We wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween! If you have time, swing by RIF LA, bring your little brothers/sisters, nieces/nephews, sons/daughters, etc and we have plenty of candy to go around.
There were a MOB of kids!
Birdman!
Little Pooh Bear (consignment sellers daughter)
Ed was running to the back everytime kids came in. Hes scared of little kids!
Jeff loves kids!
Even Jason(Archrival) swung by to join in on the action.
Dopest costume I have seen. Jason was about to get eaten! Ed in the back laughing!
Have a SAFE HALLOWEEN!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM RIF LA
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVE
So tomorrow is Halloween, what are you going to be??? Today me and Ed headed to a costume spot next to my pad to see what goodies they had. Stay tune tomorrow to see what our costumes will be. Also RIF LA will be giving out CANDY to any kids that come in to our store, so if you have any kids, pick up some candy and maybe even buy a fresh pair of kicks.
We received about 70 pairs of new arrival in 2 days, so swing by RIF tomorrow!
NEW ARRIVALS
JBs FAV shoe
FUCKIN ICEY
+65 today
Jakes pick up
please check the NEW ARRIVALS at RIF.LA
thanks
JOIN US THIS THURSDAY!!! LITTLE TOKYO STAND UP
Join us this Thursday for Ralphs annual Halloween Party @ SENOR FISH in Little Tokyo, Downtown LA. Last year was crackin! and it WILL be crackin this year! Be sure to spread the word.
Also wear your best costume, best costume will win a lap dance from Ralph himself!
CLICK the flyer to ENLARGE.
"without struggle, there is no progress."
As the end of the year nears, you all know that RIF will be releasing a few clothing pieces to commemorate our long standing service for those who have stayed faithful to RIF Los Angeles.
Our production is nearing its end, and it will be interesting to see our transformation from a not only a shoe boutique but a branded line.
Our future plans are currently pre-mature but as Frederick Douglas stated,
"without struggle there is no progress."
here are a few pics to keep you all on the edge of your seats.
SEAMS l LONG BEACH
So today I dropped by my favorite street in Long Beach, which is First Street located in Downtown Long Beach. First St. is the home of Seams, Proper, and Black Market, three stores that meet everyones needs. I had very little time, so my main focus was Seams, the sister store of East 4th Skate shop.
They have the longest list when it comes to accounts, such as nike sb, supra, vans, rayban, nikon, rayban, brixton, hellzbellz, stussy, recon, wesc, and the list goes on!!!Its like a smaller Active, but its an actual "Moms and Pops" shop that many locals support. Stepping in this store reminds me of the boutiques in Japan, a ridiculous amount of product mixed in 2 levels. Also the art inside are on of a kind pieces!
Head to their website for daily updates of new arrivals.
427 E. First Street
Long Beach, Ca 90814
(562)-901-9949
DAILY 11-630
Also visit their sister store: EAST4TH.SK8SHOP
My cousin RYAN REYES
This is the dude who put me on Dunks back when I only use to rock jordans, kswiss, and pumas. He plays pro basketball in Philippines and hes sponsored by Nike.
JEFFS IN JAPAN PART III
Due to me being extremely tired and lazy after my last day in Japan, I apologize for not posting my last day, so I thought I would make up for it and make this last post.
Since it was my last day in Japan, I had planned to go to some spots in Kichijoji, then Ogikubo, then Shibuya, then Ueno, then Aoyama, but there was a change in plans unfortunately.
It started raining too hard out of nowhere, nothing Ive ever seen!
Random shots of my hotel, pretty damn nice!
After resting for a little bit, me and Watabe headed to Ogikubo
These kids are as young as 6 and they are freely roaming Japan, going to school, eating lunch, etc. Watabe said that its TOO SAFE in Tokyo, and that nothing ever happens.
Beating up Visvims like nothing....
Heres some pictures of my pickups, I just had to pick up some older jordans
This is how you wrap a shoe.
My favorite drink in Japan, FANTA with JELLY. I bought about 10 can that day.
JANEH! Thank you Watabe for taking me to NARITA AIRPORT! I will go back to Tokyo and I will go straight to La Avenue by myself! Promise!
Random shots of my hotel, pretty damn nice!
After resting for a little bit, me and Watabe headed to Ogikubo
These kids are as young as 6 and they are freely roaming Japan, going to school, eating lunch, etc. Watabe said that its TOO SAFE in Tokyo, and that nothing ever happens.
Future La Avenue worker.
Had to grab some Mcdonalds on the way.
Had to grab some Mcdonalds on the way.
Beating up Visvims like nothing....
Heres some pictures of my pickups, I just had to pick up some older jordans
This is how you wrap a shoe.
ICEY 99 RETRO Vs
Had a little free time, so I went around the corner to grab some REAL TAKOYAKI! TOO GOOD DAYO!!!!
This is #1 G-SHOCK Buyer in TOKYO!!!
THESE GUYS ARE TOO " okashi " MAN!
My favorite drink in Japan, FANTA with JELLY. I bought about 10 can that day.
TOP SECRET!?
Atsushi is a FIREMAN @ night, top secret! SHSHSH!
JANEH!
JANEH! Thank you Watabe for taking me to NARITA AIRPORT! I will go back to Tokyo and I will go straight to La Avenue by myself! Promise!
Overall, my Japan trip was a great experience and on a business level, it was a very positive outcome! Be sure to expect MANY SHOES by Wednesday, DONT SLEEP YALL!
On a side note, Im back b!tches, so hello to my friends and family! o yea and hello to my haters, I couldn't leave you lovely people out.
-Jeff Malabanan
JEFF IN JAPAN PART 2
Today I woke up around 11:00 AM to get ready for my 1st real whole day in Japan. I got to La Avenue around 11:30 am and I met the President of La Avenue, which is Kai's Mom and also met Ken, Kai's son.
Then me, Watabe and Ken went around Kichijoji, finally stopping @ PX Megastore
PX-MEGASTORE!
Maybe the closes picture you'll ever see of me.
We ate at a buffet that was located inside my hotel, izakaiya style!
#1. " I HATE THE TRAIN! TOO BAD DAYO!"
Theres packs of little girls just roaming the streets of Tokyo, TOO young dayo!
Another train? On the way to Harajuku..
Takeshita St, famous street in Harajuku, reminds me of the old Melrose in Los Angeles.
I thought that was SHAQ!
Harajuku girl?
Visited Kicks Lab, where i ran into..
HAJIME ! Finally, somebody I knew from Los Angeles.
Up the street was Supreme, NBHD, Fools Judge, but they dont allow you to take pictures. BOO
Since I was in Harajuku, I thought I would visit Flight Club, looks like its no where to be found on the list.
Visited Karl Kanis store.
TAXI is good, TRAIN no good.
TAXI is good, TRAIN no good.
We eventually walked into SHIBUYA, toooooooooooo many people!!!!
Headed back to La Avenue.
Meet Shirai
Watabes small office.
Shirais office.
Meet Amy, speaks english perfectly! Originally lived in Irvine, Ca
This might be the BEST invention made known to man. U.S. needs to step of their technology and learn from the Japanese people. This machine is right in front of a Ramen spot, where you insert money in it like a vending machine and it shoots out little tickets. Each ticket represents what you want in your Ramen, so one of my ticket is for Ramen "SHIO" flavor, 2nd ticket is an order of Chashu 3x!, and lastly I ordered one egg.
You then sit down and put the tickets on the counter where the cook takes it, reads it, and bam!
You got yourself the BEST Ramen I ever had! Ramen in U.S. had no flavor!
While walking back to La Avenue, Atsushi notice some people playing with some instruments that consist of 2 balls and one string.
This is how you get the ladies in Japan!
Amy is going home!
Japanese COMMON is peacing out!
Tomorrow I will be going to Ogikubo, Ueno, and Shibuya. I'll try to take more pictures of shops, but its kind of hard when the workers are hawking at you the whole time. I will also take pictures of some pick ups! GOODNITE!
JANEH
JEFF SAN
PS: You can click on any pictures and it will ENLARGE!
JEFF IN JAPAN PART 1
I'm finally in Japan after being on a 10 hour flight and a 1 hour train ride to Kichijoji. Heres some pictures I snapped while going through this whole process.
Right after I got pass through "Customs"(which took forever), I met up with Watabe where he showed me the way to the train.
The minute we got out of the train, we headed to La Avenue.
Yes, its "Sneaker Heaven" in a little room!
I just had to take a picture of my first purchased using YEN!
Behind the scenes..
La Avenue STAFF is always working.
After they closed up the shop, me and the LA Avenue staff headed to some bomb spot for dinner.
Meet Atsushi and Riopay
Heres Watabe on the left
O yeah and heres SHAQ! aka ONOLA
Meet Atsushi and Riopay
Heres Watabe on the left
O yeah and heres SHAQ! aka ONOLA
By the way, you can smoke inside any restaurants in Japan, tell me why all four of them smoke!
Just had to do it.
Someone tell Atsushi that his bike is too huge.
Im so happy I have internet in my hotel room! I'll be posting another update tomorrow. Wells its 7:57 am there right now and its 11:57 am here, I didnt get any sleep on the plane so I will knock out now.
Tomorrow I'll be hitting up a lot more spots, I just got into Japan a little too late.
Everyone take cares,
Jeff
AM 90 KAWS l Los Angeles RECAP l LOTS OF PICTURES!
As you all know, the Saturday that just passed was the release of the "Originalfake" Nike Air Max Series which contained a pair of the Air Max 90s and a pair of the Air Max 90 Currents. The first people were in line starting Tuesday evening, then Wednesday a few more people came, but Thursday evening was when most of the people came. There's random pictures, pictures of the line, candid pictures, pictures of crazy people we encountered while camping in Hollywood, etc.
ENJOY, feel free to save some pictures if you see yourself.
Sneaker shots.
Lena (Nikerep) rocking the kicks already.
Why you mad?
The head honcho with the list.
The nice guy in the hawaiian shirt whos been taking care of this whole thing. He was nice enough to give us chocolate and water. haha
"You better stay here with me till Saturday!"
Campers were going crazy in line.
"You better stay here with me till Saturday!"
Campers were going crazy in line.
Jake slept 22 hours of each day.
Two old men with two big stick popsicles.
This guy was forever talking to me. He kinda looks like MJ but with a swastika tattoo. (why?, dont ask me)
Mike aka Shark boy
Sahrab and his entourage arrive.
Sahrab and his entourage arrive.
These kids told this guy that we were camping out for a Miley Cyrus concert, he sat down because he was so confused.
FAKE jays all day in Hollywood
FAKE jays all day in Hollywood
"THE LIST"
Can you find your name?
I said eat half of my Roscoes meal, he pretty much inhaled it.
Fran and Kaye
Douches in the black SUV calling everyone in line F@GGETS, there was a lot of people like that.
Can you find your name?
I said eat half of my Roscoes meal, he pretty much inhaled it.
Fran and Kaye
Douches in the black SUV calling everyone in line F@GGETS, there was a lot of people like that.
Sup Jake!
Everyones starting to sleep...
I went walking around at about 5:00 am Saturday and look who I see in his Mercedes.
The Sun is coming out!
The Sun is coming out!
Everyones still in their car sleeping.
He was in the position for literally 12 hours
He was in the position for literally 12 hours
Max was using the chair bags to cover his legs
Jasons back! Looking like he had a great sleep in bed haha.
I PUT ON FOR MY CITY -eeeeeeuhhhh!
why hello.
he eventually woke up finding out he had toothpicks and cigarette buds all over him.
he eventually woke up finding out he had toothpicks and cigarette buds all over him.
We had this little spot to eat, pretty bomb if you ask me.
"Don't be a dickhead like Mr. McCain"
Passing out wristbands!! what everyones been waiting for.
"Im so happy I cant feel my face"
Parking lady was trippen!
Parking lady was trippen!
Some asia exclusives
Entourage, the Valley version
Everyone starts crowding inside the entrance area.
HOH employee is happy and now hes off to work
Im finally inside to get my pair, snapped a quick picture and headed out.
HOH employee is happy and now hes off to work
Im finally inside to get my pair, snapped a quick picture and headed out.
till next time ya'll.
btw EBAY is about to be FLOODED.
search: nike air max kaws
MASSIVE MONKEES CRASH TEST
REPORTING LIVE:
RIF SEATTLE
November 1st, save the date!
COOSH headphones and Massive Monkees Crew are throwing an event in our hometown of Seattle, WA. Special guests include RIVERS CREW: Korea, TSUNAMI ALL STARS: Brasil, GOHST DOGZ: Finland/Netherlands, KNUCKLEHEADZ, SKILL METHODZ, BOOGIE BRATZ, CIRCLE OF FIRE, ART OF MOVEMENT/FRESHEST KIDS, and many more..... CASH PRIZE FOR $2000!!! Plus, performances by SALAH from France, B.O.B., DYME DEF, ONE-B-LO, PACIFIC DIVISION, BIG WORLD BREAKS, DJ BLES ONE & I.T.F. Champion and creator of RedBull BigTunes, DJ DV-One!
WE DON'T F@$K AROUND! Tickets on sale at ticket master.
my nigkuh Skwerl killed the block downtown! I don't think he'll be able to beat-the-meat for at least a week with all them rollers. It hurts to look good....
PEAC$E, Marcus
AJG1985
Andrew came by the shop today to finish up some last second details for our New Era caps. He just came back from Vegas shooting some footage for "A the Business", an upcoming rapper whos been working with Dr.Dre. So definitely be on the look out. He was showing us a clip of Mayweather in his Maybach flossing his cash and jewelry.
"$7,000,000.00 is nothing!" -Mayweather
L'il FONEY came down to bust some of his bboy moves.
Mike(sharkman) came down for some denims
RIF.LA
new arrivals for today.
TUESDAY NIGHT WAS DOPE
Thanks to this dude! DJ AM! aka Original DJ "SNEAKER FREAK". I bet most of ya'll didn't know that DJ AM sold about half of his sneaker collection back then to Kanye West. I believe it was the day Kanye was down in Los Angeles for the release of his first album release ( or his first single, please correct me if im wrong!). So I'm guessing kanyes somewhere around a size 11 or maybe 11.5, maybe even 12!
Heres a picture of DJ AM before the show, rocking some black 3s he bought @ RIF LA!
well how do you do?
You all know the gentlemen that work here at RIF holding it down. On a day to day basis you read about Jeff, Ed, Jb, Intern Jake, but many of you may not know its not always a sword fight here everyday. We actually have a lady staff member.
Mink has been with RIF since its early stages and is the 3rd longest standing staff member, third only to Jeff and Ed who have been here since day one.
Many of you may not see Mink in action thats cause her daily grind is at HELLZ BELLZ where her daily duties include partying,drinking, and doing illicit drugs.
We now introduce to you MINK E. Fresh.
Ready to knock your BITCH ASS OUT
Mink Stays Fresh, denim color nail polish
ODELE' CARNAL
Last but not least, Minks significant other...Ol' Boy staying fresh with Coach Uptowns.
KATO BRAND IS THE SHEEEIT!
Reporting live:
RIF SEA
Kato Brand designers were in the shop a few months back. The line is blowing up now, and the product is super on point. Flawless......
Camile Velasco l GUAVA JELLY
Our girl Camile Velasco, just recently dropped her Single, "Guava Jelly". You guys might recognize her from her stint on AMERICAN IDOL. Camile recently signed a contract with Up Above Records.
Do yourself a favor and head to ITunes and check out her new single. Produced and featuring Stephen Marley.
DOW RISES!
Happy Columbus Day
New arrivals today, mostly all 10.5-11.5, most are already updated for todays " new arrivals", click HERE.
Quick shots of the " new arrivals "
Just got a batch of RIF stickers in!
Where you from holmes?
JB
WINTER ESSENTIALS
REPORTING LIVE:
RIF SEA
Seattle's summer is officially over! Frequent showers and an abundance of clouds now mask the Emerald City from the blue skies overhead. So, the morning dew has inspired some additions to Fall 08/09's Outerwear references.
Cornbread's pick:
Arc'Teryx Hooded Gamma:
Great lightweight PolarTec PowerSheild Softshell. It's a great liner to any shell, but functions just as well by itself. It's a classic body that has been a winter favorite for both the winter sport extremists and the city slickin cool kids for a number of years.
The North Face Summit Series Apex Valkyrie:
This is by far, the best thing TNF has released in quite some time. They've destroyed the Steep Tech collection since it's re-introduction in '00. And the only salvageable piece from the re-introduction of the Trans Antarctica collection was the Water-Tight Duffle. Fuck the Trans Denali, Fuck the Trans Hoody.
Helly Hansen Verglas Softshell:
A personal favorite! Aside from the basic pit-vents, taped zippers, and the laser cut ventilation for your stank ass hang-over breath, the jacket just looks dope!
Bergans of Norway Isogaisa:
Don't sleep on Bergans! If i trust anyone with cold weather protection, it's the Scandinavians. The latest construction techniques, the most advanced textiles and always cleans style-lines. But I have no idea where to cop this shit in the States, so happy hunting!
WEATHER IS GREAT
Swung by SENOR' FISH today to take advantage of their $1.00 Fish Tacos after 4:00 PM (Mon-Fri only), they are located right on the corner of 1st and Alameda. Hands down, one of the best spots for Fish tacos.
One of K-Towns customers came by to buy some fresh sneakers to go along with his fresh pieces.
Biked around Little Tokyo, ran into some homies.
Mr. Homie
Mr.Wallace
Ed Mateo chillen @ Starbucks on his day off.
Biked back to RIF to see Ralph and Jb smoking some "cancer sticks"
Jose ( ex-parking lot security) came down to stunt on us.
Glow in the darks that hes been lookin for.
post by Jeffrey Malabanan
friday im in love...
...with the weather today in little tokyo. beautiful wasn't it..?
stopped by our neighbors from across the street. POP KILLER!
(truth ain't it..?)
stopped by our neighbors from across the street. POP KILLER!
(truth ain't it..?)
put 'cho stunna shades on!
aside from cool clothes, POP KILLER also has quite a variety of vinyls.
joy division.. say whaaat..!?!?
visvim, eat your heart out. :)
make sure to stop by POP KILLER after visiting US.they're open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (till midnight for Fri. & Sat.)
and big ups to the POP KILLER guys.
-JAKE
-JAKE
Another day in LA.
Jake rolled through today after class at FIDM. As all of you already know hes a WHIZ at fixing anything associated with track bikes. He repaired JB's lock ring, pumped up Ed's tire with his own mouth, and readjusted Jeff's chain...all while inebriated and blown.
At first we didnt notice Jake, but after closer inspection...it was the one and only DOWNTOWN INTERN JAKE.
PEEP HIS NEW MUSTACHE.
Another surprise, our boy Jimmy rolled through. He just picked up a vintage 80's VIVALO frame DEADSTOCK with box. Finding a frame like this is like finding a pair of DS OG AJ'1, even harder.
Peep the ORIGINAL written MEASUREMENTS from the KUSAKA.
ALL in all it was a VERY busy and serious day. WORD to RALPH(the thinking man)
RIF WEDNESDAYS PICKS.
There is too much HOT shit popping up today. From outer wear, bags, and daily essentials. Here at RIF we are BROKE as FUHHHH, but we can't help but stay fresh.
Here are RIFs PICKS. We leave the funny colors for the GAYS.
(which is ok)
JEFF, JB's Picks
ACRONYM
NEIGHBORHOOD
FRAGMENT DESIGN
(W)TAPS
Ed's picks. Yes HOMO.
Jeremy Scott X Adidas
MARIO LOPEZ
pic courtesy of neighborhoodco.jp, wtap.co.jp, fragment design, adidas.
parking lot pimpin
sorry jake haha
if those two dunk his had a baby haha
how much? it for my JDM chick
jeff iSs leavin RIF to go teach english in JP
shit is serious SON
be nice to this man if youre ever in the nbhd or he'll give you a ticket
whats up? ralph
he loves his JDM chick. YA DIG
ROCKIN FAKE YEES ROCKIN ROCKIN FAKE YEES
So... guess who is rocking some fake Nike Air Yeezys or whatever it is called at the 2008 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors.
GIVE UP?
OK, so we were on THESHOEGAME.COM and we read up on who was rocking them fakes nikes.
Word is the mystery guy is Fat Joe’s right hand man Macho. How is this possible? That’s a good question, but peep the vid and see for yourself.
DON'T BUY FAKE SHOES
heres Kanye rocking his REAL pair on Ellens show with the WORLD PREMIER of his new single LOVE LOCK DOWN
BE NICE TO YOUR GIRLFRIEND!!!
Your lady goes through a lot for your devotion... like crying for no reason, havin kids, and stupid shit like putting hot wax in her ass crack and having some fat Russian chick yank it off with furious might.....
RANDOM R.... PART II
RIF is now a BIKE STOP for all you bike riders
here's Ed taking our boy Jose's toe straps hahaha
and here is our favorite smoker Mr. Ralph Wiggums asking us if we wanted to roll with him to Philippes for their 100th anniversary ...10 cents sandwiches anyone?
we stopped by around 7:15PM and there were atleast 300 people in line, so we said FUCK IT... HAPPY 100th Birthday PHILIPPES
so here we are now @
WON KOK..... say it with me, WON KOK haha
they had to take this out of the menu
delicious?
Jakes protection
LAZY WEEKEND
I was off from FRI-MON, longest I've ever been off. Monday I had to be off because its my pops death anniversary, REST IN PEACE and i love you!
So since I'm not rich, I don't live with my moms and I have bills stacked up higher than my dreams, I couldn't afford to have a nice dinner... so my little brother cooked some spam, you can never go wrong with SPAM. He also made rice and handed me some sea weed, so I made a spamasubi that almost looks like a burrito!
After finishing my budget feast, I put on my favorite television show, "CHEATERS". This show is probably the biggest BURN ever, for any DOUCHE that gets caught, especially if its on TV.
So here the victim (dumbass)
Joey Greco now shows the dumbass some footage of her husband chillen @ home while his "jumpoff" comes over.
Seems like she can't stand the footage!
Joey Greco then tells her that they have the two spotted outside of a bar, where they will suprise and attack them!
Dumbass confronts the other dumbass, tell me why the other chick is pretty cute.
shitface!
She cant believe hes married. LOL !
Dumbass confronts the other dumbass, tell me why the other chick is pretty cute.
shitface!
She cant believe hes married. LOL !
She said to him its over, but 90% of the time the girl will come crying back, JK!
This chick even found time to complain about his little PEE PEE
So if you ASSUME your boyfriend or girlfriend is cheating, then they probably are! Also if you want to be on Cheaters, let me know!
I'll save this JUICY one for next time!
BURN ONE DOWN.
Ben Harper swung by the shop today, little does anyone know hes a real deal sneaker head.
Ben chilled for a bit Talked about his new line coming out named "PROPER", he copped a few pair of kicks...right when he left you know we had to burn one down.
FIXED UP
Jose came by today to show us his PAKE bike, he said he only got it for $200.00 built, the frame alone retails to $250.00
also Jake got his first photoshoot today at our store
WDWET....
JAKES VEGGIE PIZZA
Minks SUPERPPERONI
JBs GANGSTER SIZZURP CUP
ooh yea homie RALPH WIGGUMS says HI
A NOTE FROM ED PART 2
For example, these Undftd NL Clerk Dunk his are FAKE! Sorry we can't sell FAKE shoes at RIF!
CELEBS ROCKIN HEAT l OLD/NEW
Jason Kidd in some 94 retro 1s, see if you can figure out the other players.
One of my favorites.
M/M
HYORI
thanks to the Jordan freaks who post on ISS.
NEVER NOT WORKING
Out of almost 2 Years at RIF LA, this is the first time Ed has ever swept...no serious.
Also Jake ( RIF's messenger, designer, intern, etc) swung by to chill.
If anyone in the LOS ANGELES Area orders shoes, you can Eligible for same day deliver for the same cost of priority shipping, please contact the store first.
Jeffs PICK UP! Thanks to the good people @ UNDFTD, you guys are the best.
JEFF M.
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