slash, the 2010 Sunset Strip Music Festival honoree. His recent solo record has received fantastic reviews, and with good reason. It’s terrific and showcases a wide array of talent on vocals that range from Fergie to Ozzy Osbourne. Handling vocals for this live performance was Myles Kennedy from Alter Bridge.
Sweet Child O' Mine
The King of the Festival, with signature top-hat, was nothing less than outstanding this evening. We heard a selection of Guns N’ Roses material, including “Night Train”, “Rocket Queen”, and “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. We also heard the Velvet Revolver tracks “Dirty Little Thing” and “Slither” as well as the lead single off Slash’s solo record, sung by Myles Kennedy, “Back From Cali.”
Fergie with Slash
Watching Slash play the solo to “Sweet Child O’ Mine” was surreal. He nailed it and the audience of thousands went wild. After this song and a short set break, Slash was joined by Fergie for the encore, where they closed with the quintessential GNR track “Paradise City”. Ridiculous performance, all around.
Sweet Guitar Solo
After a little homage to our headbanging years, we disappeared to a little VIP section (which was surprisingly undiscovered & a sanctuary from the crowd) where we sat to eat, drink and be very merry. The AMF crew even had a little adventure on the catering cart, when they set off onto Sunset Blvd to load up their equipment for the evening’s performance at The Roxy.
Walking to VIP
With a little help from my friends...
Equipment? Check!
Before Audible Mainframe went on, we ran over to see the Smashing Pumpkins close out the West Stage with a show that adequately covered the band’s extensive career. Well, Billy Corgan was on his best behavior this evening. There weren’t any tongue lashings towards anybody in the crowd that we could hear and they played a good show.
Smashing Pumpkins
Say what you want about Billy Corgan, but you cannot deny the fact that Smashing Pumpkins produced some timeless music throughout their career. Billy even gave a nice tribute to The Strip towards the end of the band’s set, and thanked everyone for coming and celebrating one of the greatest live music scenes in the world.
Expo getting hyped before the show
Dave doing work Backstage
After a massive cheer from the audience, we ran furiously to The Roxy so that the Band could set up and we could get our prime real estate for front row center. It wasn’t long before the club filled up and we were shoulder-to-shoulder with the rest of Audible Mainframe’s fans.
A Die Hard Fan
AMF gave off a high energy performance with body-moving beats, intelligent lyrics and an incredible stage presence. Its obvious that there is an undeniable bond between the bandmates. They even received compliments from the headlining acts, Zen Robbi & Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds. Can we say collaboration??
Expo in the Ecstasy Tee
Brass
Repping Fyasko
A Special Blend
You want beats?
Show Time
My Jungle Love
After the band finished their set and was met with rowdy applause, we walked back out into the early morning with huge smiles on our faces. The Sunset Strip was already my favorite part of Los Angeles, but this festival made me love it even more. We defy anyone to name a better music scene, at least one that is condensed along just a few city blocks, like The Strip. Los Angeles gets a lot of flack, and sometimes for the right reasons, but they get huge points here. There really isn’t anyplace like the Sunset Strip in the entire world.
The Landmark Roxy Theater
Te'kila Bar
It’s a pain to go to Mexico: the traffic is terrible, you’ll most likely end up kidnapped or dead, and worst of all, the traffic is terrible.
Te’kila was designed by the Goal and Kitchen 24 guy to resemble an old-school Mexican bar, w/ dangling candelabras, aged-wood paneling, and a plethora of paintings of south-of-the-border gangsters, most of who’re still confused about what exactly a plethora is. In terms of their namesake booze, they’ve got over 100 varieties, most of which are displayed above a gated window and in a floor-to-ceiling mirrored display behind the bar, where they’re also serving up specialty drinks including house margaritas packed w/ fruit (blackberries, watermelon, mango, etc) and ‘tails like the Casadores Blanco/ cucumber/ lemon/ agave/ St Germain/ tabasco “Ay Caramba”; the rum/ lime/ mint/ pineapple “Mexican Mojito”; and the Sombra Mezcal/ lime/ agave nectar/ amaretto “Smoking Gun,” also the name of a firearm that can only be used outside in California.
Grubwise, they’re slinging Mexican breakfast/lunch/dinner including the Borracho Burrito (scrambled egg, chorizo, jalapeno, mozzarella, black beans, roast potato); applewood bacon-wrapped camarones (shrimp), and the jalapeno/ cheddar/ cilantro/ crema/ refried bean/ salsa roja “Nachos Explosion,” which could chip the paint, or bean someone, especially if they had beef. Cheesy, right?
In addition, they’ve also got a monster surf-and-turf burrito stuffed w/ both lobster and filet mignon and accompanied by a shot of TBA premium tequila, which they call the “Millionaires Burrito,” and is on sale for $300, also the price you’ll have to pay in Mexico to gain your release… from traffic school. Ole!
6541 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 960 2404
One of Fyasko’s favorite friends, skater Bruno Vega, bombed the streets with his crew this past week to check out some of the new, old & undiscovered skate spots that the great city of LA has to offer.
Bombing LA
Done & Done
We gotta throw out some love & respect to Bruno for always showing Fyasko support by rocking our gear. Thanks for helping to spread the word mang!!!!!
Bruno Vega
Stylin
Taking a break
During their mission, they had to hit up one the newer spots with the precarious name, Stoner Plaza. It’s located a few blocks south, and one west, of the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Barrington Avenue. California Skateparks worked with professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and the Rob Dyrdek Foundation to help provide the City of Los Angeles with their 2nd Safe Spot, Skate Spot, the other being Lafayette Park. The 26, 500 sq. ft. skate plaza offers granite ledges, colored concrete, along with real street features that are tactfully integrated into the park.
Stoner Plaza
The Spot
Stoner Skate Plaza
1835 Stoner Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Hours of Operation: 9:00 AM – Dusk
Lighted Facility: No
All Star Dancer, tWitch, in Fyasko
A special shout out to Fyasko friend and all star SYTYCD dancer, tWitch, for rocking Fyasko during his performance with award-winning rapper, Flo Rida – Not only does he kill it onstage with an onpoint routine,
but he looks insanely sharp doing it! The “New Wave” flannel is now available online and instore at spots like
Jack’s Surfboards, 80′s Purple, Karmaloop and PacSun.
tWitch rocking the 'New Wave' flannel
Some little facts about Stephen “tWitch” Boss:
He’s a freestyle dancer from Montgomery, Alabama, who attended Chapman University. He is a huge comic book fan, with his favorite hero being Superman. Boss spells his name with a capital ‘W’ and not a capital ‘t’. His name is an acronym, that can mean many things, such as: t.W.i.t.c.h = to Win i trustingly choose humility.
His first appeared on television when he placed second on Star Search behind America’s Best Dance Crew group Super Crew’s “Do Knock”. He was a contestant on The Wade Robson Project, where he came in third place. Boss also choreographed dances for Korean artists, such as Se7en. While his breakout performances occurred on So You Think You Can Dance, he previously appeared as a dancer in Hairspray. He can be seen in the dance number at the platter party and in “You Can’t Stop the Beat”.
Boss auditioned for the third season, and made it through ‘Vegas Week’ but was beaten out by Hokuto “Hok” Konishi when it came to getting a placing in the Top 20. Boss returned in Season 4 made it all the way to the finale, placing second overall. After the show, Boss went on to teach at South County Classical Ballet for just over a year now with fellow finalist Katee Shean.
Flo Rida and tWitch
On July 30, 2009, Boss returned to So You Think You Can Dance with fellow Season 4 contestant Katee Shean to perform their Emmy-nominated piece “Mercy”, choreographed by Mia Michaels.
Boss landed the role of Jason in Step Up 3D (August 6, 2010 release date) and one of the leads, Taz, in Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (Fall 2010). He’s also been cast as Marcel X in the upcoming superhero movie Perfectus, and will later star in the movie Ushers. He is managed by Nelson Diaz of Diaz Management Group (dance representation is MSA).
Not only has tWitch been selected as one of the 12 “All Stars” for the 7th season of So You Think You Can Dance, but he has a clothing line, ‘tWitch Boss Clothing’, set to be released in late Summer 2010.
He also owns a Jack Russel mix named ‘Krypto’.
Check out Rafael Moreira rocking Fyasko while hanging out with Snoop Dogg during the shooting of ‘X Factor’!!
Rafaela hanging with Snoop
Rafael Moreira is best known as the lead guitarist in the House Band for the hit CBS series, Rock Star. He has also performed as the lead guitarist for Grammy-winning artists Pink and Christina Aguilera. While performing with Pink, Rafael has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Saturday Night Live, The American Music Awards, The Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, MTV Video Music Awards in both the U.S. and Europe, English and German Top of the Pops and the MTV/VH-1 Fashion Awards.
He has also performed with Christina Aguilera at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and appeared on television shows including Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, The MTV Awards, The Essence Awards, The ALMA Awards, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, VH-1′s Men Strike Back and many others. When he’s not performing with other groups, Rafael has his own band – Magnetico.
We are super stoked to have him onboard supporting Fyasko! Thanks Rafael!!!