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The New Zealand Wrapup

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Yes Yes, healing When I went to New Zealand , diagnosis I definitely felt like a king for a day, thanks to the good folk at adidas, Show Room 22, and Frank and Ivy Liew of Qubic (http://www.qubicstore.com/) and quarters.

From the moment I got off the plane the new zealand Hospitality was imminent , with a nice hand written welcome note and a few gifts ,including the local Rugby Team ALL BLACKS jersey and a boxset of New Zealand Music Artist hits, which I’ve gladly added to my music collection.

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i got to do it all it seemed, from Bungy Jumping, to Interviews, to good eats, to site seeing and Party Rocking…

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It was ALL captured by NICELY here by frank liew and qubic, directed by Sean Wallace. Another “Day in the Life” type video, with a lot more in depth interviewing and a really good look at what its like for me on the road….

In fact, I had 2 GROUPS of cameras following me, as I made the LATE NIGHT NEWS on TVNZ in their showbiz section…

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For those planning a Next GREAT Trip, I would highly suggest New Zealand…

Their Humor is amazin – as we all know from FLIGHT of the Concords and their bungy jumping – look at how their bathrooms look, and their “waiver sheet” , which they call a “toe tag”. HILARIOUS.

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The food is pretty dang tasty – they even have REAL ACAI, like the stuff down in Brazil, not that American Crap. This is the only other place I’ve seen this stuff served Proper.They got proper meat pies (pause) and of course there is Burger Fuel, which I think gives In & Out a run for their money as far as Burgers go…

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They got great stores like Qubic and Quarters for your street wear needs –

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They even got Benecio Del Toro Selling ICe cream out there. COME ON. How crazy is that.

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They got great local artists like David Dallas holding it down over there ON a global scale , as his work has been blogged up on Kanye Wests site.
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SHOOT – I even ran into STEVE AOKI , our first meeting , A NY and LA AUCKLAND Connection –

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As you can imagine, I can’t wait until I get to hit the other side of the world again… and I suggest that y’all make New Zealand a Destination on YOUR world tour …

Until the next time ;)

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6/3 – Thursday – Adidas Block Party New Zealand Style…

So I was at home recovering from my eye surgery and enjoying an empty memorial day weekend nyc with emmulate , no rx and I get a message from fellow hypebeast blogger frank liew. He’s from new zealand. That’s on the otherside of the world from us yankee new yorkers.

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Turns out adidas is having a block party new zealand style, and they needed someone to set it off properly for them, so who better then one of adidas own global music ambassadors to make the party people move alongside some of the areas amazing talent – what up david dallas!

For my peoples out in new zealand. I’m on my way ya’ll.

This is an RSVP event only my zoolanders!
If you want to win tickets you need to listen to 95.0 bFM (local radio station) for competition details…

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adidas Originals Street Party Auckland
Date: Thursday 3rd June 2010
Time: 7:00PM til late.

adidas Originals Street Party Auckland – Party At The Street Where Originality Lives!


adidas Originals is set to throw the party to end all parties on the night of Thursday 3rd June.

Part of a huge global tour, it’s Auckland’s turn to host the world famous adidas Street Party, after Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Berlin, London, and other worldwide style centres, bringing together athletes, musicians, skaters, artists, and entertainers from all over the world.

Just added to the local line up of Homebrew Crew, ARC DJs and MC David Dallas is international globe-trotting DJ Neil Armstrong.

Flying down specially for the event, he’s a man who has shared stages with De La Soul, Biz Markie, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, and Wyclef Jean. More recently though, Neil has been tweaking the dials as Jay Z’s touring DJ and also acts as a global ambassador for adidas Originals.

Not bad, eh?!

Alright my party people, 1st berlin, now New zealand… And when I get back to the western hemisphere, I’m heading up to tdot baby…

Worldwide:)