Just took a trip out to San Diego, CA to get out of the studio and take a little break from work a few days. Michelle, Kirstie and I squeezed in as much action as we could in the short time we were there. Check out some pics below.

The first night we made the voyage across the boarder to Tijuana! We ate some legit, $1 tacos, drank some (filtered) margaritas and took a taxi out to the Friday night Lucha Libre wresting arena. Of course, I had to buy a couple Luchadore masks and yell at the wrestlers a bit. It was really fun, not sketchy at all like I imagined. Damn, they had some weird snacks at the concession stands there!

The next day we did some kayaking at La Jolla beach to see some caves, sea lions and leopard sharks. I also got in a little surfing, which I haven’t done in years. Def. a nice change of scenery from the computer screen. After a long day of paddling around the ocean, we went to see ‘The Hangover’ and I fought a terminator afterwards in the lobby. Both ruled!

On Monday, I visited the headquarters of one of my favorite clients Iron Fist Clothing. It was killer to see Travis and Mike again after about 3 years when we started working together after meeting at a tradeshow in NYC. I got to check out a bunch of new samples of pieces I’ve designed, ranging from shirts and hoodies to shoes, bikini’s and board shorts. Keep an eye on these guys. They’ve got so much amazing shit coming out.

Right down the street from our hotel was the new Tribal Gear store that had a huge selection of apparel, shoes skate decks and amazing artwork.  I got to meet Carl Arellano and shoot the shit for a bit, as well as pick up some new stuff from Maxx242, Usugrow and Fudamae.

If you wanna check out the rest of the pics from the trip. Click here for my Flickr page.