HANGOUT Tuesdays.

Two of our homies stopped by the shop to day to chop it up for a bit the first,
Ralph daddy, from the LBC stopped by the shop with his DOG, SMALKAK.. He was telling us about his adventures at the barbershop. Ralph and his dog both got a FRESH HAIRCUT.

Ralphs DOG, SMALKAK.


Jake also stopped by, we talked about bikes, babes, and business. Hes originally from Northern California one of core regions for track biking.

Hes BASHFUL,


WORD TO YANNI,


PEEP HIS VIDEO.

RIFS VERY OWN UNFUCKWITABLE -

maneger, JEFF aka EVERYONESENEMY was mentioned by DJ Gregstreet on TSG to be one of the illest sneaker collector out there along with DJ AM, Clark Kent, FAT JOE and our favorite seller/buyer CROATIANSTYLE aka sizzle (ed). It was a comment made by DJ Gregstreet from FATJOES CHALLENGE click HERE for the link.

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dj greg street on September 17th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

clark has the word of the week, unfuckwitable. groc, clark, joe, macho, t, will, louie kicks, am, dre(croation), dec dan, farfhad, ryan, pat, d, sean, fred (undftd), fc (kin & demany bring chris back to work), kim d, sneaker queen, dee wells, carletta, lyle, lauen (wish), jeff (rif), theshoegame family, etc. we’re all family. the comp is friendly, the love for the kicks is real! imma post up something for the family soon, im sooooooooooo unfuckwitable right now! and please excuse my haters, i got so much work for’em right now.

DJ CK THE REAL KING OF AF1

NHTVSN Episode 2 Part 2.1 from NHTVSN on Vimeo.

ADAM

Here's a picture of one of our fav. customer DJ AM looking healthy out in public after staying at the Georgia Hospital for a week. You can clearly see the burn injuries on his neck, a brave DJ AM left his LA home this morning to attend a memorial service for Travis Barker's assistant, Chris Baker.

Never not learning.

On our days off, the staff here at RIF like to enjoy a little quiet time, some of us like to enjoy the the peace and calm of our homes, some take pleaseure in the open-air of public parks and beaches and at times we like to go to the PUBLIC LIBRARY. The cool air and variety of invigorating headlines of todays current affairs mixed with quintessential writings of Jules Verne, Voltaire, and even Mark Twain make the PUBLIC Library an unerring place for quiet, personal reflection time.

A few of us decided that today would be a perfect day of personal rumination so we spent a few hours at the PUBLIC LIBRARY.

never not working.




After spending a few minutes on the RIF BLOG and CNN.COM We decided to take a stroll around and see the wide variety of publications the library had to offer.

So we head to the magazine section and spot 2 of the most influential magazines that were published this month.


We dont read at RIF, so after looking at the pictures and ripping out what we needed, we proceeded to peruse the different aisles seeing where our government tax dollars are being spent on.

This is what helped us pass ENGLISH LITERATURE in HIGHSCHOOL, THANKS CLIFF.


After browsing at all the different asles, we felt like we were getting closer to what we were really at the library for, We never knew there was a HUGE selection of books and movies on VHS tape.


ATLAST, we found what we were looking for. Fuck Blockbuster and NETFLIX, who needs them when you have the PUBLIC LIBRARY.



We stay in the DVD section for a few minutes ...find what we are looking for..then start walking back to our little table with kindergarten chairs.. as we're walking through the aisles...




...(of course MAD Dogging any kids or parents giving us bad looks)... we hear this man that looks like a women... at this point we're stealth 007 style army crawling through the aisle with our DVD's in hand hoping that the MAN FRED or any library staff wouldnt see us...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED...we managed to get a few pics before army crawling back to our table.



We get to our table safe and sound with the GOODS...


After reading a few more magazines we saw one that caught our eye...

seems as if DJ AM and Travis Barker are making a fast recovery...what were you thinkin? NO HOMO


After a few more minutes in the LIBRARY, we decided to bounce..seems as if Ol' BOY had the right idea.

WE"RE NO ANGELZ

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Talking business with Andre, stay tune!


o yeah, and this is for the ladies, Ralph saids HI

Few of our favorite things.

Great advancements in the fashion world developed this week. A staff favorite WTAPS is collaborating with another JAPANESE street wear giant BOUNTY HUNTER.  The jacket which is slated to release SOON. Has strategic branding throughout WTAPS already famous BDU Jacket. 

This jacket is ready for URBAN COMBAT.



With your jacket covered, you just need a fresh pair of kicks. Jun Takahashi(Undercover) and Silly Thing collaborated to create a new wider toe Converse Jack Purcell.

Perfect for STOOMPING on sissies.



pics courtesy of honyeeblog.com

HOMIES CAME BY

ED and Andre swang by while me and Jb was working.

0:37 l THANKS ZACH!

..VIMBY - Puma PB2R..

Results are in, Zach and his boy finished 5th place, thats fucken fantastic considering there were more than 40 racers. Peep .37

THANKS BRO. Stayed tuned for his next race.

A day in the LIFE.

Today was a fairly busy day with consignment, shipments, customers but we always manage to give you a small taste of the day in the life of RIF.

So we saw this dude with a little swagg in his step walking our way. With closer inspection, ol' boy dropped a little knowledge our way telling us, " your shop is sleepin with these joints.."

No wonder why he had a little "hop" in his step, if he tried he could have dunked on anyone of us with his Sandle -SHOX joints.




Keep that swagger step, my man.


Right when Ol'boy left our man I. Breezy came through. We chatted it up for a bit about kicks, cars and racing( fast and the furiously curious) style. He was telling us that his boy was gonna swing buy before hitting up Irwindale Speedway for a little thursday night race session.

At that time, we hear this rocket ship speeding down 2nd street. We thought this "rocket ship" was gonna fucken mow down.. all the people crossing 2nd street were scarred holding their children, luckily the speed contraption managed to slow down.

We managed to take a few shots of the rocket ship, before they headed down to the Irwindale speedway.





As I. Breezy and his boy SPED off, the mailman swung buy, Ed has been waiting for a package for nearly 2 damm months. At last his new shades arrived.

hundredaires.

Ed was as excited as a young hypebeast, getting his first pair of GR SB' Dunks




Overall it was a swell day, hustled a gang of kicks, homies swung by, Ed got his new shades.
Time to ride into the Sunset, Ed's gonna jump on the handle bars and we're off.
Stay tuned.

-JAPAN OCT. 21

A NOTE FROM ED