Extreme AutoFest 2013 Season Opener: Anaheim

Words by Gilbert.

This past Saturday kicked off the season opener for Extreme Autofest’s Car Show Tour in sunny Anaheim, CA. When I said sunny, I meant, fairly warm, upper 80s and 90s degree sunny so it was a fairly hot day to be running around outdoors for a car show. The usual setup at Autofest is there was one side that covered a lot of the Lowrider lifestyle and the other side was more of what you would see in the JDM/USDM/DTM tuner lifestyles. Megan Racing was also around to provide a Driftkhana course for some small scale drifting action throughout the day.  On the Lowrider side, there was the usual stunt driving and car bouncing/jumping contests as well. My usual coverage is just of the lovely models that attend these events and maybe some shenanigans with Big Abe.

Adventures with Big Abe

The models in the themed Heroes and Villains Lounge were running a bit late so Abe was probably playing Candy Crush on his phone trying to get that high score going.

Lily Zenna Wang was probably one of the first models to show up to the show, her outfit was Catwoman, and again, Abe was still on that Candy Crush.

Christina May was also setting up but also got dragged into the game with Abe, probably comparing high scores.

Lily needed a little help with her costume so Will Curry of Extreme Autofest was more than happy to oblige.

Wandering around, I spotted Ellie Roxx from Limitless Society

Now with the show getting under way, Abe finally put down his game and started pointing out “Dat Ass” on Charmaine Glock

Shortly after the show started, Abe started photo-bombing the models’ photos, although I managed to get this one before he was fully ready.

Did I mention it was a hot day? Even Kuya Protection needs a breather.

The Model Coverage

Arley Elizabeth

Ashley Clark as Wonder Woman

April Garcia as Pink Ranger

Lily Wang as Catwoman

Lyna Ly Sparks as Supergirl

Serena for Guppy’s

Serena & Candace for Guppy’s

Diana Ochoa as Lara Croft

Mango as Mango

Christina May

Sandra Wong as Robin

Amanda Kerr & Ashley Clark as Wonder Woman

Elizabeth Tran as Green Lantern

April Garcia as Iron Man and Jenna Lane

Amy Ames of Limitless Society

Ellie Roxx of Limitless Society

Hayle Cayaga as Random Asian Girl

Dany Sem of Limitless Society

Aila Elyzze for Dayuum!

Raichelle Viado as Wonder Woman

Mila DeGuzman as Sailor Mars

Kristin Barcelona as Robin

Lilianne Nguyen

Lovely Raichelle as Baby Doll

Janis True as Zorro

Janis True and Sandra Wong

Ashley Vee

Eliza Tee

Alexia Cortez as White Queen

Arika Sato

Holly Lee

Ryan Oso pauses for a quick photo

Brittani Paige as Batman

Mila DeGuzman as Misty

Janey B

Regina Meii

Jenny Nguyen for JDM Sport

Complete Gallery

No one likes the TUNA EP 1.2

So the first taping of my new Video Podcast show was a disaster in the making, hence deciding to can it and start anew with episode 2 or 1.2 which we are filming tonight.  The show as is will be broken up into 4 segments with the last segment being dedicated to us answering questions from you guys.  So if you have any questions you want to ask myself, Joey, David, Brian, or our guest for today Justin Fong of Autocon.  Please email them to info@noonelikesthetuna.com and we’ll answer them on tonight’s taping.  And for those of you who don’t know what the shows about check out this post that Joey did recalling the shenanigans that were had on our first failed attempt lol.  Some of it may air in the future but who knows.  Anyways check it out here BTS No one likes the TUNA

 

BTS JennQ collab shoot itsjdmyo x Canibeat x The Chronicles x Prestige Marketing

What up fellas! So we did this collab shoot with Canibeat, The Chronicles, and Prestige Marketing of NorCal cutie JennQ and here’s some behind the scenes footage from that day.

Video shot and edited by Sam Ip

Hooter’s of Long Beach Presents: Moulin Rouge! Bikini Contest

Words by Gilbert

So this past Tuesday, It’s JDM Yo!!! was invited to judge a local event happening at Hooters of Long Beach.  They had a Moulin Rouge themed bikini contest/fashion show going on and our very own Tony “Its JDM Yo!!!” Lee took part in judging the lovely girls.  All in all, it was an interesting experience because the girls all took a lap around the restaurant before climbing on the stage before the panel of judges.  I wasn’t able to get all the info on the judges but maybe Tony can fill it in later or on the instagram.

There was an intermission between the outfit changes, which is reasonable because it gave us time for some fun and games. They initially were looking for volunteers from the customers to participate in a little contest. Learning my lesson from the DSPORT event, I quickly volunteered someone else for the job and it fell on our It’s JDM Yo!!! mascot Philip “YoZilla”. Turns out the contest was a beer guzzling contest and we substituted Bay for the contest.

The big dude in the DKNY t-shirt next to Bay rocking our “Fake Parts Fake Boobs” shirt won the contest.

And then the girls came back out sporting their lovely swimwear.

The Top 6 were narrowed down and then a winner was chosen.

Formula D Round 1: Streets of Long Beach

Words and Photos by Gilbert

The Formula D Season kicks off its first event on the Streets of Long Beach. Traditionally the weekend before the Long Beach Grand Prix and this year continues to do so.  Unfortunately for myself, I couldn’t get track-access so I didn’t get to go up close to the drifting action to shoot the coverage, but I still did my usual thing covering all the lovely ladies working the show.  Although there wasn’t exactly a model lounge, it kinda makes things a bit interesting to find models spread throughout the venue.  Although, I apologize for completely missing the JDM Sport booth, I heard there was a large group of models chilling over there.  Also, I need to give a big Shoutout to Freddie of Autofashion x TrendyVape for giving me a spot to camp out and put my gear down when I needed a break. Also, be sure to check out TrendyVape when you’re down in San Diego for your Vaping needs!

My E-Vic wrapped with the custom Hello Kitty print from TrendyVape. Super trendy.

Freddie helping customers with their first fills

Ashley Clark at the OMG Drift Booth

Julie Mai and Brittani Paige were at the NOS Booth

Raquel Estrella

Amanda Kerr & Ashley Clark

Falken Tires

Hankook Tires, Erica Nagashima

Nikita Esco at the Mishimoto Booth

Big Abe

Holly Lee

Didn’t catch her name…

Hayle Cayaga

Arley Elizabeth

Ken Gushi

April Yi for Achilles Radial

Ngan Vo

Deena Kacie Bayles

Sorry, I didn’t catch her name

Brittani Paige

Erica Ocampo

Gina Darling and Beckie Joon were on the scene for Roll Models

Michelle Yee at Motegi Wheels

Janey B

K1 Speed Models

Sorry, I didn’t get the names of the models at Silk Road Auto, if anyone can fill me in, comment below!

Danielle Lo

Natalia Marie for NOS Energy Drink

Julie Mai for NOS Energy Drink

Sandra Wong for Nitto tires, which turned into a mini photoshoot.

Later in the day, I spotted a big crowd gathered together in the walkway, so I headed over for a look thinking there might’ve been a fight or something, turns out it was a couple of kids in a dance battle.

Then throughout the day, there was more silliness from the models

DSPORT Meet Up presented by Nongshim America

Words and Photos by Gilbert.

This past Sunday, Nongshim America hosted a meet in conjunction with DSPORT and the up and coming Reality Show #RollModels where it’s based on the lives of 6 Import Models in the scene today at K1 Speed, Irvine, CA. There was a decent turnout in a good variety of cars and Its JDM Yo!!! had a huge presence there as well.  The day was filled with various activities that the models had to perform to win “points” on the show and basically was a head to head competition.  The models in attendance in no particular order were Gina Darling, Danielle Lo, Michelle Yee, Nikita Esco, Beckie Joon and Melyssa Grace.

Big Abe was also in attendance doing his thing with the bling.

The Models were gathered together and basically went over the agenda of the day.

First task at hand: Get people to sign up for new subscriptions for DSport.  The models quickly went to work getting people to sign up.

Nikita Esco

Danielle Lo

Gina Darling being extra cheesy to get It’s JDM Yo!!! Founder Tony Lee to sign up

As well as “the Godfather” of It’s JDM Yo!!! Mikee

Sizing up the competition

Danielle Lo was reaching out to the other guys from Its JDM Yo as well

Scarlett from the reality show KTOWN was trying out Big Abe’s Bling

The Second Task of the day was the Ramen Eating Contest. Models searched the crowd for potential competitors and I was chosen to team up with Team Danielle Lo.  A lot of people were thinking I would put up a good fight in the contest but I failed. Sorry Danielle that we didn’t win! Unfortunately I was participating in the contest so I don’t have any photos to show you guys but I’m sure there’s plenty of coverage of the event elsewhere on the web such as The Chronicles or Autoshowevents.

Which leads us to the 3rd Task the models had to do. Race Room was one of the vendors and they have this driving simulator game similar to Forza or Gran Turismo 5 for you gamers out there. The models were asked to participate in a race among themselves.

Just like real life, girls like to check their hair, make up, cell phone, etc… before driving, maybe even during…

Competition was fierce since Gina Darling is a regular gamer model in the industry.

After the Race Room races, they were brought into K1 Speed for some real go-kart action.

Such poise.

Such Grace.

A little bit of downtime as the girls and the crew had their quick lunch of Nongshim Instant Ramen

A quick equipment check from all the girls to make sure the helmets fit properly.

Scarlett made sure Melyssa’s was working properly by head-butting her.

Making sure all the seatbelts were taut, because safety comes first.

Nikita Esco in #24

Gina Darling in #19

Beckie Joon in #12

Melyssa Grace started in #1 Position in Car # 27

Danielle Lo #8 leads the pack after Melyssa and Nikita

As expected, can’t have a day at the G0-Karts without someone spinning out and some bumping fun.

The final task of the day was the models gathered together to take a quick look at the remaining cars at the meet to decide which car they loved the most. The winner of the model’s favorite car was to receive 1 year’s supply of Nongshim Instant Ramen. Notbad.jpg

Gina spotted our It’s JDM Yo!!! mascot acting silly in the crowd so she was pointing and laughing at him.

Minh from Royal Origin got plenty of attention with his Lexus IS

In the end, the battle was between our own GT-R35 driven by Slow Kuruma and our own BB6 Prelude driven by Chris R.
Slow Kuruma being a humble fellow decided to give his votes to Chris who took home the 1 year supply of Ramen.

Later on, some announcements about the girls’ progress throughout the reality show. Michelle Yee was quite happy here.

Melyssa Grace was also celebrating a bit as well and receiving cheer from her co-stars.

After a long day, models and attendees were exhausted so we all had to bid each other farewell as we return to our normal lives.

Adventures with Big Abe – Formula D Tech Day + Model Meet & Greet

Words and Photos by Gilbert.

Formula D in conjunction with Source Interlink Media (Import Tuner, Super Street, etc) hosted a Tech Day Meet where they had the Formula D cars come into the facility for inspections and what not and people were allowed to catch a glimpse of the cars up close while they aren’t shredding tires on the streets. There was a big turnout as it doubled as a local car meet which followed the Popular Cars & Coffee meets that happen every Saturday morning down in Irvine as well.  In addition, there were several models in attendance signing calenders and cover issues of various magazines as well.

Holly Lee

Melyssa Grace

Janey B

Sandra Wong

Amy Fay made a rare appearance

Even Big Mike was signing a few magazines for fans

Arley Elizabeth was also in attendance

Big Abe’s adventure started with running into Arley Elizabeth and being greeted with a swift kick which caught me by surprise

But the biggest highlight I saw of the day was Abe managed to get not 1 but 2 models to Autograph his neck. I thought that was kinda cool.