Season 3 Episode 9 of of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory!

I’m really sorry I’ve been so behind on my episode re-caps. After I got back from California, I had three huge blogs to write about Street League and I wanted to make sure I finished those while the details were fresh in my mind. After this blog, I will only be behind one episode, and hopefully I can get that done before the new one airs on Monday. This episode was the Best of, Bonus and Behind the Scenes episode. This episode is one I look forward to every season! I love behind the scenes stuff in general, so I especially love watching it when it has to do with my favorite television show.

The show opens with the cast and crew in Rob Dyrdek’s parents house in Kettering, OH. There is a loud crash and you hear someone say “I’m sorry you guys.” It was Pat Metcalfe, the Director of Photography. He accidentally knocked into one of the heirlooms on the shelves in Rob’s house and sent it crashing to the ground. Rob takes the camera and begins to film as Pat and Rob’s dad Gene pick up the glass. You hear Patty in the background yelling so Gene doesn’t let Pat touch the glass. Then Rob welcomes us to the Best of, Bonus and Behind the scenes episode of Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. Rob starts singing the opening notes to the theme song and then the opening credits start rolling.

In the first scene, Rob is sitting in his go kart, wearing the outfit he wore during the season premiere when he drove the skateboarding car. Drama is standing next to him and Rob welcomes us to the show. He messes up the delivery of his opening and screams “FUCCCCCKK!” loud at the camera. Rob says sometimes you mess up and you just need to curse. The camera cuts to the executive producer, Shane Nickerson, who is sitting on the steps by Rob’s office, laughing as Rob tries to get his lines out. After that, Rob dives into it and introduces the first clip which he says is one of his favorites - the skateboarding car. After they show the skateboarding car clip, they show another clip from the season premiere where Rob was trying to get Drama to have a little more fun and take the go kart for a spin. He was telling drama to “hammer it,” and Drama went extra hard and hammered it right into the concrete. I’m sure you all remember the clip from the season premiere.

After that clip, Rob, Drama and Big Cat are standing in front of the camera wearing their grilled cheese necklaces. Rob explains a little bit about the Cheeseballers episode, and to help set it up, he pulls out his can of edible grilled cheese and sprays Big Cat’s mouth gold, haha. Big Cat did not look to happy about it. Rob got into the Cheeseballers cheer “I say cheese, you say baller, Cheese! Ballers! Cheese! Ballers!” and he was dancing while Drama and Big Cat just looked at him like he was crazy. They show us the clip from the episode when Rob was spray painting Drama’s face gold. They also showed us a little bit of behind the scenes stuff at this point. Rob went out to show the crew what his face looked like with the gold mouth and everyone was cracking up.

Rob and Drama begin to intro to the commercial break while Rob was playing tug of war with Meaty. They were using a long rope of some sort and Rob pulled Meaty up to the point of him being off the ground.

Rob - “…Ohh it’s the deadliest catch! It’s a live big BULLDOG!”

After the commercial break they showed one of my favorite scenes from the episode. They were at the warehouse where Rob was driving the skateboarding car, and Drama and Big Cat were off by themselves sliding down the concrete ramps. They were sliding in different ways, sometimes on one foot. Rob decided to give commentary on their sliding to the camera and it was hilarious!

Rob - “We’re the Pfaff’s! Hey we’re the Pfaffs, hey! We are just hanging here and we are gonna do our little shoe slides, we’re the Pfaffs! Pfaff’s! Yeah, we’re like super psyched with each other cause we get around each other and do crazy games together cause we’re super silly!”

At that point Drama and Big Cat realized what Rob was doing and the camera panned to them standing next to each other, looking alike, both staring at Rob. It was SO funny. I was seriously laughing so hard when this aired.

In the next scene, Rob and Drama are in the Fantasy Factory and Rob is sitting on an outdoor toilet. Basically it is a seat with a hole in it. He was sitting on it because they were about to show us a preview from the next brand new episode which took place in Hawaii. Rob and Drama traveled to Hawaii to test their “Man Level’s” and taking an outdoor dump is a huge part of how high your man level is. They cut to a hilarious scene where Rob and Drama are in Hawaii and Rob is sitting on the outdoor toilet while Drama gives him an odd look. Rob explains that even if he wasn’t about to go camping, he still might use the outdoor toilet just so he could see what it feels like to take a free dump in paradise. They set up their tents and as soon as they both get comfortable, Rob releases a loud fart which makes both him and Drama start cracking up.

Drama - “No Fucking Way! NO WAY”
Rob - “Dude, I’m telling you man, that bucket was teasing my butt! You know what I‘m saying?”
Drama - “You just hot-boxed yourself man! And that sounded like you might have shit a little..”

After the Hawaii preview, they cut back to Rob and Drama in the factory and Rob sets up a scene featuring His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. He explains how he wanted Sri Sri to experience something that he never thought was humanly possible, so Rob decided to go out and get a car that drives on water. Yes, it is exactly how it sounds. They show a deleted scene from the “He’s Just A Little Mini Pig” episode, and in the scene Rob, Sri Sri, Jeremy and Drama are driving down the road and Rob drives the car right into a lake. The boat/car was fine and they were able to drive through the water. It looked really cool. After the scene, Rob, Drama and Jeremy are in Jeremy’s office and Rob sets up the commercial break by talking about happiness. He has a picture of Sri Sri in his hand and he says while we watch commercials, he is going to go into that port-a-potty and get a little bit more happy, haha.

After the commercial, Rob, Drama and Big Cat are at the top of the foam pit with the go-kart, presumably filming a scene for the first episode of the season when all of a sudden Gentle Neill skates up and the sound of the skateboard kills the scene. I feel bad because I know exactly how it feels to be shy and awkward, but I can’t help but laugh every time they tease him. It is SO FUNNY.

Rob - “Gentle Neill man, he is just trying to do anything for that behind the scenes look. Cause he knows he gets chicks off it’ Yea, I work on that show! That behind the scenes show.’ Welcome back from the commercial!”

Then Rob goes on to explain Neill’s awkward presence and as Neill walks away, Rob continues to comment on how awkward it looks when Neill walks away. Neill darts into the DC Lounge and that brings us to the next scene - Rob dressed in his Bengal outfit, sitting on the Cat Car with Big Cat and Drama. Rob intros us to the scene where he demolished Big Cat’s car in the “Live Your Brand,” episode. Rob goes crazy smashing the car in with the sledge hammer and then he passes off the hammer to Drama. My favorite part of this scene is when Rob is on top of the car and Drama is in the process of smashing it. Rob turns to Drama and says “What are you?” Drama was supposed to answer “Young and Reckless!” but before he could, Big Cat answers - “A Dick.”

The next part of the episode is another part I always look forward to - Unseen Puppy Footage! It starts off with Beefy licking the camera and we see all sorts of adorable footage from Meaty and Beefy sleeping, to homemade diapers, to Rob having a stare-down with Meaty while wearing the Drama mask.

After the puppy clips, Rob is about to set up a new scene while holding Meaty on his lap at his desk. Drama is also sitting at his desk and it is pretty clear that Meaty has a Red Rocket issue going on. The Fantasy Factory editors decided to blur it, which turned out hysterical!

Rob - “Oh boy,” (as he uses his hand to cover it)
Drama - “Censor that thing.”
Rob (in a puppy/baby voice) - “Is that your little defense mechanism?”
Drama - “Ughhh, I’m gonna puke. Dude..it looks like a clown nose!”
Rob - “Why you got such a little cherry top?”
Drama - “Dude, I think your dog has herpes.”

Haha, it was so funny. Little meaty had no idea what he was doing would be shown on national television in front of 1.7 million viewers.

They cut to a commercial and then we see some more behind the scenes footage with the crew. We get to see how much fun the entire cast and crew has while making the show. There are a lot of jokes, laughing and random dancing done while filming. I remember a few months back, Rob tweeted something and asked everyone if they knew what “Twerking” was. At the time I had no idea what he was talking about, so I googled it. I have to say, this scene had to be the funniest scene in the entire episode. After this scene, I was laughing for the rest of the show. Byron, one of the camera operators starts shaking his ass and Rob just gives him an odd look. “We were just talking about twerking man!”

Rob - “It wouldn’t surprise me if you were part of some weird dance crew on the weekends!” Then Rob started dancing.
Byron - “Go to youtube. “Twerk team.”
Rob - “Is that your crew? You wanna know what would get me really psyched? Is if I googled it and you popped up.”

Rob pulls up the twerk team video on Youtube and basically it is just girls with huge asses shaking them. It is almost impossible to explain in words, I think to get the full effect you should search it yourself. The video starts and Rob’s face was priceless. He started pointing at Reno (one of the sound mixers) and saying “Stop it! STOP IT! This dude is getting so fired up right now! Get him out of the room! Before he starts humping the screen!” It was SO FUNNY!

In the next scene, Rob brings out the iCore Cruncher and explains a little bit about what it does. They show a clip from the episode, “It’s Barry! Barry Bright!” We get to see a little bit of the hilarious infomercial that they shot that day and a little bit of the preparation for filming.

After that, Rob was holding a glass frame with a picture of Drama and two Young and Reckless models (the same picture that is on the wall in Drama’s office) and he talks about the “Live Your Brand” episode. He explained how there was really nothing reckless about Drama and he told Drama that he needs to go hard! With that, Rob smashes the glass frame on the desk and glass goes flying everywhere.

Rob - “That’s reckless. That‘s how you do it.”
Drama - “Really?”
Rob - “Look, hey, I just get caught up trying to live your brand…Let’s take a look at Drama living reckless.”

We see the clip where Rob and Drama jump out of a window from the “Live Your Brand,” episode.

That wraps up the Best of, Bonus and Behind the Scenes episode. I honestly think this was one of my favorite behind the scenes episodes ever. Being a hardcore Fantasy Factory fan, I wish I was able to see EVERY ounce of footage that hits the cutting room floor. I know that is not possible, so seeing these behind the scenes episodes is the next best thing. I know the Hawaii episode has already aired, so I will do my best to get that re-cap done before the new episode on Monday!

Street League Vacation Part 3 - FANTASY FACTORY!

This is part three, the finale of my Street League Vacation blog series, haha. While on the trip, I had no idea this day was going to exist. It was a complete surprise, and probably the best unexpected event of my life.

Street League festivities were over on Saturday night. If you've read my two previous blog entries, you know that both days were so incredible, I couldn't have asked for anything better. I always know that my trips will be amazing, but Rob exceeds my expectations each time.

Sunday, my brother and I just drove around LA a lot, I showed him things he has seen on TV that he wanted to see in person. I DID want to drive by the Fantasy Factory once before I left LA. How could I be in LA and not see it? I was thinking about doing it on Sunday, but someone on twitter reminded me that it probably isn't a good idea to drive downtown Sunday since the VMAs were going on and traffic would be horrible. Sunday was pretty low-key and on Monday morning, we woke up and headed to my second favorite place in the world - Warner Brothers Studios. I've been in LA 9 times and I've taken the Warner Brothers tour 8 times. The only time I didn't go was back in May because that trip was really short and money was tighter than ever. Warner Brothers is amazing. The first time I was there, I was 13 years old and it was at that point that I knew I wanted to move to Los Angeles.

Everything in television fascinates me. Actually getting to go behind the gates of a full fledged working movie studio is amazing. I highly recommend taking the tour to anyone who plans on visiting LA. There are two, one is $225 and that is a 5.5 hour tour, which I've taken twice and it is incredible. There is also a $45 2.5 hour tour, which is also so much fun. That is the one I took this time.

The tour ended at about 1:15pm and since we were flying home the next day, I thought this would be the best time to drive over to the Fantasy Factory. I put the address in my gps and it told me it was 19 minutes away. It was much easier to find this time, last time I got super lost. We pulled onto the street and the gate was open. Rob's truck was sitting outside and I assumed he was in the factory. I had no intention of seeing him, or seeing anyone really. I just wanted to see the factory. I turned the car around and parked in front of his truck, so the factory was on my side. Just as I did that, a white car pulled into the factory. It was Rob's Porsche. He got out and I waved to him nervously. He started making his way over to me, and I didn't know what to do. I got out of the car and met him halfway. I felt really horrible, I knew it must have looked so bad, like I was following him or sitting outside the factory or something, but I swear that wasn't the case. No joke, he pulled up the SECOND after I did. It was "destiny," as he would say.

"Look who it is!" Rob said.

"Hey! I'm sorry, this must look really bad, I promise I am not following you or anything, I just wanted to drive by the factory once before I head home tomorrow." I said.

"Come on in," Rob replied.

At that point I kind of silently freaked out. Go INTO the factory? SERIOUSLY? I think I might have actually asked him if he was serious, it's kind of hard to remember. We walked up to the door and someone threw some rolled up paper over the fence. Rob picked it up and it was a picture of an old man with a letter attached to it. He started singing a song, I wish I could remember what he sang, but I know I've heard it before somewhere. When we got into the lobby area it was kind of dark and he opened up the fan letter and read it out loud. It went something like this, but not exactly -

"Dear Rob,

This is a picture of an old man. It kind of looks like you. (Rob looked at the picture and said it kind of did, haha). This old man is my great-grandfather. I am a huge fan of yours and It would be really awesome if you could give me a call sometime. Here is my number. PS - I can fake Picasso's too."

If you are a Dyrdek fan you will easily remember that the last line in that kid's letter is referring to the episode of Rob and Big when Rob's parents came to LA and Rob lost the poem his mom gave him, so he typed out a new one and said if she cries, that means he can fake Picasso's.

I asked Rob if a lot of people throw things over the fence for him, and he said yeah, he said I'm not the only one who goes hard, I just go the hardest or something to that effect. We took a picture in front of the Dyrdek Enterprises sign and then he said to follow him and he led us into the factory. I asked if Meaty and Beefy were still at boot camp, it would have been SO AWESOME to see those guys, and he said they were. The lights were off in the factory and he turned them on and told us to go crazy and do whatever we want. Rob went upstairs for a little bit and while the lights were turning on, my brother and I went into the DC Lounge.

Inside the DC Lounge, Bobby Light, Lil Rob and Rob's Gymkhana outfit were on display. They used to be in his office, but his office was empty, I guess he is in the process of re-doing it. I took a picture with all three because last time I was at the factory I didn't do it. Don't ask why, I accidentally threw up the peace signs in my picture with Bobby Light. I swear, I have never done that in a picture before in my life. I guess being around Bobby Light kind of brought it out? I don't know, haha. This time the factory was a totally different atmosphere. Last time it was the Sk84Life party, so the whole place was decorated for a party. It was still the factory, it was AMAZING to see, it was just super busy. This time, it was the real deal. The Fantasy Factory exactly as seen on TV. Like I said, I took a couple pictures, I snapped a picture of Rob's signature shoes on display (though it looks like one of them is missing?), and then the lights in the factory finally were fully on. We went out into the factory and it was incredible. We could literally run around the whole place. It was every Fantasy Factory fan's dream.

I took pictures with a bunch of stuff. I didn't go into the foam pit because let's face it, I'm not really what one would call in shape, and there was no ladder or anything leading into it. All that was there is the little red, blue and yellow ramp that Big Cat hit his head on in season one, and it really isn't little at all. That thing is REALLY steep looking. I don't know how people can just run up it, it looks like it would be similar to running up a wall.





I went over and peeked into Drama's office. The door was open, but I didn't want to go in. He wasn't there and his stuff was inside and I thought it would be weird to just walk in. I did snap a picture, and in the picture there is a pretty exclusive Young and Reckless item that the public does not know about, so I am not going to post that picture. I will say, if Drama releases it, I will buy it so fast! He also had like 3 pairs of the DVS/Young and Reckless Collabo shoes and the boxes all said "Sample only." It was pretty cool.

Soon, Rob came back downstairs and we just hung out and talked for awhile. My brother was sneaky and snapped a pic with his cell phone while we were talking and I love it, haha. It is just a picture of Rob and I talking in the Fantasy Factory, but it is so cool to me. I know, I am a loser, the smallest things make me so happy, haha. We talked about Street League, and a lot about Rob and Big and about Big Black. I asked about him since Rob tweeted that picture of the two of them about a week or so ago. We also talked about Rob's new show a little bit and about Fantasy Factory. While we were talking, Rob's phone rang and it was Chaz Ortiz. I guess Chaz is looking into getting a bulldog because he asked Rob what kind of bulldogs he has. Rob described Meaty and Beefy as "45-50lbs of fat puppies" haha.

When Rob got off the phone we talked a little more about Street League and about Chaz's fall at the end. Rob walked over to some boxes and grabbed something and headed back over to me. This is when my nerdy personality really shined through. As SOON as he started walking towards me with those items I knew exactly what they were and I was SO EXCITED about it.

Me - "Oh my god, are those the LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE COMIC-CON WILD GRINDERS?!"

That is exactly what I said out loud and when I heard myself, I knew I sounded like a loser. I didn't care, I wanted one of those ever since I saw a picture of them on twitter when Rob was at Comic Con.

I am still so excited that I have them, haha. They are awesome. Anyways, he gave my brother and I each an exclusive comic-con Wild Grinders toy. Tracy came down from upstairs and said hi, and also asked Rob if he wanted to order food. I didn't think about it until after I left, but if Tracy was at the factory, that meant Tux was probably at the factory too! It was later confirmed that he was, and I would have LOVED to see Tux.

After that, Rob had a lot of work to do, and my brother and I had to head over to Hollywood and Highland because my brother wanted to see a movie premiere and Easy A was premiering that night. We took another picture, this time Rob was on the PK Ripper. I thanked him again for everything and he walked us to our car.

Monday was insane. I got to go to the two places I love most in the world in one day. Warner Brothers and the Fantasy Factory. Rob was so generous, he always is, but he just went above and beyond. I was careful not to ask Rob if I could go into the Fantasy Factory because I never like asking for too much. He already was so amazing to me the other two days. Once again Rob read my mind and invited me in without me even having to ask for it.

This trip was truly incredible. If someone were to tell me beforehand how amazing it would be, I wouldn't have believed them. It was a dream come true, once again. I honestly can not wait until 2011 because I plan on attending as many Street League events as my wallet will allow. I forgot to ask Rob if he plans on bringing Street League to Chicago, but I really hope he does. Even if he doesn't, I will find at least one event I can go to. I will make it happen. And who knows? Maybe by that time I will be able to save up enough money to move out to LA. That is another dream of mine that I am determined to make happen sometime in the near future.

That wraps up my vacation. I put together a slide show of a bunch of my pictures, you can check it out here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30huKlJG-v8

Also, I know I am an episode behind on my re-caps. I have not finished the re-cap of the Best of, Bonus and Behind the scenes episode, but I will do my best to make next week a double. I will finish that one and hopefully finish the blog about tomorrow's new episode of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory.

Street League Vacation Part 2 - Street League!

Now that I've unpacked, finished my laundry, and have two days off of work, I think it is time to start part two of my vacation blog. Before I get into it, I first want to say that Wednesday night, Street League made it's television debut on ESPN2 and it was awesome. It was so cool seeing it on TV, and the Glendale, AZ stop was great! It was really anybody's game up until the very last set of tricks and it was so intense to watch. I highly recommend watching stop 2 next Wednesday night on EPSN2, not only because it is the event I was at, but because I promise, it is one of the most exciting sporting events you will ever see.

My brother and I woke up at around 8am on Saturday morning and headed out to Ontario. I knew there would be traffic and we were staying about 45 minutes away. We got to the arena at around 9:45am and not too much was going on, so we headed to a little strip mall across the street and went searching for a Starbucks or Coffee Bean. We found a Starbucks, parked and went in. The second I got up to the counter to order, the girl behind the counter looked at my shirt and said "Hey, is there some sort of event going on?"

"Yeah," I said. "There is a Street League Skateboarding event at the arena over there."

"Oh, because that FAMOUS guy was just in here right before you, you just missed him!" She replied.

Me -"Who, Rob Dyrdek?"

Her - "Yeah, that's him!"

I thought that was pretty funny. I was actually kind of relieved that we didn't run into Rob at Starbucks because it really wasn't my intention to see him everywhere I went. It would have looked kind of weird if we showed up at the same time. Anyways, my brother and I got our drinks and sat down outside for a little bit.

After that, we decided to go to Target because we needed a case of bottled water for our room and a few other things. We parked and went in, and as we were leaving, we saw the Cat Car pull in! What were the chances?! Even though Big Cat did briefly say hello the previous night, my brother never really met him and I never saw the Cat Car in person. Being the huge Fantasy Factory fan that I am, I really wanted a picture with Big Cat and the Cat Car. We waited a few minutes to see if he would come out, and he did. I apologized for bothering him at Target, I explained that we were leaving and saw the car pull in and wanted to say hi. He said it was no problem at all, Big Cat was super nice, he always is. He took a picture with my brother and I, but my brother was kind of nervous and didn't really get too much of the Cat Car in my picture, haha. It was alright, I knew it was there. It was really cool to see in person. I thanked him and told him we will see him later, and then we headed over to the arena.

The morning of the event, I was planning on meeting up with a couple of my friends, both whom I've met through Drama's Young and Reckless street team, the Reckless Rangers. Rob (I'll call him Yusta so you don't get him confused with Dyrdek) and his girlfriend won tickets through a Young and Reckless contest and drove down to Ontario from San Francisco. Lisa, she is from Ontario and she wasn't able to buy a ticket for the event but she really wanted to go and she had made pillows for both me and Rob. Money is really tight for a lot of people right now, me included, but I really felt horrible because she was going to come out to the arena just to give me the pillows so I could give one to Rob. I didn't want her to do all that and not even get to see the event, so I helped out and bought her a ticket. I couldn't afford a lower level one, but the upper level was only $25 so that was doable.

When we pulled into the parking lot, I first saw Yusta and his girlfriend Jessica. It was cool to meet Yusta because we have been chatting on the Young and Reckless board for quite awhile now but we have never met. Both him and Jessica were super nice. I told Lisa I would meet her at the box office so we all walked over there and she was there with the pillows. They were SO CUTE! She made two, one for me and one for Rob, out of Rogue Status fabric. I love it. I bought her the ticket and we walked over to my car so I could drop off my pillow. After that, I saw people checking in already at the Guest Check In will call, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Doors technically didn't open until noon, but I thought getting in early would be awesome. I told Yusta, Jessica and Lisa that I would see them later, hopefully we could meet up after the contest and go over the the meet and greet together. The three of them have never met Rob before and they are all huge fans, so I thought it would be cool if they got to meet him.

We went to check in and they handed us our bracelets and tickets. The tickets were VIP main floor, general admission. We could sit on the floor anywhere we wanted! The bracelets were awesome because they said "Athlete Guest," haha. I've seriously never been a guest of anyone at an event like this, so the whole VIP thing was very awesome. Rob really hooked us up and I am more appreciative than he will ever know. It means so much to me that he gave us such amazing seats. We got in and sat in front row, a little bit off to the side. Perfect seats! I saw Talisha and thanked her again for everything. She really was so amazing to my brother and I. Rob was on the other side of the arena doing press and when he was done, he made his way over and said hi. I could tell he was really busy, this day was HUGE for him. The pro's started making their way to the course and we watched them practice. The arena was still fairly empty and time just flew by because i was concentrating on all the skating happening around me.

Soon it was noon and the doors opened to the public. People kept filling in and it was so awesome to see how many people came out to support Street League. Steve Berra was sitting behind me for awhile talking to someone else and then he went in the back. When he came back out he was standing by himself, so I went up to him to introduce myself. I've had a game of Words With Friends going on with Steve Berra, and I talked to him a little bit before I flew out to Cali, so when I introduced myself he knew who I was. He was super nice. We talked for a minute or so and then I went back to sit down. I've been a fan of Steve Berra for years, so it was really cool to get a chance to meet him.

Rob came out to start things off and everyone in the crowd went crazy for him. I actually took this really awesome picture of Rob with the crowd in front of him. The Last Chance Qualifier was intense, it was close but Nyjah Huston made it in. That meant that the seven skaters in the finals were Nyjah Huston, Chris Cole, Chaz Ortiz, Sean Malto, Paul Rodriguez, Ryan Sheckler and Greg Lutzka. That was a pretty crazy lineup because they are all so incredibly good. Shane O'Neill and Torey Pudwill didn't make it into the finals and they were both sitting behind me for a good chunk of the competition. Tracy walked by with his wife and I said hi to them briefly. The only people who were missing was Chanel (Who had a show out of town), Jeremy and Drama. Drama tweeted that he was on his way, better late than never.

It wasn't difficult to tell when Drama arrived because everyone in the crowd was screaming his name. People put on their drama masks (Young and Reckless was giving them out outside the arena) and Drama looked up at a group of three other Drama's in the crowd and started laughing. So many people wanted to get Drama's attention, there was a point where Rob grabbed the microphone and told Drama to go over and meet this one kid, just so he would stop screaming his name, haha.

The main event started and everyone was skating so well! I tried to take pictures, but my camera didn't take great action shots. I did get some pretty good ones of the skaters while they were waiting for their turn.







In between each of the sections there was a small break so at one point I went up to say hi to Drama. I told Drama I was a Y&R Street Teamer and I think he knew who I was. I told him Yusta drove down here from San Francisco and Drama asked where he was sitting. I pointed him out in the crowd and Drama waved to him.

There were only a few more minutes left of the break so I went back to sit down. It was getting close to the final section and it was REALLY intense. I was literally sitting on the edge of my seat and it was really fun to hear both Pudwill and O'Neill get all worked up after every trick. Their commentary was SO AWESOME. The top two were Chaz Ortiz and Sean Malto and Malto ended up winning. I don't want to give too much of the excitement away because you need to watch it on Wednesday. It was a CRAZY ending!

When Malto won, everyone rushed over to him and picked him up. Everyone was SO excited. It was so awesome to watch, it looked like Sean was in a little bit of shock when he realized that he came in first. Rob presented the trophy and check for $150,000 to him. He also got on the microphone and briefly interviewed Chaz Ortiz and Sean Malto and asked Chaz why he picked such a difficult trick when all he had to do was land it and he could have came in first, haha. Chaz was a good sport about it, he said he was really happy for Malto and he deserved it.

After the event, people started clearing out and I told Lisa, Yusta and his GF we would meet them outside of section 117. We got our stuff together and when we went to meet them Yusta was standing with a bunch of the guys in the Y&R crew. I didn't get too much of a chance to meet them, but it was cool seeing everyone in person because I've only ever seen/talked to them online. There was a table with Street Dreams posters and I went and grabbed a few. I've wanted one for so long, haha, I was so excited they had them there. We hung around for a little bit trying to figure out where the meet and greet was, and I bought a Street League program. We figured out that it was outside and we all headed out there. The line to meet Rob was INSANE. There seriously must've been at LEAST 1000 people in it. Probably more. We headed over to the area and stood around for awhile. It was so hot. Ontario, CA hot is way different than Chicago, IL hot. It was a dry heat...but I guess that is normal for the desert. We were standing outside maybe 30 minutes and I got completely sunburned. It's probably because I am so pale, haha.

Rob came out and Talisha was so awesome and she helped us get over to Rob. Talisha has such a tough job but she does an amazing job. She stays calm in chaotic situations and make sure everything runs smoothly. She really is awesome. Rob saw me and he said "Get Carli over here!" He asked if I had fun and I thanked him and told him it really was a dream vacation. I introduced him to Lisa, Yusta, and Jessica and Lisa was able to give Rob the pillow. Rob gave me a hug and I told him hopefully I will see him again sometime soon. He said bye to my brother, told him it was nice getting to meet him, and then that was it. It was super short because like I said, thousands of people were waiting to meet Rob and I didn't want to take a long time. I was happy I got to say goodbye and thank him again, and I was REALLY excited that Yusta, Jessica and Lisa got to meet him.

When we were leaving they pushed us into this other area and Torey Pudwill and Shane O'Neill were sitting there. No one else was really around, it looked like they were getting ready to do a different signing. When they were sitting behind me, I told my brother how awesome it would be to get a picture with both of them together, but I never got a chance to. It must've been "destiny" as Rob would say because there they both were. I asked if I could get a pic really quickly and they were awesome. Torey Pudwill even drew a grizzly bear for Yusta, haha. As I was taking the pic, Sean Malto came out but at that point they wanted to get the line moving so I didn't get a picture with him.

After that, I said my goodbyes to Jessica, Yusta and Lisa, and my brother and I headed home. It was a truly amazing day, I couldn't believe my seats, who I got to meet, and just the overall experience of Street League. It was so much fun. Finally getting a chance to meet Yusta, Jessica and Lisa was great too!

I thought this was the end of my Rob Dyrdek/Street League vacation, and I was 110% satisfied with how things went. I already thanked and said my goodbyes to Rob, but little did I know that Monday, I would get to visit the Fantasy Factory! I will stop this blog right here because it is already running long, but stay tuned for my Fantasy Factory Visit blog!

Street League Vacation Part 1 - Preliminaries!

Incredible. That is the best word I can come up with to describe how the past 5 days of my life have been. It was truly incredible and it is all thanks to Rob Dyrdek. I know there is absolutely no way I will remember every single detail of every event from the past week, but I will do my best.

As you may already know, Rob Dyrdek was kind enough to give me tickets to his Street League Skateboarding event which was held in Ontario, CA on Sept. 11th 2010. He said I could have the tickets as long as I was able to fly out to California for it. Money is super tight, but when I am determined to make something happen, I do it. I decided to bring my little brother along on this trip because he has never been to LA and it has always been a dream of his to see the city. I saved up every penny I had, and we flew out to Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept 9th. The plane ride went by quickly, probably because I had a few episodes of Fantasy Factory on my netbook.
I know you are probably wondering why Lil Rob was in the photo. I had this brilliant idea to take Lil Rob on this vacation and take pictures of him with all the famous landmarks and with every major thing we did. It started off alright, I got Lil Rob on the plane, Lil Rob watching Fantasy Factory. I think I even got Lil Rob with the Hollywood sign. By the time I got to the Street League arena, my mind was not on Lil Rob at all. I totally forgot about the little guy and didn't take any more pics of him. I still think it would have been cool. Oh well.

Once we landed,the trip didn't start out on the best foot. I had some trouble with the rental car I reserved. I had the reservation all set, but the company didn't let me rent it. I thought I'd be stranded in Los Angeles without a car, but luckily another company came through for me and it actually ended up being cheaper than the original quote. It worked out for the best. The rest of Thursday was pretty tame. I drove my brother all over Hollywood and visited the Wild Grinders 711 in North Hollywood. After that, I was pretty exhausted, my brother was exhausted, I had a headache and I knew I had a HUGE two days ahead of me. We decided to go back to the hotel and relax.

Friday morning we woke up, I showed my brother a few Hollywood landmarks, and we headed out to Ontario, CA. A few days prior to leaving for California, I was thinking about how exciting it would be to be able to attend the preliminary event on the Friday night before the actual Street League contest. Preliminaries are where all 24 skaters skate each section, and the six skaters with the highest score go on to the finals the next day. I really wanted a chance to watch everyone skate and while they were all going to skate a little bit on Saturday to see who wins the last chance qualifier, I still thought it would be so much fun to watch everyone on Friday.

It was really really difficult, but I did manage to get in touch with Rob and ask him if it would be okay if I attended. I was a little bit afraid of asking, I mean, he was already doing so much for me and didn't want him to think I was not satisfied by just going on Saturday because that wasn't the case at all. I just thought if I don't try, I will never know if I would be able to. Rob is so generous, and he said it would be no problem for my brother and I to attend the preliminaries. I was SO EXCITED! We got to the arena around 1:30pm and went over to the Guest Check-In area.

Our names were on the list and they gave us our bracelets and pointed us in the right direction. We walked over to one of the entrances to the main floor and it was AMAZING! California Skateparks really did an awesome job building this course. I was totally nervous at this point and I couldn't bring myself to walk down the stairs yet. We kind of watched from the top for a little while and then made our way to the first row behind the barricades, right behind where the judges sit.

We sat down and I saw Talisha, Rob's assistant walk by. I waved to her and then next we saw Geoffrey. I didn't really get a chance to meet Geoffrey at the sk84life party, so it was really nice to meet him this time. He came over and shook my hand and said he was glad I could make it out. He was super nice. Then, Big Cat walked by and he said hi to me as well.

My brother and I watched all the pro's practice for awhile and then I noticed Rob across the arena doing an interview. He made his way over to our side of the arena and he was stopping to say hi and shake hands with everyone that he saw and recognized. So nice of him. I wasn't sure he would be able to pick me out of the crowd. There weren't very many people in the arena at all, but still, I didn't know if he remembered what I looked like. I was wrong, he was able to recognize me and when he saw me he ran over and said hi. He told me he was glad I could make it out and he told my brother about how driven I am and how I could make millions of dollars because of how hard I work for things I want (I wish, haha). I can't remember exactly what he said because things are kind of hazy in my head when Rob Dyrdek is around. Anyways, he had a lot to do and after that he had to run.

It was really surreal seeing all these pro skaters a few feet in front of me after watching them on TV for so long. I've seen Malto, Cole and Pudwill skate before at the sk84life party, but that was kind of just a small taste of what I was in for on this night. Eric Koston was there. ERIC KOSTON! He is a legend! I knew he would be there, but still it was really cool to see him in person, haha. Ryan Sheckler was there. PAUL RODRIGUEZ! I don't know why..I just think P-Rod is awesome. Not only is he a phenomenal skater, he is really good looking. I actually think when I met him, that was the only time I was kind of star-struck on this trip because he is just SO good looking, haha. I'll get back to meeting him later. Steve Berra was floating around...I wanted to get a chance to meet Berra so bad, haha. Everyone was there. I think maybe 3 or 4 out of the 24 pro's didn't show up and one of them injured his ankle while practicing before the prelims.

The actual preliminary event was about to start and Rob was standing about 3 feet in front of my brother and I, talking to someone. I really wanted to get a photo with him on this trip and I knew as soon as the event started he would be swamped. I also promised Natasha aka @TeamDCFantasy on twitter that I would try and ask Rob to say hi to her on video if I got a chance, since she wasn't able to make it out to the event. I would never interrupt anyone, so I waited until Rob was done talking and he kind of caught me looking at him and knew I wanted him to come over. I asked him if I could get a picture with him and he said "Anything for you," haha. He hopped over the barricade and was like "Yeah, I know what you are going to do with this, you are going to go write your blog and be like '...and then Rob hopped over the barricade to take a picture with me,' hahaha. I told him he was probably right, that is exactly what I was going to do. Some other kids said hi to him and he explained to them how hard I worked to get out to this event. He stood with me there for two or three minutes and took pics with my brother and I, and he was nice enough to record the video for Natasha, which you can watch at -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAzV7vzyGd0


Rob was really amazing. He asked us our t-shirt sizes and then he had to run off. The prelims started and it was SO MUCH FUN to watch. The skaters were doing great, Malto was incredible! I took TONS of pictures and a little video, but unfortunately my digital camera doesn't take great action shots. I definitely didn't want to use the flash on my camera because I didn't want to distract the skaters at all. Other people were using it, but still, I thought I shouldn't. Here are a few of the pictures I took that came out alright -

Sean Malto


Chris Cole


Nyjah Huston


Paul Rodriguez

Anyways, watching the pro's skate was so awesome. Between every section there was a small break and I noticed random kids going down to get pics with Rob or the pros, and I saw Rob was standing next to Eric Koston. I really wanted to meet Eric, so my brother and I ran down there and Rob introduced me to Koston as his biggest fan. He told him a little bit about how I came all the way out for this and I got a pic with both Rob and Eric. Then, Ryan Sheckler skated by and I didn't even ask him to do this, but Rob called Sheckler over to meet me and I took a pic with Rob and Sheckler. Everyone was so nice, it was really great.

Rob, Me, Eric Koston


Rob, Me, Ryan Sheckler

I saw Talisha and asked her if it was okay if we just sat down at the bottom instead of going back up and she said it was cool as long as we didn't bother the skaters. I had no intention of bothering them anyways, so we sat down. Talisha came over a little bit later with two DC bags for my brother and I filled with Street League T-Shirts! It was AWESOME! I was going to buy myself a couple shirts anyways and I was actually a little worried I wouldn't have enough money to get the two I wanted. They were $25 each and I already spent a lot to just come out there. It was basically like Rob and Talisha read my mind because the exact two shirts I was planning on buying were in the bag.

We sat down in the front for the rest of the time and Geoffrey walked by. I didn't get a picture with him at the sk84life event, so I asked him if I could get one really quick and he was awesome about it.

Steve Berra was wandering around, but he was busy talking to people the whole time, so I didn't want to bother him and introduce myself. Preliminaries ended and the six that made it to the finals were -

-Chaz Ortiz
-Sean Malto
-Paul Rodriguez
-Chris Cole
-Ryan Sheckler
-Greg Lutzka

I saw Talisha and thanked her again for everything. I went up to Rob and waited until he was done with the conversation he was having. He looked over at me and asked if we were leaving, and I said yeah, and I thanked him again. He asked if I had fun and I said I had the best time. I asked if Berra was still around and Rob said he didn't think so, but he would make sure I got a chance to meet him tomorrow. I asked if I could maybe say hi to Paul Rodriguez and Rob yelled across the arena for Paul to come over. He skated over and really...i was starstruck. I hate to admit it because I usually never get that feeling, but it happened. Rob told P-Rod I was Rob's biggest fan and asked if he would take a picture with me. Paul asked how I was doing and said of course he would. I kinda just mumbled thanks, probably with a stupid grin on my face, and got the picture. P-Rod told me to have a good night and I said you too. Then I thanked Rob again and he said he will see me tomorrow!

That was prelims...it was so incredible and I'm sure there are tons of things I accidentally left out in this post. We are landing shortly, so I am going to cut this blog short right here. I will write another entry as soon as I can about the Street League event itself. If you thought this day was amazing, just wait. Every time I thought it couldn't get any better, it did. To Be Continued...

Season 3 Episode 8 of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory!

On Monday we were lucky enough to have TWO new episodes of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory on MTV. An HOUR of Fantasy Factory, every fans dream! I decided to split the blog and make two, one for each episode, for two reasons. 1 - The blog would be super long and I don't want you guys to lose interest (not that it's really possible to lose interest about anything Fantasy Factory) and 2 - I am working a lot of extra hours to save up for my Streetleague trip next week and I don't think I could finish a blog twice as long right now. Hopefully I will have the other episode re-cap up later this week.

Anyways, this episode was titled "I'm an awkward enabler!" and just as you would guess, it is centered around Big Cat. I have a feeling I am going to be typing some form of the word "awkward" many times in this entry and I apologize in advance. There aren't many awkward acronyms and I feel like I can get away with it since the episode is all about Big Cat's awkwardness. See, there were five awkward's in this paragraph alone!

I kinda felt sympathetic towards Big Cat in this one because I am definitely not what one would call a "social butterfly." Socially, high school wasn't a cake walk for me, though at this point in my life I really don't have any sort of social anxiety. I don't LOVE talking in front of a group of people, but I have no problem with it.

This episode opened with Rob singing a song about Big Cat. Rob's songs are so funny, they always bring a smile to your face. As he was singing, he was following Big Cat to his office and Big Cat kept looking back at Rob with a strange expression - kind of a mixture of "do I laugh? why is he putting me on the spot?" After the song, the opening credits start rolling. If you are an avid Fantasy Factory viewer, you know that right towards the end of the credits when it says "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory," at the top of the screen, Rob usually appears doing something that hints towards what the episode is about. This one had Big Cat standing awkwardly with his hands in his pockets and Rob standing next to him putting his hands in his pockets to mimic what Big Cat looked like. It was funny.

After the credits, Rob and Drama are in Rob's office staring at Big Cat from the window. They are just observing his movements, and Rob notes that Big Cat has something about him that makes him not want to do anything. He says he hasn't heard a word from Big Cat in 6 days. Drama said he was used to it because Big Cat has pretty much been that way as long as he can remember. Rob had a idea about awkwardness and what if it was a disease of some sort and they could figure out a way to cure it. They call Big Cat into the office and Rob asks him if he is motivated. He responds with "not really," and Big Cat explains he still doesn't really know what he wants to do. Rob asked what motivates him and he responded with skating. Rob said he was going to find something within skateboarding for Big Cat to work on so he can get motivated and then he told him to give Drama a hug.

Rob - "Give him a hug like it's 1987 and you guys just got back from the t-ball game!"

After they hugged Rob had a pretty funny line - "Woah, oh man, if I wasn't mistaking, lips touched. Why don't you guys just get to your respective offices and let's just forget I forced you into that. That was disgusting! Two Pfaff brothers! Pfaff on Pfaff action!" haha. It was kind of the way he said it, it made it way more hilarious.

In the next scene Rob decides he wants to have a skate session and Rob, Big Cat and Drama skate for a little bit. Drama had a little bit of an accident with the board flying up and hitting him in his balls.

Drama - "I just slap chopped my nuts."
Rob - "Hey, when you're a hobby skater, your nuts are wide open."

After that, Jeremy calls Rob up to his office and Rob takes the opportunity to make fun of him a little bit.

Jeremy - "Rob, come on up here!"
Rob - "What size shirt you got on?"
Jeremy - "Fuck you."
Rob - "The price you pay when you rock a shmedium in this place"

Haha, it was pretty funny. It's always funny when Rob messes with Jeremy. Actually, it's always funny when Rob messes with anyone. Rob gets up to his office and Jeremy tells him that he has been in touch with 7-11 and 7-11 is interested in building a new Safe Spot Skate Spot. Not only that, they have a 7-11 right across the street from the park they have in mind and they want Rob to take over the 7-11 with any sort of design he wants! Rob had the awesome idea to make the 7-11 a Wild Grinders 7-11. Rob was so pumped about the idea and he told Jeremy he wants a smile for a week straight. Jeremy said he will smile right beside him. Then Rob asked Jeremy if he would consider standing on the corner of his desk and jumping into the ceiling. Jeremy said he would.

Then Rob replied "I think you might go through the glass to be honest with you."

Jeremy - "What is that a fat joke?!"
Rob - "This would not hold your weight."

Then they proceed to go back and forth until Jeremy gets up onto the desk and proves that it wouldn't break, except he was too afraid to walk into the center of the table, haha. SUCH a funny scene!

They break to a commercial and when they come back Rob has Drama and Big Cat in his office and he is showing them the layout plans for the new Safe Spot Skate Spot and the 7-11. The first thing I noticed in this scene was the fact that the plans were being held up by Lil Rob and Bobby Light. I don't know why I thought this was so funny, but I was cracking up! Rob explained that he is cross marketing the Safe Spot Skate Spot 7-11 with the Wild Grinders toy line and he is designing the skate plaza to spell out the word Wild, in the exact same font the Wild Grinders toys use. It looked pretty damn cool. Also, the 7-11 looked awesome, it was fully decorated with the Wild Grinders logo and it had a huge Lil Rob on top with the words "Wild In The Streets." It looked amazing.

Rob told Big Cat that since this has to do with skateboarding, and that is something Big Cat is passionate about, he wants Big Cat to run point on this project. Big Cat had no idea what Rob was talking about. Rob told him he wanted him to work on the project and Big Cat seemed cool with the idea. Rob asked him to explain a little bit about what he knows about the gap to ledge in the skate spot plan. Big Cat said it looks fun..but he didn't really know about it until he saw it. Rob asked him if he was sure he wanted to do this and he said he was, so they were off to 7-11. It was time to go show them how serious they were about this project.

Rob, Big Cat, Drama, Tracy, Joe C. and Paul (someone else who works in the factory that we really haven't seen much of) all head over to 7-11. Rob introduces Big Cat to everyone as the Project Manager and Big Cat really didn't know what to say. Luckily the guy at 7-11 took things into his own hands and introduced himself to Big Cat. Big Cat started talking about the layout and what they wanted to have done and you could see Tracy and Drama cracking up in the background. Rob was standing next to Big Cat trying not to laugh while Big Cat showed plans for the exterior of the 7-11. Rob decided to step in and take the load off of Big Cat. He apologized for Big Cat not taking off his sun glasses while talking and continued to explain how excited he was to be working with 7-11.

After that they go over to the Safe Spot Skate Spot location and Joe C. explains a little bit about what he wants to do with the designs. He says there are tons of different ways they could do it and Rob tells Big Cat to take it from here. Big Cat stares at the paper for a second and shares his idea about how the "I" looked like a good spot to do a gap in gap out ledge. Rob has a look of awkwardness on his face and Joe C. praises Big Cat's idea. Then while Rob is staring at Big Cat implying he should still be talking, Big Cat takes a loud sip from his beverage, haha. It was a truly awkward moment. Rob tells Big Cat to use one sentence to describe everything they are trying to do with this project and this is how Big Cat responds -

"7-11 Safe Spot Skate Spot Rob Dyrdek Foundation Skate Plaza....Wild Grinders."

It was a really funny scene. I felt horrible for Big Cat because it sucks being put on the spot and we all know he is super smart at everything he does, it is just really easy to stumble on your words when everyone is staring at you. Regardless, it made for a great scene. Like I said in one of the first blogs, Big Cat's awkwardness mixed with Rob's outgoing personality always brings the laughs.

In the next scene Rob goes into Drama's office and tells him he thinks he has a solution for Big Cat's problem. He explains that he had set up an awkward intervention and has someone coming in right now to talk to the group and try to free Big Cat from his awkward ways. Drama tells Rob that by making Big Cat's new office look like a cage, it actually probably set Big Cat back in shedding his fear of being the center of attention. Rob agreed and couldn't think of the word to describe his next thought.

Rob - "I feel so incredibly guilty man, what do you call it when you give drug addicts money? What do you call that?"
Drama - "You call it enabling."
Rob - "I'm a ****** AWKWARD ENABLER! OH MY GOD!"

There is another commercial break and when they get back the camera is on Chanel sitting at the front desk. A man named Mark Edgar Stephens comes in with the title of "Behavior Modification Specialist." Chanel calls Rob and tells him that Mark is here and Rob comes out to greet him. Rob explains to Mark how there is a situation at the factory with one of their good friends who is "awkwardly painful." While he is explaining this Chanel is cracking up in the background. Rob rounds everyone up in the conference room except for Big Cat. Once they are all seated Drama says "Man, this just became so real. It's like a real medical issue."

Rob calls Big Cat to come join them in the conference room and at this point Big Cat has no idea what is going on. Big Cat sits down and Mark begins the intervention. Big Cat's face turns to a look of shock as he realizes what is actually going on.

Big Cat - "Is this like an awkward intervention?! I feel like I have a crack problem!"

The begin to go around the table and we hear from Chanel, Drama and Rob. Their letters to Big Cat are hilarious. I won't type out what they said word for word, but trust me when I say it is so funny to watch. Towards the end of the intervention Rob asks Mark if it would be a good idea to kind of throw Big Cat into being the center of attention, maybe that would help him overcome his fear of speaking in public. Mark said that actually could be a successful treatment, it's called exposure therapy, and they should try it. Rob gets the idea to have Big Cat speak at the opening of the new Safe Spot Skate Spot. Before ending the meeting, they all huddle around and give Big Cat a group hug while Rob sings one of his songs -

Rob - "I don't want to be awkward anymore, I wanna not be awkward anymore!"

It was pretty funny because while they were in the huddle jumping, you couldn't even tell Chanel was in there. It wasn't until the huddle dispersed that Chanel actually became visible to the camera.

After the next break, it was time to head over to North Hollywood for the opening of the Wild Grinders 7-11 and the new Safe Spot Skate Spot! They piled in the car and then they pull up to the 7-11. Everyone was there, Tracy even brought Tux, his adorable french bulldog puppy! We get to see how awesome the 7-11 really looks and it did turn out incredible! After the 7-11 they go to the new plaza and there are tons of people there for the opening. Big Cat looks really nervous, which is understandable, I'm sure he was freaking out on the inside. One of the Los Angeles City Councilmembers was there and he gave Big Cat a little pep talk before taking the stage and introducing Rob. Rob gets on the mic and thanks everyone for everything and explains a little bit about Big Cat's situation.

Rob - "...but I need to talk about something serious guys. I got a cousin, and he's awkward. We're doing some therapy with him and part of that therapy is public speaking guys. So I need you to give a warm welcome to the man that we call 'The Giant Feline aka The Big Cat.'"

At this point Big Cat gets on stage and he does a GREAT job! He looked a little shaky, but overall he killed it! He did way better than I could have in that situation! After Big Cat speaks, the city councilman names that day "Rob Dyrdek Day" in Los Angeles and they cut the ribbon. They show a little bit of footage of everyone skating the plaza. Tons of people were going up to Big Cat asking for pictures and autographs and telling him he did a good job on the speech.

On the drive back to the factory, Rob tells Big Cat that he did a great job with the speech and Big Cat says he honestly doesn't even remember what he said, haha. Rob sang another song to Big Cat; something he did pretty often in this episode; and then he says "It might be Rob Dyrdek Day in Los Angeles, but in this car, it's Big Cat Day" That was the end of the show.

Another very well done episode by the entire Fantasy Factory cast and crew! There are a few bonus clips up at http://www.mtv.com/shows/fantasy_factory/season_3/series.jhtml and also I know I am a little late and they are probably almost gone, but there is a great limited edition Young and Reckless t-shirt featuring the "Young and Awkward" Big Cat available at http://www.youngandreckless.com. Get it before it's gone!

I will try and get the next blog up as soon as I can about the Best of, Bonus, and Behinds the Scenes episode. I'm not in a crazy hurry because I have a lot of stuff to get done before I leave for the Streetleague vacation and there is no new episode of Fantasy Factory for the next two weeks. I do promise to have it finished by the time I leave for California though. I know after the trip I will have a massive Streetleague blog to write, haha.

Oh! And if you want to see a few additional pictures of the Wild Grinders 7-11, I put a few of the pictures I took back in May into a video. You can watch it here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xer4YmbCtA

I know I will be visiting the 7-11 again sometime next week, so I will have more pictures when I get back!