Here are some photos, and a link to a little video that I edited, of some clips that Roberto and I got on our 5 day trip to Bilbao.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j39u4mkhoVc

Hasta Pronto,

DIEGO 

Last week, the whole Toy Machine/ Dekline Team went to Guadalajara for a skate demo and street skating.

About a month ago, I got an email about going to Mexico with the Toy Machine/Dekline team, which were Matt Bennett, Austin Stevens and myself for a skate demo at the Chou Room (Mexican Tradeshow) and the chance do stay for a couple extra days and do some street skating. The whole thing sounded great. I had never been to Mexico, so I was really excited about it.

We flew from LAX straight to Guadalajara. After getting off the airplane, we had to get on some weird “Elevator Bus” to get to the terminal.

Our Driver Charlie picked us up, and drove us to the hotel. He was a great tour guide, explaining me a bunch of really interesting facts about Guadalajara.

After checking in, we went straight to a party at the Chou Room. I have to say that the girls in Guadalajara are beautiful, as Charlie explained to me on our way to the hotel.

Next day was the Demo. We basically hang out at the event until it was time for the demo. They had some artwork set up and some really nice food. The demo went great. That same night we had another party at the same place and we saw some more really good-looking ladies.

Saturday came and it was time for some street skating. We skated some really good spots, shot some photos and got some clips. That night we got invited to eat some traditional Guadalajarian dinner, the “Carne en su salsa”. Really tasty beef cooked in its own juice. Drank the “Flag” shots and hung out with some local skaters at the Pulp bar. Beer was amazingly cheap. Less than buck a piece. On our way back to the hotel, we got soaked by a gnarly summer rain.

The next day I woke up and I had to dry all my stuff with the hair drier since we only brought a few things for the weekend. Keeping it simple it’s much better when you travel. I hate bringing a bunch of unnecessary crap.

Our last day was really fun. We did some tourist stuff in the morning, walking thru the old part of town and we visited museums, the big market, and we even experienced the local metro.

After Lunch we did some more street skating, got more photos and footage, and headed straight to the airport. On our way to the airport we did one more stop to try the famous “Tortas ahogadas”(soaked Sandwich), a meat sandwich, soaked in spicy tomato sauce. Delicious.

Made it back home safely with one more city on my list.

Thanks so much to everyone in Mexico for treating us well.

If any of you have a chance to go to Guadalajara, don’t even doubt it, you wont regret it.

Hasta Pronto,

Diego

Like I promised last week, here are some of the photos that I shot with my X-Pan camera on our last Hurley trip to Texas. if you guys want to check out some more of my photos go to:

www.diegobucchieriphoto.com

Hasta pronto, 

Diego

The trip is over and going through my Iphone I found this pretty cool photos that I thought you might like to see. I bought the phone right before this trip and this little device helped us so much during our travels.

I used the camera since I didn't have a digi one, I used the Gps to get us around, and I even used it to find cool places in the area This might sound like an Iphone commercial, but it isn't. I'm just stoked that it really works.  Anyways, here are some of the photos and one of Bruno Passos (Main Photo) that I shot with Bob's camera. I also shot a bunch of photos with my X-pan camera (Panoramic) but the rolls are still in the lab, I’ll post some next week.

Hasta pronto,  

Diego

Check the video highlights from Day One

The first stop of our 2009 "Don't Mess With Texas" skate tour kicked off just outside of Houston at Macy's Woodlands location. Andre Genovesi, Diego Bucchieri and Dyson Ramones put down a good demo that the crowd enjoyed despite the heat and humidity. Following the demo, the guys  went inside to cool off and sign autographs and give out some goodies  to all the kids and skate fans who came out. Thanks to Ray and the entire Macy's staff for making our visit a memorable one. Next stop is San Antonio. Check back for out next update from our 2009 "Don't Mess With Texas" skate tour — we're just getting started.  — AA