Tag: SOCAL

  • Royal Hondas | Royal Origin Members

    Royal Hondas | Royal Origin Members

    Stopped by Greddy to hangout with Kevin and John, ended up shooting a video.

  • Nemo’s Garage | Grand Opening

    Nemo’s Garage | Grand Opening

    It’s that time of the year in Southern California, where the blistering heat and car meets align. This weekend took us to the Nemo’s Garage grand opening in Ontario, California. And as you will see they are new, but veterans of experience and knowledge in the automotive realm; big with the Honda platforms.

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    Thanks.

     Shavi Wijegunaratne
    Instagram: shaviw
    shavi@royal-origin.com

  • Wekfest LB 2016 | Video Highlight

    Wekfest LB 2016 | Video Highlight

    Just another Wekfest at Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, however, this time around this is the last one at this location. Nonetheless, they put together Southern California’s finest automotive builds together once again. Here is a video highlight from some clips Nimo capture, and I decided to quick edit together. Enjoy.

    Shavi Wijegunaratne
    Instagram: shaviw
    shavi@royal-origin.com

  • RO in Australia | Mr. Crackles & Harbour

    RO in Australia | Mr. Crackles & Harbour

    Another day in Sydney, Australia, and Alan from AL Captures from Melbourne, Australia was still in town and was nice enough to take me around. We started out our day at a photo shoot and then drove into the city to check out some good food and a few typical tourist spots.

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    DSC01013That is right. That is their Burger King.

    DSC01014Seeing my favorite Pepper Lunch here was a nice surprise, but still wouldn’t eat something I can already get back home.

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    DSC01017Somewhere in downtown Sydney.

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    DSC01020Alan: Thank you for hanging out with me down there. Truly appreciate the hospitality. Let me know when you are over the big pond.

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    DSC01025Finally to the main location, Mr. Crackles. This spot is known for having crispy skinned succulent meats mixed with their dishes.

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    DSC01024The crispiness.

    DSC01027Slow roasted 5 spiced pork belly with Vietnamese style salad inside a long roll.

    DSC01031Delicious and filling. Not real big on onion rings, but these were really enjoyable for me.

    DSC01028Fully laid out, and slammed on the floor.

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    DSC01036I am sure most of us have seen this on television at the 2000 summer Olympics, the Sydney Opera House.

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    DSC01039The actual Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House all in one view.

    DSC01042Some Southern California love down under.

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    DSC01052The city life in Sydney was really impressive. Definitely, one of the most lively and busy cities.

    DSC01054Ended the day in the city with some Golden Gaytime.

    If I were to go back to Australia, I would definitely love to see more of the country; probably Melbourne area, the coral reefs, or what the real outback is.

  • Southern Worthersee Part Four | Throw Back

    Southern Worthersee Part Four | Throw Back

    Throwing it back to one of the most memorable events/trips to enjoy different automotive culture than what I am used to in Southern California. Also, took me awhile to edit through the pictures as I rarely do take pictures, however, I recently picked up a Sony A7II with the kit lens, and it has motivated me to shoot more pictures as well as video of course.

    DAY ONE: We arrived in Helen, Georgia very early in the morning, and already got greeted by familiar faces, and a lot of different quality ones.

    A lost SoCal tribesmen came to greet us as well.

    Through my network over at Mazda Fitment, I recognized Nate’s Miata parked in a random parking lot. Definitely as lovely in person as on the internet.

    The new finish on the OZ Turbos was a nice touch to the new vinyl wrap theme.

    On this trip, I told Ryo he had to come out to an East Coast event before he went back to Japan. Definitely glad he took my word for it, cause he was blown away. Ryo you will be missed!

    This VW stood out amongst the rest. Liked it a lot.

    Alex Goldstein’s E92 M3 On BBS RS2 wheels. Got the pleasure of shooting this car, which you can see later on in this post.

    Another Mazda that I recognize through my network at Mazda Fitment. Also, got to meet the owner, was pretty cool.

    Absolute love the direction Chris has had with this car of recent. Always well done through nearly all the stages of this car.

    The south has some amazingly smooth roads and awesome twists. Really wanted a proper car to take it on a nice spirited drive here.

    Southern beauty. Found this random pond/lake. Definitely not the nature we are used to in Southern California.

    This E46 M3 had an excellent blend of style with the Weds Kranze LXZs.

    One of a decent number of Miatas at SOWO. This one on AME made Fatlace FZERO1.

    Another euro that blended a different style to the mundane usual stuff you would see on a euro.

    This is a husband and wife pair right here. Both into some rad vintage euros; the bug and the bus.

    Something I am more used to seeing back home.

    Loved the fender to lip of the wheel fitment. On point fife.

    DAY TWO: We stayed at Chris’s cabin about a few miles out of Helen, and came back the next day to continue exploring Helen.

    Behind that door was bad things.
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    I have seen a few pictures of this in the past floating around from Southern Fresh. Finally get to meet Justin and his LS400.

    Kyle’s 326power’d out GS300. Got to shoot both of these later on as well.

    The Risky Devil yacht. AJ bought this down from Arizona to Chicago to Georgia.

    Found an awesome spot to shoot the cars. Here is Alex’s E92 M3.

    Loving the southern back drop. A nice different scenery that we are usually used to in SoCal.

    Horse friends.

    Kyle’s GS300 enjoying that southern air.

    It’s Fun To Do Bad Things.
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    Love the rear end of this one with all those lines and details. Kyle just needs to insert the tips ;]

    Justin’s LS400. Custom wide body.

    Love the aggressive boss presence this has.

    Those fender cuts. Love it.

    Got to enjoy another East Coast trip with Ryan and his WRX. This time around the car has changed quite a lot since then.

    Always a pleasure to enjoy Ryan’s southern hospitality.

    DAY THREE: On the last day in Helen we were back in town seeing what was left. Still a good number of cars and quality stuff laying around. This Miata was on point with the BBS RFs.

    The iconic Walking Dead location. Atlanta, Georgia.

    Atlanta, Georgia from the sky.

    And back home to SoCal we went. Definitely loved this trip and event. The vibe and feel is different than H2Oi, and is definitely an experience I will continue to try to repeat.

  • Enjoy Sin Video Coverage

    Enjoy Sin Video Coverage

    Main: http://royal-origin.com

    It’s that time of the year where we make the journey from SoCal to Las Vegas to enjoy a weekend of fun and sin. This time around we collaborated with HNRS LV clothing store to bring ENJOY SIN. We had food provided by Fuku Burger to supply their awesome burgers, and raffles provided by our sponsors to anyone that attended this free event.

    Thank you to everyone that came out and enjoyed themselves. Hope to see everyone again next year to enjoy some more sin!

    Special thanks to our sponsors:

    HOODRATstuff

    HNRS

    Avant Garde Wheels

    AIR RUNNER SYSTEMS

    KYOEI USA

    G-DRIVE

    LEXON exclusive

    714 TIRES

    AWSTICKERS

    JDM Chemicals

    I Love Racing Shop

    Video By:
    Celso Nimo
    Vu Pham
    Randy Phat

  • Boss Company LS400 | AWFILMS

    Boss Company LS400 | AWFILMS

    Saying goodbye to one of the coolest LS400’s in California.

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    AWFILMS | Runnin’ Through the 6 With My Woes from Abbitt Wilkerson on Vimeo.

  • Flask Mob LA | January

    Flask Mob LA | January

    You can come up with some cool shit with just a tripod and some long exposures.The latest trend on Instagram right now is the late night city photography with a sick emo caption which has always been my favorite thing to shoot. I live in the suburbs where there are no city lights to take photos of and when there are lights at nights it’s usually because of traffic. Luckily for me Flask Mob has monthly meets where they show you around the city and make it so cool shit happens for photo opportunities. I saw last month’s photos and made it a priority for me to go to the next meet up.

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    There was already a large crowd of people when we got there. Amazing to see so many photographers and people who love to capture cool shit come together.

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    People already started staging out some cool shots.

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    Flask Mob was like Halloween all over again, but a lot more acceptable to take photos of people.

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    There was also this dude who was a professional fire breather. First time seeing something like this and it had me in shock and awe.

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    I wish I had a better angle for a cool shot.

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    He was like a Charmander all night.

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    Holy crap.

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    He who dances with fire.

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    This guy is epic.

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    Next to him was a dude that spun burnt wool and it makes this cool effect.

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    Right when all the cool shit was about to happen, the fun police came and through the down the biggest “TFTI” on us and proceeded to kick us out.

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    Good thing no one invited them because they would’ve known we were just going to move anyways.

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    Straight thug.

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    This guy is a bad ass. Right when he got on the bridge he gunned it and got chased after the police.

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    Hayle really confused on where we’re going.

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    It got a little rowdy.

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    Look at all of these people!

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    Some low lows. Check out that rim tuck.

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    Fire wool spinning on the bridge.

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    These ladies lit some sparklers to guide us.

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    I think I want to pick up this hobby.

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    This is so down.

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    We were slapping these new HOODRATstuff stickers wherever we went.

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    The guide.

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    The DJ.

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    It was a fucking party.

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    Smoke bombs is another thing on my list to buy.

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    Our friends eventually caught up to us.

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    But them being here won’t stop this party.

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    Even Van Styles was present.

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    LAPD eventually blocked us in and didn’t let anyone pass.

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    It still didn’t stop the FLASK MOB.

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    Wildest rager ever.

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    Seriously, no rules at this party. It was like we were at a photography competition where everyone was fighting to get a good photo.

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    She would win.

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    Insert poetic caption or alternative rock song.

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    Be the light at the end of a tunnel.

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    We thought this was David Vu’s old car.

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    LA is a crazy place. It was a fun experience thank you Flask Mob for the good times. I know how tough it is to throw events, so I hope you guys keep at it!

  • ENJOY SIN | Royal Origin 2015 Anniversary Meet

    ENJOY SIN | Royal Origin 2015 Anniversary Meet

    It’s that time of the year where we bring the ugliest cars to Las Vegas and make you guys stare at it for a good couple of hours. This time we got more legit and we’re going to be having it at HNRS LV clothing store where we will have the food truck ««fuku burger»» serving our their awesome burgers and lots of free giveaways in our raffles by our supporting sponsors.

    Companies participating in the raffle.
    HOODRATstuff
    Avant Garde Wheels
    AIR RUNNER SYSTEMS
    LEXON exclusive
    714 TIRES
    AWSTICKERS
    JDM Chemicals

    Come on through as parking maybe limited.
    https://www.facebook.com/events/335546393297257

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  • Street Faction Welded Nights

    Street Faction Welded Nights

    Some of you may know, when working on cars there’s always a bump in the road to complete your project. Those bumps in the roads usually lead to customizing and cutting things that you didn’t expect. Thankfully we have someone like Matt from Street Faction to help us out. He’s an upcoming fabricator and welder that builds pretty sick drift cars and stylish bash bars that replaces your stock crash bar.

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    Where the magic happens.

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    A lot of swag points are accumulated when you can weld as nice as Matt.

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    Matt checking out John’s coil over to see what needs to be done.

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    Welding and pipe fun.

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    The necessities to make some cool bash bars.

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    Some Banksys inspiration for when you’re welding.

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    Coilovers which will probably be fully customized too.

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    Feliz Navidad, buy a bash bar from Street Faction for your loved ones.

    http://streetfaction.bigcartel.com/

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    Matt getting to work on John’s coilovers.

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    Cutting half of the coil over mount for extra low.

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    The things we do to go low.

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    That’s a whole lot missing from the shock mount now.

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    All in the prep work.

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    Matt looks more excited to weld than hanging out with Thao.

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    John observing the welding process, even though all you see is a bright light.

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    The light.

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    ************************************BONUS ROUND************************************

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    Here are some photos I took for Matt’s Speed Hunters feature of his current project.

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    Everything is connected somehow.

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    That side roll cage and his doors and fenders come off fast for quick access or just to make the car look gangster.

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    I am definitely bringing my SC here to get a bash bar made.

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    Dem Cosmis Racing in black chrome…

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    Matt used a piston to hold his steering column. Genius!

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    Dual brake calipers!

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    Make sure you check out his feature on Speed Hunters here…

    http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/11/iamthespeedhunter-the-creators-theme/

    -NGU ASS