Shanghai 5 (Skateboarding Documentary) | Video

Film maker Charles Lanceplaine put together this excellent documentary that explores the slowly uprising skating scene and culture in Shanghai, China. Relatively lengthy but completely worth the watch, especially if you've visited Shanghai (or just China) before. The first half is more documentary geared, while the second half is mostly skating footage throughout the city...

Really well done and great to see the opinions of the locals as well as ex-pat skaters. Skate culture is so ready to blow up in China, and I think they need that rebel culture so bad! Hopefully the government doesn't crack down too hard as it grows and takes over the streets and parks.


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Pic of the Day - Àodàlìyǎ (澳大利亚)

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Pic of the Day - Zhōngguó mǎnyuè (中国满月)

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Pic of the Day - Nanjing Rd.

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Pic of the Day - Shoemaker

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Pic of the Day - Zì Xíng Chē (自行车)

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Store Profile - Fly Streetwear (Shanghai)

When it comes to skateboarding in mainland China, one man is solely responsible for a large part of the movement, that man is Jeff Han. And over 10 years ago, way before skate culture was huge in America, never mind in China, Jeff opened one of China's first and now most famous skate shops, Fly Streetwear...

(photo credit: swaggerdap)

Fly Streetwear has two locations in Shanghai (and now one in Beijing), and is pretty much the authority on skateboard hardware, apparel, and footwear. To my knowledge they are the only official Nike SB account in mainland China, but they also carry etnies, Diamond, Girl, DGK, Circa, Kiks TYO, and more. And since the skate culture is still slowly growing there, you can find some serious heat for really low prices there (unless you wear size 11US and above, that is trickier to find in Asia).

Fun facts:
1. Remember the "fly milk Blazers" that came out a few years ago? Yeah those were done for Fly's founder who used to work at a milk factory before opening up the shop.

2. The original Fly as a set of orange Nike SB stadium seats outside (pic above) that have been there forever and stick out like a sore thumb on the streets of China. Trust me you won't miss them while walking by.

3. Vans is currently making a huge push in China, having opened several stores in Shanghai recently. So when you notice that Fly doesn't carry the Vans you want, just head next door where there is a new Vans shop.


Fly Streetwear's 2 locations:

702-704 Changle Lu (near Fumin Lu)
Jing An District

and

278 Changle Lu
Jing An District
Shanghai, China


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Pic of the Day - Content

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Pic of the Day - Beaters

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Bape Shanghai Opening Items & Camo

A lot of people were anticipating the possibility of a red and yellow colorway for Bape's Shanghai location, but Nigo went with a more subtle blue and yellow camo to represent their 1st store in mainland China...


and as you can see by the empty talk bubble, it looks like Nigo will be there for a signing of the opening tees.

(photo credit: swaggerdap)

*thumbs up*


Previously: Bape's Location in Shanghai


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Pic of the Day - Salute

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Pic of the Day - Decadence

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PIc of the Day - Rush Hour

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Bape Store Shanghai (Location Update)

Not breaking news or anything, but on a little stroll through Shanghai's Xintiandi district I noticed an obnoxiously loud store front shrouded in Bape camo...






Xintiandi is a small walking district of Shanghai that has kept the small walking streets and passages exactly as they were back in the day. At the very end of Xintiandi is the Xintiandi mall, where Hong Kong fashion conglomerate IT recently opened one of their amazing high end IT department stores, an http://izzue.com, and now soon to be a Bape store (which is connected to the ground floor of IT on the outside of the mall).


STILL not date on the opening.



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Pic of the Day - Top of the World

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Pic of the Day - The Axis

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PIc of the Day - Halftime

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Pic of the Day - Yangtze

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World Expo 2010 in Shanghai | Photography

If you read the news at all then you are probably already aware that Shanghai is the host to the 2010 World Expo, taking place this summer (May-Oct). And just as China did in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics, they went all out! It is by far the most expensive World Expo, with the largest fair grounds , most countries ever participated (over 190), and most expected attendees (over 70 million).

Ok enough boring facts, here is some architectural eye candy that just got sent my way from some friends in Shanghai. They got the sneak peak just a few days before it opened...












Each of those pavilions hosts a country and is basically their place to show off what they have to offer the world. There are also a bunch of shared joint pavilions, because as you can see it is mostly the bigger and more wealthy countries that have their own.

I'm pretty sure it will never be that quiet for the next 4 months so pretty amazing to see it all empty like this. I'll be out to Shanghai to catch the Expo by Summer's end so I'll be sure to get some more picture of the inside experience.

Wonder what they'll do with all of these amazing buildings when the Expo ends??



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Chinese New Year

"blat! blat! kat kat kat kat! "



welllll, so its not quite chinese new yet, still got a month until the Year of the Rat..... but heres some pics from my trip to china

the Streetwear Scene was limited, but there was alot of SB heat at this joint ... got me more DOOMs (one for the resell and one for the freezer)the SB stadium seats outside


and you know ya boy gets the guap in China baby, doin big thangs, makin power moves... countin the big face Maos all day son... this shit aint no joke!(ok...so its only like $15 US ......... but i think i hyped it well)

i'll be back with more from the trip soon

--the infamous j