ATLIENS

Flew down to Georgia a couple weeks ago.

The ID Agency sent Matt and Ryan and I down south to go film with Pirelli for a week.

Pirelli lent us this conference room for the day for us to work out of.

We filmed a tour of their facility in Rome, GA. It's actually one of the most advanced tire factories in the world - it's filled with robots who construct their high end tires around the clock. Wish I could show more pictures but it was pretty cool - super high tech setup where a series of giant robots pass the tires down the assembly line.

Anyway, later in the week we went out to Atlanta Motorsports Park and filmed some on-track tire testing.

Pirelli brought a bunch of their staff out and tested their tires on several different sportscars - Porsches, Lotus', Benzes, that type of thing.

At one point, we hopped into the back of an SUV and a driving instructor drove us in front of former Formula 1 driver Derek Daly, in this Carrera, and we filmed some shots of him on the track. It was hot and super humid, and pretty nauseating getting tossed around the back of the Ford Escape but we got some really great footage of Derek driving.

Wednesday night was crunch time - we locked ourselves into this room at the Hampton Inn and cut 3 days of footage down to a little 4 minute edit.

We had a ton of stuff to go through, including about a dozen interviews, but all 3 of us worked all night and knocked it out. We delivered the vid Thursday at noon and everyone at Pirelli seemed to enjoy it.

Anyway, hectic trip but definitely a good time. Glad we survived the week's worth of thunder storms and got everything done on deadline. Shout out to The ID Agency and of course everyone at Pirelli who made the project fun.

CCS AM PROJECT SPOT

We threw this together this week for the skate retailer CCS.

I drew most of the pictures but Matt did the hard work and made it all move around and such. It was fun to work on - we've been wanting to do something similar to this for awhile.

Anyway, more posts and such coming soon - it's been a crazy couple of weeks. Until then, if you miss us and want to hear my rants on the Knicks player personnel moves, hit us on Twitter.



Shout out to Cullen and Paul at CCS and thanks to the girls at Pitchblend PR for putting it all together.

HOTWHEELS STUNT AT XGAMES

Went out and filmed the HotWheels Double Loop Dare at XGames last week.

We're putting together a little video for Recaro for the The ID Agency.

Ryan and I went to Mattel HQ over in El Segundo on Friday for a little pre-stunt press junket type of thing. We got to tour the Mattel offices and learn all sorts of HotWheels secrets. We saw how all the toys are developed and tested and stuff.

We did interviews with both drivers. Got to catch up with the big homie Greg Tracy and chat about the wildfires in Colorado that postponed Pikes Peak are were wreaking havoc on both our Summer schedules.

Met Tanner Foust for the first time - super chill dude, great to work with.

Anyway on Saturday, Matt and Shane and I got up at dawn and made the trek up to Downtown LA.

The place was packed with XGames athletes and fans and camera crews and stuff.

We got all our cameras in place and just waited for the whole thing to go down. The stunt was no joke - the loop was a World Record 6-stories tall and everything was broadcast live on ABC.

Of course Greg and Tanner made it look easy and everything went off without a hitch.

After the stunt was wrapped, security actually let us up onto the loop. Matt and Shane grabbed some cool b-roll shots while I snapped photos for Instagram.

Anyway, very cool project - it was nice to go out and film at the XGames. Our recap vid should be done in a couple weeks. Until then, just wait on the edge of your seats, thanks.

SCHEDULING

I found this photo a couple years ago online.

It's from Hypebeast, from an interview they did with a photographer named Kenneth Cappello.

I don't remember anything from the article about Cappello or his work, but the image of his handwritten schedule, littered with names of celebrities and legit commercial clients, always stuck with me.

From the outside looking in, you wonder how anyone ever gets to that point. The kid is doing photoshoots that other people dream of - and he's doing 3 of them of a week.

For us, in the past couple years, we've definitely come a long way. Scheduling is an art and the busier things get you feel like you're just balancing everything on top of each other. We try and be flexible. We book a lot of stuff last minute. We also miss and reschedule a stupid amount of flights.

I'm impressed by massive productivity, no matter the circumstances. So many people are out there working 2 full time jobs - that's what's up.

We really hardly say 'no' to anything cool that comes our way. It's a gift and a curse. But when you run your own thing and start like we did, broke with no clients, you dream about the day your calendar is filled and your phone is ringing off the hook.

So, with that in mind, keep it all coming. There's still one or two days left this year where we're not yet booked.

NEW SHRINERS VID

Couple weeks ago I mentioned we did some filming up in Sactown.

Happy to report that the video is now live - check it out below. We worked with Shriners and the team at Leo Burnett Business New York on this. So, we shot all the b-roll for this piece - meaning not the footage of the main lady, Carrie, talking - but everything else. All the little 1-second clips in the middle of the vid are all us.

Anyway, it's only about 2 minutes long, check it out.

Really like working with Shriners - they're doing a lot of amazing things everyday. We got to be really up close and personal with a lot of these patients and their families. And even though it can be really emotional, the vibe at the hospital is super positive and everyone is just really appreciative of the amazing care that the Shriners provide.



Thanks to Fabiana, Nik, Noel, Petra and Ryan for helping to make it happen.

P.S. There's another really well done, new, short 30-second Shriners spot here - we had nothing to do with this one but it's pretty cool.

STONE_COLD

Did some filming up in Venice last week.

We shot b-roll over on Abbot Kinney Blvd and then filmed a little interview with the girls of Stone_Cold_Fox.

Cydney and Dallas are childhood friends from Laguna Beach who started a clothing line together a few years ago and have now blown up. Their stuff is currently sold in boutiques worldwide and also places like Free People. Anyway, they were both super laid back and very cool. Their place was superbly decorated with a sort of vintage/Spanish/SoCal type of vibe. It was nice to get an up close look at how they've built their brand and how passionate they are about what they do.

Their story sort of reminded me of Matt and I (except that they're obviously better looking than us. And that they seem to actually be making money) But, otherwise, you guys know what I'm saying.

FORZA HORIZON AT E3

A couple weeks ago we went out to E3 in LA.

We worked with The ID Agency for Microsoft and Forza Horizon.

It was a crazy set up - they had a bunch of exotic cars on display and were also giving free rides out to a few lucky E3 attendees.

E3 is such a weird event and draws a really random crowd. On my way to grab lunch on Tuesday I ran into Mayor Villaraigosa. On Wednesday, iJustine stopped by the booth and took a ride in one of the Forza Ferraris. No one really recognized her at the time but I saw her on TV later and looked her up and realized that she has an unbelievable amount of YouTube views (360+ mil).

Anyway, the game drops in October so keep an eye out if you're into that sort of thing. Shout out to Victor, John, Brandon and Christian from ID. Thanks to Petra who shot all day Wednesday for us while we were actually filming down in Long Beach. Also you can check out the sick teaser vid with all the cars that ID put together for the whole setup here.

Anyway, obviously hanging out and taking photos all day was tough, but you know, somebody had to do it.

SAC AND WILLOW

So I flew straight from Chicago to Sacramento.

Luckily I was able to catch Thunder/Spurs game 2 via DirecTV on the flight. I met up with Ryan and Petra and we filmed all day Wednesday at the Shriners Childrens Hospital. We were shooting b-roll for an online spot that's being produced by Leo Burnett New York. Very cool working with Nik and Noel from LB. Also shout out to Fabiana from Shriners for making it all happen. (Bonus flick of me dressed in even weirder hospital clothes)

On our way out of Sac, we ran into Danton at the airport. He's a friend of Matt and Ryan's from UCSD and was randomly booked on Ryan's same San Diego flight. So we all chilled and caught the Celtics/Heat at the airport bar. Game went into overtime so we all barely made our flights.

Meanwhile Matt and Josh spent all day Thursday filming some cars out at Willow Springs with The ID Agency.

These cars are part of an upcoming major feature film and they were going through some track testing.

Then, of course, we woke up at dawn on Thursday and started filming the next project.

Plus, a few shots from back home. Our boy jeffstaple graciously shipped us some reading material - reed pages and Nike Franchise magazine.

Some stuff I brought back from RSVP in Chicago.

And of course, the new black and red Air Jordan I KO's - via Proper.

Also, there's apparently a show on SPEED called Two Guys Garage and last week they aired a piece on Tayler Malsam and used some of our Orlando footage in their broadcast. So, that was sort of cool. We didn't get a royalty check or anything out of it, so it was more of just like something for our mom's to brag about type-of-thing.

CHI

Four days in the Windy City.

Basketball at the gym in the Streeter Apartments tower. Brunch at Yolk - really good Cinnamon Roll French Toast. Poker and Craps at Horseshoe Hammonds.

Tennis at Northwestern. Chicago River Architecture Tour. Fireworks at Navy Pier. Dinner (and beignets) at Grand Lux Cafe.

Tour of the Sprout Social offices. More basketball, more poker. Butter Crust Deep Dish and Chocolate Chip Pizza at Lou Malnati's.

Trump Tower Chicago. D Rose lives on the 84th floor.

Quimby's books, RSVP Gallery (Kanye's crew's store) and Saint Alfred. Stopped by the Topman on Michigan Ave - store buildout was nice, clothes were a bit weird.

I wanted to squeeze in WhirlyBall and visits to Attack Athletics and Coudal Partners but had to cut the trip a day short. Oh well, next time.