Boost for Boobies 2011

Saturday, April 23rd, brought about the annual Boost for Boobies event hosted by MAPerformance in Plymouth, MN.  For those that don't know, Boost for Boobies is a charity event to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.  The event consists of a dyno-day and car show with proceeds going to breast cancer research.  There was also food, t-shirts, as well as a raffle to help with donations.  The event always brings a good turnout, and despite the cloudy weather and rain in the morning, the event brought out hundreds of cars throughout the day.  I stopped by for a bit and participated in the car show with the LS400.  Here's a small glimpse of what comprised the show area;

My friend Andrew's absolutely nuts drift truck.  He has fabbed everything himself

 Holden conversion on this GTO, plus a whipple supercharger...very nice

 Nice fitment on this Integra

 Super clean MK4 on candy-apple CCWs.  Trying to set up a shoot with the owner

 Another Chronicles supporter!  www.stickydiljoe.com

 Dana's S2000 sporting some new upgrades (See feature here)

 Crazy R35

 Yup...

 Obligatory shot of my car...

 Loved this Mini

 MAP's FDSM

That wraps up the photos.  Overall, the quality was pretty good.  There were plenty of cars in the show area and even more parked in the over-flow lots.  Thanks again to MAPerformance for hosting a great event.

The Two Gold Sedans

Met up with my partner-in-crime Jared of JaredLevinePhotography to grab some a few pics for i'mSTANCED. We're working hard on some things for the summer to help the Minnesota, and Midwest stance scene.  Stay tuned for more updates regarding events and meets.  Jared's Infiniti will be getting some work soon while the LS is sporting a subtle change that really helped the overall impact of the car.  For now, enjoy a few pics from the evening:

Cars & Cafe 4/2/11

Well, this weekend marked the first Cars & Cafe event of the year and despite the forecasts, the weather cooperated and the sun was out all day.  For this one, I rolled the LS400 out with a few other cars from i'mSTANCED, and we had a good showing.  Everyone was sporting new looks, and the cars went down a treat.  Overall, the gathering was small, but still a good turnout considering the roads still hadn't been washed clean of the winter salts, and the lineups were impressive.  Minneapolis Maserati brought out a few Bentley Continental GTs, a Maserati Quattroporte, and a Ferrari F430.  There was also a nice lineup of Porsches and Audis from their respective organizations.

Another "big" showing was Kaien.  Following up from my Spiderman escapade last year, I decided to put on a little show for the opener and bring Kaien out to check out the show.  Everyone got a kick out of it, including the little kids walking around.  Kaien even had a little fun with Tiesto, a malamute that was walking around.

After the show, me, the bf, and some friends went to Lions Tap for lunch, followed by a stop over at MAPerformance for a little open house.  It was a great day to kick off the season.

i'mSTANCED tc and LS400

I met up with fellow i'mSTANCED members Jared and Nam for a little late-night shoot.  Nam's tc is sporting a new set of Varstoens of the 18" variety, and look great tucked up under his arches.  Jared was bustling around with the video camera while I snapped away.

As for the LS, well, not much has changed over the winter...BUT...I did sort a few things.  A little teaser for now.  Look for more after Cars & Cafe this weekend

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Snowboarding 2011 Wrap Up

So sorry for the lack of updates!  I'll explain in a later entry but for now, it's time to catch up.  Despite winter's final attempts here to stick around, the hills have sadly closed up for the season.  I still might take a trip out west to Mammoth to ride one last time, but we'll see what my schedule allows.

However, just because it's winter doesn't mean my camera equipment stays put away.  I've been snowboarding for 11-years and go riding whenever I get the chance.  Here's a link to a couple of photo sessions from only a couple days of riding plus a video shot by my friend.

Gallery:  Snowboarding 2011 by Kaien

Video 1
Video 2