This was one of those events that I totally did not anticipate attending while I was in Japan a few months ago. I usually try to keep my trips pretty spontaneous so on certain days, we’ll randomly go to a car event that we just heard about the day before. Sometimes they’re a couple hours away so it probably isn’t ideal to plan so late but that’s just how things go. I heard about the DoriDore event last year while I was in Japan because our friend Yayo was hired on to be one of their official event models. I didn’t know too much about it before since it was still relatively new, but the concept of it sounded really cool. DoriDore is essentially a drift and dress-up event for enthusiasts who love the “Shakotan” style of Japanese car builds. Shakotan, for those unfamiliar, basically means an extremely-lowered car aka a car that is ‘slammed’. This event is catered to those who enjoy the Shakotan-style specifically and want to take their cars drifting while hovering ever so slightly above the tarmac. Most of the time, the cars competing aren’t dedicated drift cars. A bulk of them are show cars and that’s kinda what makes this event so fun. For once, the cars drifting actually look good, lol. Style is the number 1 driving force. It allows for these show cars to go out there and slide around without prejudice. There’s no pro driver on their ass trying to get them to go faster and these guys just get to move around at their own pace…
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Final Bout Special Stage West 2020 Coverage… Part 4 of 4…
Today we finally reach the concluding section of my four-part Final Bout Special Stage West coverage. I know most of you aren’t too used to seeing drifting content on The Chronicles but I always thoroughly enjoy being at Final Bout events. I believe in this series and hope that it […]
Read MoreFinal Bout Special Stage West 2020 Coverage… Part 3…
I could have sworn that I had finished going through all the photos from this event and selected the ones I liked the most but it felt like something was missing. Perhaps it had to do a little with me looking at other people’s photos online from Final Bout SSW […]
Read MoreFinal Bout Special Stage West 2020 Coverage… Part 2…
How’s everyone holding up lately? Experiencing a little bit of cabin fever perhaps? Well, trust me when I tell you that you are definitely not alone. It’d be great if I could jump on here and give you guys some good news but the best piece of information I can […]
Read MoreFinal Bout Special Stage West 2020 Coverage… Part 1…
Admittedly, looking back on these photos and showing them to you now bums me out a little. I think it’s safe to say that we’re all going a little crazy and experiencing some cabin fever now that we’ve been self-isolating for the past month. Seeing these photos just reminds me […]
Read MoreFinal Bout SSW With Absolutely No Spectators?!..CHRNCLS Vlog 2020 #13
Our first Vlog episode back in the U.S. is a unique one. Japan was fun and all but we came back, unfortunately, just as the COVID-19 virus was spreading in the U.S. Most events had already begun to get postponed but there was no “Stay At Home” order just yet […]
Read MoreFinal Bout Gallery 2019 Coverage… Part 4…
In Part 4 of 4 of our Final Bout Gallery ’19 event coverage, we rewind all the way back to the very very beginning to the very first day of our trip to Shawano, Wisconsin. Soon after arriving at Austin Straubel International Airport, Yasu and I hopped into our Volkswagen […]
Read MoreFinal Bout Gallery 2019 Coverage… Part 3…
Before we dive right back into the photos, I should probably mention the obvious lack of team tandem photos this year. I had no idea there was even a change until I got to Wisconsin that weekend but the whole reason it was called “Final Bout Gallery” this year was […]
Read MoreFinal Bout Gallery 2019 Coverage… Part 2…
I wasn’t really sure what I was getting myself into for my trip to Final Bout this year. It was about 2:30 AM when I was sitting inside my hotel room the weekend before, trying to decide if I was going to fly out to Wisconsin. Wekfest Chicago was happening […]
Read MoreFinal Bout Gallery 2019 Coverage… Part 1…
My quest to see cool shit has led me to some pretty interesting places. I’ve been fortunate enough to go to many different parts of the world to experience car culture, but if you were to tell me that I’d somehow end up in the middle of nowhere in Wisconsin, […]
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