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I never got around to posting these pics from our Memorial weekend camping trip up to Lake Pyramid. It’s always good to get away from L.A. even if it is just for a couple days, to just chill with good friends and take in the scenery. Speaking of scenery, you gotta love D.Tea from Venice Racket in his super authentic, union approved, American flag suspenders. Although the water was a bit too cold for warm blood, we still got to soak up some rays and hike around a bit. Campfires, booze, blunts and nature. I love America.

Ink N Iron is always one of my favorite events. When we talk say “Respect the Trade”, Ink N Iron truely incorporates three amazing trades with remarkable examples of each. Tattooing, Custom Car Building and Music. That’s what the scene is at Ink N Iron and there is a bunch of it. You couldn’t image the amount of detail and craft that goes into each and everyone of the cars and tattoos. People from all over the world flock to hang out in a parking lot and a stuffy run down ship for the love of Ink and Iron. If you get the chance to go, I highly recommend it. Just be prepared to stand in line for a few hours. And by be prepared, I mean throw a 12 pack in a back pack and bring a bottle of sunscreen.

Obviously I can’t post all the picks otherwise you’ld be scrolling for days but feast your eyes on a few of my favs from the weekend. If you didn’t know, I’m an El Camino fanatic so I’m like a fat kid in a super fat candy store when I stumbled across Elcos like the killer green and white one you’ll see below. We where also glad to see our neighbors from the Devils Car Club representing Venice. They have got a super sick collection and are simply great guys. Besides all of the eye candy (cars, tats and pin up chicks) it was great hanging out with the girls and my homie D.Tea from VeniceRacket.com

OH… and M-CAT, you owe me a car cleaning for your drunken kettle corn shenanigans. HA!

Just stumbled across this video of Travis Barker and The Cool Kids out on Venice Beach right down the street from us.

I’ve been crazy busy lately and one of my favorite things going on right now is this new shirt series that I am illustrating for Rukru. I’m not going to blow the lid yet but lets just say these tees are going to be killer and really bring it back to our roots. Respect the Trade. The new line is coming soon. Get on the email and follow on twitter and facebook for more updates.

The homie Lontastic has been crazy busy lately dropping his newest mixtape LAXTL, this video for “Let ‘em Know” and a little something special for Rukru, The Crew and all of you. You’re gonna have to check back for that. Hit the mailing list, follow us on facebook or twitter to know what’s up. Big shout out and props to Lontastic who’s always on the grind and been supporting Rukru since the beginning. Respect the Trade.