Nelson & Renzo

Renzo Gracie and Nelson Kanno at the 2014 World Jiu-Jitsu Expo in Long Beach, CA.

SXA & Pakajunk Tee

If you like to BBQ or just a fan of good food in general, are from Hawaii or appreciate the local culture, and like to putt around on scooters then you can appreciate the this lil' project that Braddah Nelson and I did.
About 6 months or so he faxed me over a drawing of a bike with the saying "Loud Aloha Saves Lives"that he sketched out on a napkin. With some help of some good friends we turned Nelson's sketch into a tee that you can wear while out at your local BBQ or when you go out fo grind with your chic at Zippy's!

Braddah Nick thinking about where fo' eat after pau skate!

Nelson has a blog called Pakajunk which features a lot of good mom and pop style places to eat that most people would never notice but are amazingly awesome. His blog also covers motorcycles that his friends own, as well as his passion for jiu jitsu, MMA, and random stuffs from Hawaii. Lot's of funny kine stuffs he get on there regarding his homeys as well as home videos of local braddahs scrapping in a gravel parking lot somewhere in Hawaii. Oh yeah and did I mention the 411 on all the ono spots fo' grind in So Cal!

SXA Backyard BBQ at The Speed Merchant Workshop

This was pretty much the day I'd been anticipating for weeks leading up to it. Today the SXA Ohana was going to be doing a BBQ at The Speed Merchant Workshop with local Braddahs Brandon "Brawny" Holstein and Nelson Kanno. These are two of the coolest local braddahs in my book. Both from Mililani where I live now doing big things out in Long Beach. Along with these two braddahs was a bunch of friends who were also from Hawaii as well as their families. It was a really good vibe and place to have a BBQ. I'd seen a similar event that Nelson did maybe 10 years back at Chica's shop where he used to work. I thought that was the shit to be able to BBQ and drink beers around some sick bikes and cars. This BBQ was a lot more intimate with a smaller group of really good people. My crew and I had prepared 20 pounds of ribs and 20 pounds of chicken along with some veggie skewers enough to feed an army. Brawny and Len guys made some fresh poke and Nelson and Sasha brought da rice and some fresh veggies grown from their garden right around the way. I can't express how much of a good time I had meeting the braddahs crew and eating, drinking, and talking story well into the night. Big mahalos to Braddah Dave Park for riding his bike all the way from San Diego to sample some local style BBQ, as well as to Brawny and Nelson for helping to organize this goodtime BBQ! (Get more pics on Hawaii x Destory)!

Nick holding down the veggies portion of the BBQ!

Like fada like son!!! Spock da mout!!!

Braddah Nos and Braddah Moblow!

Braddah Stance Socks Ryan Kingman!

Hangin' Loose with Braddah Len!