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Giant: Southwest Custom Culture

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Tuesday, 05 February 2008 03:55

View Comments Tattoos, bikes, cars, and Jackie Moon. Meg got some new ink from Mr. Went the other day. Wento gave me my first tattoo in 1992. I've been going back to him ever since. I got some lettering on my wrist that reads "Aqui Ahora". He also put a few hours into my backpiece. I started it in 1998. Went has been finishing it up for me. It's almost done. On Saturday night I worked on my buddy Ben's head some more. If you're ever in Vegas and want a good tattoo, go see Ben at the shop inside Mandalay Bay. On Super Bowl Sunday, I met up with friends for a bike ride and some lunch. It's great to posse up sometimes. Later that afternoon, I rolled over to the fairgrounds for the Super Nationals Car Show. The cars are certainly the main attraction, but I love the bikes. Trikes are fresh. This one kinda scares me. This was the only motorcycle I liked at the show. When I went to custom car shows in the early 80s, the vast majority were lowriders. This was the only one at the show. Bummer. I think this was my favorite car, and it wasn't actually part of the show. It was parked on the street. This custom VW Bug was cool. Great color. Check out the license plate. Nice. Love the lines on this Corvair. I'd throw gold Daytons on this Valiant. I'm a sucker for classic hotrods. Someone taped up a long piece of paper for kids to doodle on. I was drawing the same stuff when I was 10 years old. Rad. My Super Bowl memory: "Suck one." Awesome. (No comments, please.) blog comments powered by DISQUS back to top Tags: mike giant Related Articles Project Goathedz! Paris Bound... Styles in Progress Part 1 Styles in Progress Part 2 Las Vegas Magic Giant: Art Basel Miami Giant: Every day, a little death Giant: La Vida Buena Upper Playground Furniture Exhibition Giant: Deep Freeze < Prev   Next >

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