Estrias Battle in Honolulu Hawaii

The Judges giving the rules to the contestants,



The Legends, Kavet, Estria, ?, CrazyLegs, and Prime


Me and CKaweeks, snakin our spots in the shade before the battle

Here we go, gettin ready for the battle
Hawaii legend, I won't expose who he is cause I respect his ninja steezy to much, ....man true legend. It was a honor.
What the heck this guy is truly a gypsy AloeIshow HB in the house. He showed me this crazy business card that was super deep. I don't think the worlds ready for this cat.
Nate heezy thanks broski for takin some dope flics and thanks for the support nathanialryon.blogspot.com
Dang Chillen Villian Empire Mr Rifleman Ehulle Kule throwin up the westcoast and shaka

Tony with his head tat, ouch
The word they gave us was Makai we had to think of a concept, lettering and character. This is the results of the event

1st place Ckaweeks
2nd Prime
3rd place Ozewego
Myself fighting till the last minute. That cash would have been awesome to pay of my new parking ticket. Oh well
Eukarezt, I don't know what place I got. all I know is that I didnt place
Over all it was awesome spending time and painting with all the legends of Hawaii. Dope event, get um in Oakland Ckaweeks and rep it hard

Alohaz
Eukarezt

Local Braddahz in Munich, rock it Woes

Untitled from INTOXICATED DEMONS GALLERY on Vimeo.

The real deal mang!

Thanks Kiro DTC KYT for sponsoring Diverse Art center with some Graff mags. Good watchin out for the youngens homie. check it out www.cloutdistribution.com






A reminder today from my buddy Kiro about true graff heads
Rest in Peace Dream. A true legend to the game

practice makes perfect

Had a chance yesterday to practice a bit before the battle, I won't post up the pics because I want to leave the competition guessing until the battle.

Other than that thanks Kavet from Lightsleeper hit me up on the lightsleepers.net sight check out the Island freshness


Here's the competition and homies Mean and Kiro gettin down


Alohaz
Eukarezt

Slick, Katch 1, Estria. and (Ceaze MSK)Local boy legends

I put Ceaze MSK AM7 up just because affilated family members Gaser AM7 ,HB, FTA Home Boy

CEAZE MSK 7th Letter in Seoul Korea from Andre Sandoval on Vimeo.

audience of one

photo taken by mrjallday.com
ninja steezy in Japan 2008


Going though this week, I started to think about who am I trying to impress? Am I doing it for myself, for my peers, or just trying to show off?

When I create on my own strength, only something with a temporary value comes forth. It becomes unsatifying and a waste of time. I've done graffiti for almost 16 years and found that there's more important things I need to do with my time, like take care of my family. Not disrgarding the art, but being almost the ripe age of 30 you have to find other means of expression to survive.

Painting with my peers definetly pushes me and helps me to become a better artist, but what impact does that have on a bigger scale, when you are your own hometown hero.

Show boating is another thing thats comming up this week. Estrias battle is in a couple of days and well see at the end of the week how i'll do. I know that I'm not trying to impress man. But what if my only audience is the almighty Jah. How will I rise to the battle?. I know that my only audience is God.



contestants in New York 2009

1st place Doves FC, New York City


2nd Place: Aero LORDS, Hawaii/San Diego
3rd Place: Vogue One TDK, Oakland


rockin a burner with Sein AF 2006
battle time



Audience of one

Breakfast, Lunch , Rotuman Pe'a, and visit from Angry woes

Starting the day with my daily devotions in my downstairs Dungeon at the Eukarezt nest
Running low on the funds, Left over waffles turkey bacon and a Havarti turkey omelet for breaky


Packing everything that's in my kitchen before I head out the door, Banana, Shot bloks for electrolytes, vanilla yogurt raisins, Reeses pieces, and a grilled chicken with turkey bacon and Havarti sandwich for lunch
went to visit Too Gruvz after work. I wish someone would sponsor me so I can paint all day!

I found a old piece I did 1999 @ too gruvz on the wall, this has almost been running for ten years
one of my students Andrew found me looking around the shop
Later that night meet up with a couple of good buddies of mine. Jedidiah sponsored surfer Kanoa Chung rockin his new myna bird steeze
Comming out with a summer look book pretty soon for some gear, and a online store on the site, if you interested hit me up. $20 dollars a shirt
Quick sketches @ Prolifik
Ran into a few familiar faces that day Chief Anuwatu
The Legend Suluape Aisea and Petti getting ready to finish Majiks Pe'a.
This Pe'a hasn't been done for almost 200years. I had a chance to talk to Majik for a little bit. He's been researching this Rotuman style Pe'a for almost 15 years of his life.
The Father of the Legend
The journey is almost finshed for Majik. These guys work super hard in keeping the craft alive.
One of my students Greg Pilimai was practicing his sketches. Check out this portrait of the Pac-man
Check out who came to visit Diverse Art Center. The man himself world renowned local boy from the Aina Aron (Angry Woebot) Martin. Fresh off his trip from Berlin.
Bless
Eukarezt

Clarity within the confusion

Weekends go by so quick, trying to catch up on some of my sketches before the battle
Late nites w/ chick flics and cup o noodles to end my aloha friday night

It was my wifes B-day this weekend after our dinner with the family decided to go to the Starbucks in Mililani. Ran into Nbizoss, there. I've been avoiding contact or any type of encounter with the crew. Finally got to chop it up and clear the slate.
Early surf session with some cocky guys
Chai tea and more sketches for the battle
My bike got busted this weekend. Chris from K-vibes came to my rescue. for more info checkout there blogspot @ kvibes.blogspot.com. This guys awesome
the bike graveyard
need a rim?
While I was cruzin through Kvibes blog I found the Aloha Fixed website. Check out the local freshness

alohaFIXED X Tanner Monmaney 2 from ALOHA FIXED on Vimeo.

Alohaz
Eukarezt