I LOVE Japan!! Stoked to be there again for the Burton store Opening in Osaka!!
JAPANESE MADNESS. My ears and my eyes are overwhelmed lights,
sounds and people everywhere.. polite, polite, maybe impossible,
karaoke my favorite, sushi, crazy fashion, mini crewsers,
best spray toilets ever, sake, photo, photo..
The cool thing on that trip was that we weren’t stuck just between snowboarders.
Sweet to have Burton's Nicolas Muller and Tadashi Fuse in the crew
and also gravis surfer Kassia Meador and Analog’s Arto Saari!!
To honour Japanese traditions we served sake to all people coming to the event.
Obviously we cheered with them, each of them and had a sip!
But that was alright since there was only about 700 people..
Arto (wearing a dupa stylish 80’s wig) takes the mic and welcomes the crowd
to the store opening with the gayest Carl Lagerfeld’s attitude ever!!
Very fashionable..
The sake session is followed by a 3 hours signing session..
I find it hard to find 700 different very special dedicated comments to give to each of them..
so I just got artistic..
I drew moustaches, pretty flowers and about 650 I LOVE Nipon..
it's like writing fitness!!
Japanese people like to fire us with their digi cam..
so I just fire back with my plastic one way use camera!!
That super people shower luckily came to an end and the whole Burton
extended crew went for dinner.. I sit next to Moblow and his wig, he tells
that girl who was wearing a moustache something like she was nice and doll,
or something like that..
she didn’t like it and answered that she could beat him up..
He said he would love it!! So she just punshed him in the eye and
left him with nothing else then a black eye..
you shouldn’t mess around with those girls who wear the moustache!!
The night goes on to a karaoke bar.. my all time favorite!!
Marc and I end up walking with no where to go in town..
a guy is pissing in the street, I run and catch the perfect moment and angle..
all his friends laugh, so do i..
I really wish I hadn’t forgotten the cap on my almost digi and actually got the shot!!
The next day, the snowboarders crew travels to a dome..
tons of people come to watch.. they are like an orchestra..
I make them do the HOLA.. I take some family portraits etc..
everyone is so happy and friendly here!! Trevor sings, we sign tons of things..
everyone politely waits in line for hours..
that is what impresses me most from Japanese..
they are soo patient and respectfull!
The next day we are all in Tokyo for he first birthday of the Burton store.
Everyone sits down like kids in school..cute!! They watch the movie..
we get a huge cake in snowboard shape with bindings.
Jeremy Jones claims he is gay, some more pictures, signing and graffity later
I drag Arto, his sushi and Moblow to a gay bar on a Monday night..
everything you need to become intimate with the bar tenders!!
Some more karaoke and this trip made it to my top 3 favorite trips ever!!
1000 Thanks to my friend Kosuke who makes each of my Japanese experiences magic!!
