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Event: Final Bout 2016 – Special Stage East V.1

This year, the collective minds behind Final Bout set out to unite a country over the sport of drifting; instilling in the nation a certain set of qualities they feel are necessary for the sport to thrive with it’s Japanese roots intact.  Each carefully selected location of the Special Stage events provided their own unique characteristics in both venue and demographics that helped define what drifting is in each corner of the nation.  Uncovering, and highlighting these places allowed others to experience different parts of the country, both first and second hand, that we wouldn’t have otherwise had the opportunity to.  I think this alone is reason enough to undertake a project as massive as Final Bout has been in 2016.  This time the crew headed to Canaan Motor Club in central New Hampshire to host the third, and final stage of the trio of special events.

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Event: Final Bout – Special Stage West V.2

Picking up from where we left off in Portland, coverage in V2 will review the remaining teams that were competing over the weekend.  I gotta say though, the first article on Final Bout was so wordy that I really don’t have much to say for the follow up; I kind of broke the dam gates on that one.  For those who missed it, to get an overview of the event check out the first article published last week.  If you’ve done that already, I won’t put you through it again – so let’s jump right into some photos.

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Event: Final Bout – Special Stage West V.1

There’s something to be said about those who go out of their way for the preservation of ideas.  These people, when sensing a degradation in quality or process, will consciously take on the role of safeguarding origins.  There are quite a few of us who, in our day to day, fail to see the importance of upholding certain ideologies.  While the majority of us don’t fall into this category, it’s safe to say that those who do, have the ability to carry many.  To them the priority lies in guidance.  It’s about the teaching and the development of a new generation.  A generation that may not be exposed to the superior pedigree of the past, but hold with them a desire for growth.  Having spent the lesser side of a week with a few of these individuals, I can tell you it is a rare quality they possess.  It is their calling, and they answer to it; and how they’ve answered has ignited a world-wide call to arms.

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Encounter: Pair of Kings- Tony and Damon’s 240’s

It’s always memorable to meet new people (most of the time anyway), especially if you’re a fan of their work or if you share the same interests.  It’s even more memorable, however, if there is something attached to that meeting that makes it stand out among the many other encounters we experience.  In this case, in my meeting of Damon and Tony, that memorable event came in the form of a Shawano, Wisconsin Sheriff.

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Event: Final Bout 2 – The Spirit of Drift V.2

When I left off the first post, I had just got done making my rounds in the pit, getting acquainted with a few people, and generally just getting a lay of the land.  It was my first time at US Air and really wasn’t familiar with any of the track layout.  After Mico introduced me to Nick from Touge Factory, I was able to get a media pass and head out to the infield to start getting some shots of the open practice session that was going on.

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Event: Final Bout 2 – The Spirit of Drift V.1

Being on an airplane nearly every week for the last year has somewhat numbed me to the miracle of flight.  Commercial airlines have figuratively made the world a much smaller, and more obtainable place.  The opportunity of creating new relationships and  experiences are increased exponentially because of our ability to understand flight.  As I travel for work quite frequently, I often have to step back and view the act existentially as to remind myself of what I’ve been able to accomplish with the help of those winged metal tubes.  Arriving home Thursday after a 4 day stint in Tucson, Arizona, I had one day to catch up on work, and gather my camera gear, as I had made the decision to make my way Northeast on Friday night.

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