The Dark and Twisted

Let me start this out with giving you a little insight of VOIAGE as a team we are always checking new artist's and we are influenced strongly by music. So throughout time you will definitely see a lot of new bumps on here for all of us to enjoy. Now with that being said lets jump into "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" Kanye West's new album Expected to Release Nov 22, 2010, I must say with the songs that I have heard this one is a banger! Kanye came back from the dead (chuckling as i say this). I say this on a personal opinion, I was not the biggest fan of 808's and heartbreaks but this one...well it will definitely be played for a good week or two. This cd had me jumping for joy when I saw the producers that were behind it all. They are true artists and some legends, and just so you know Production on the album will come from West himself, Q-Tip, DJ Premier, RZA, Pete Rock, Madlib, DJ Toomp, Swizz Beatz, Lex Luger, and Justin Vernon. In this album kanye went back to the roots of HIP-HOP by bringing back the popularity of sampling old records,this album has that old school hip hop fill with beats that hit and rhyme like no other. Kanye really showed his art in this album bringing back that good music and for now I will stop rambling and let you do some listening for yourself. ENJOY!
..BON VOIAGE..

Bumpin on a journey

So as i sit here and enjoy myself some nice fresh home baked cookies and a nice cold glass of milk i would like to share with you the new track by one of my all time favorite prodicers/artist Freddie Joachim. All of his work is just pure amazing its some dope stuff and i insit and encourage that you go check his page
www.freddiejoachim.com
i hope you enjoy the new tunes and be sure to hit me up for a promo
lets pack our hobo bags and bounce !
..BON VOIAGE..

Hobo sticks are packed....

       PROMOS are here and if this is the first time your hearing or seeing about it, step yo game up !! well it feels great to say that VOIAGE is here. No more talking about releasing, no more lolly gagging, it is time for YOU to see our journey and to finally show you what our brand is all about. And watching everyone rock the BANGERS is more than i could imagine !! Now I can easily sit here and write about the day we got our tees and I could talk for days about what VOIAGE does, but I would rather show you. So here it is, the start of this brand and the long journey ahead ! I hope you enjoy the pics and our first promos.....Stay tuned our next batch will be released real soon !!
ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY:
Jesse Vargas
allforeverybody Photography
Jesse Vargas facebook

VOIAGE IS FOREVER YOUNG 

PEEP THE LOUGIE 

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DONT KNOW THIS IS BEN THE INTERN

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH YEAH AND THERE WERE FALLS ! 

      And just when you look at this and think the day is ending........were just leaving you behind.

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY:

Jesse Vargas

allforeverybody Photography

Jesse Vargas facebook

Let the festivities begin !

       So wow!!!  Where do I start, within the past couple of weeks Carl and I have definitely been on our own adventure, with promo tees getting printed and getting everything ready to release to YOU!!! We are way to excited............but lets save that for our release! lets talk about some fun! This past Halloween weekend Carl and I got the chance to take a weekend off, as a little celebratory weekend for our upcoming promos  and we headed out to Santa Barbara. The trip was nothing but fun, and well we got to indulge ourselves in so many red cups. We cruised the streets during the day kickfliping over empty bottles and college students passed out in the streets. Just listening to the waves crash against the cliff and the cool breeze punching our faces. It was immaculate, and left us speechless.

         But as the day passed and the sun set, the costumes came out and the ladies well we know how they get during this special time of year! You had to have been there in order to see that side sorry lol

     So with cups thrown on the floor we headed out of the apartment and let the streets know that VOIAGE was here. The night was quite an adventure for me, the streets were crowded, music was bumpin and I managed to get lost. But having the addiction of a good adventure I went with the flow of it and had a blast. Feeling good and chillin I ended up balling up with an Allen Iverson dress alike and wondered off with my two newly met friends. I ran into some homies from Rancho and forgot all about hitting them back up sorry fellas lol got outa hand. But anyways my new friends and I grabbed some grub and headed off to the beach, but of course after the occasional house party or two. As we all Listened to the waves crash and the sounds of our laughs rolling out the night became one for the memory books. Although the next morning well.............it was a little something like this

   As the sun ripped my eyelids open I sat there smiling with a half eaten carne asada burrito next to me, and one shoe off. As i did the famous morning walk home alone I could not think of anything else but....DAMN what a good night. As I approached the apartment I was greeted with laughs, questions and fist pounds. But the time had to come to an end, after we gathered our belongings we stood there. As we just stared at the at the beach for what seemed like an hour ,we took in our last Santa Barbara deep breaths (for now) and trapped as much of that crisp air in our lungs as possible. The time was here we headed back home and just  let this weekend be another VOIAGE weekend ! VOIAGE STYLE..but tell us how your weekend went and hit us up on our tumble........www.thevoiage.tumblr.com and tell us how it went who knows if its a good one it might just make our blogspot or tumblr page but until next time peeps.
                                                                            BON VOIAGE

Secrets to success

Thanks to a good friend OJ...I found myself browsing through his facebook page always interested in the videos he has posted I came across this video, and after watching this speaker I could not help but end it with a smile and felt like we were on the right path...my dedication has been to making my dreams reality and we will keep pushing to be on top we guarantee this !

"Three skaters and a Donut "

With some rain drops still left on the windows and the clouds still grey the sun was playing peek-a-boo. As I stepped outside wiping my feet against the pavement I quickly grabbed my cellular phone and called the crew and "BAAAM" within minutes we were off. The music was bumpin, windows were down and the laughs...well they were stomach aching. The drive to stoner park seemed endless sitting in the seat just itching to get back on my board. When we arrived we smiled like kids racing down the block to be the first one to get to the ice cream truck,and i know you all know that feeling. just loving every moment looking at the park like it was all to ourselves. And Im not quite sure if you know the feeling of rollin to a park and seeing no more then ten skaters there. well Im here to tell you it is amazing!

Well as the day grew longer the clouds became darker and the sprinkles became drops and then soon enough those drops some how turned into cats and dogs (not literally). But even though we all splashed and powerslid our way through the park we were getting way to soaked so it was time for North Hollywood hoping for some dry pavement. Then this is where the real FUN BEGINS........

                            

 Yup Im pretty sure you get the picture..WIPEEOUUT !!! as we ran to the car we had the surprise of finding  out that I had a FLAT TIRE but still laughing from the splashing and sliding it did not seem to phase us yet, at least not untill i went for the spare and saw it was useless without a jack. "nigga you serious"-lil lante "ummm naw dog Im jk its in the back seat where you were sitting " hahahah sitting there laughing soaking wet. with the rain pouring down looking at one another like WHAT THE FUCK. Counting our change and loose dollars thinking about catching the bus home, we decided "eff it leave the civic lets skate some more" ! we turned this situation to a game of slip-n-skate. Which turned out horrible lol bruised shins, soar knees, busted faces. I really wish I could tell you what the game is but well....thats VOIAGE CLASSIFIED. sorry. But there we were no jack, standing in the rain going door to door asking to borrow a jack or shit even a ride back home. So after hours of slipping in the mud being soaking wet we finally rotated my tires and slapped that little DONUT on.

So after slipping back and pulling down the homies as I went down all I thought of was" DAMNN if Im getting muddy you already know there coming down with me" there we were three homies sitting in a puddle of mud just laughing as people drove and walked by thinking that we had to be on drugs. I couldn't have asked for a better situation it was just CLASSIC !!! 

THROW THAT DONUT ON !!!! WE DIPPIN NOW 

the back of a skaters trunk what can i say ... mission accomplished is what ill say !

 Well now that we were in my car, wheels filled with fresh air, muddier then anyone could imagine, we were too hyped up to head back home.So we hit that 405 freeway .....North HOLLYWOOD VOIAGE is coming ! We knew it was raining and we knew it was dark but what's a life without getting out and doing something exciting. As we got to wild grinders 7-11 we snagged some slurpies and walked across to a safe spot skate spot and just listened to the rain and our boards snap against the slippery floors. while there i grabbed my phone and snapped away.

BEUATY

ahhhhhhhh

just butter

who needs a golden ticket i have a golden rail

As our night came to an end and our journey was almost over, we packed up bags, grabbed our boards quit the games of ro-sham-bo and headed back to the car. Walking through the park seeing all the leaves on the floor  full of water drops I couldn't imagine being anywhere else. The laughs I had with the crew PRICELESS !  This adventure I like to call the slippery one that almost got away was definitely one of many . Ohhh wait before I leave how could I forget to tell you after all the waters and with the help of a Super Big Gulp Slurpee what better way to end the night..........

..VOIAGE STYLE..

just some classics in the game

so im here just maxin and relaxin till my next class sketching out some designs and well lets just say this room for some reason is a little hard to see in...cough cough.....but disregard that so i came across this little freestyle and yes some true classics are seen so i hope you enjoy and just expand your mind

..BON VOIAGE..

Board Breakers Anonymous its a problem

this is by far my favorite commercial out there enjoy

HUF Footwear

if you have ever wondered and thought to yourself what a VOIAGE skate weekend would look like well .........

All Caps Voiage style

just some bumps for our peeps to enjoy

..BON VOIAGE..

These are a definite must have

So being a fan of a nice pair of kicks i absolutely must say these are in my top 5 go check em out at primitive shoes 

hope you enjoy 
..VOIAGE STYLE..

The exploration through media

Sitting here hours in listening and broading my  horizons with the one and only Mr.Mcjollyman aka Mark. After enjoying a nice shake and pretty bomb ass Corkys burrito.....and ohh by the way keep a real good look out on some future planning for VOIAGE that consists of..........well we will just say there will be some editing and recording but you'll just have to wait and see.But nothing beats the enjoyment of just being able to sit with a close friend talking about future goals and enjoying the riffs of tons of bands and watching the creativity of some great minds while they create pure artwork. So what was supposed to be just adding one playlist turned into an adventure with hours passing by of adding and sharing new music, getting super stoked to hear the original version of the song j-dilla remixed love !!! as the room filled with atmospheric music i must say it was a good night.

just a few pics of the night 

Mr. McJollyman himself 

..BON VOIAGE..

Just some of the best ..

Been to Long

So I must admit it has been a while since I have updated you guys about our journey, and even longer since I have even logged in!!......I must say I felt as though if this was a book , it be one dusty ass book. But enough of that. So with summer gone and over with, we have had some time to sit and talk with tons of people and think of where we are taking this company,all of our goals and dreams. I feel good to say You will be seeing some definite BANGERS with our upcoming promos. Hours spent designing, drawing, and with some healthy green motivation , were making moves. so until next time stay posted as our promos will be out in no time.

..BON VOIAGE..

Ray Barbee - Afroca

Some smooth jams as we keep moving forward enjoy
...bon voiage...

From Dreams to Reality!

These past months Carl and i have only had nothing but a pleasure to finally sit and say VOIAGE is here, a name, A brand and meaning ,that was born in early summer. This was all just a dream at one time in our lives and now we see are dreams becoming reality. This journey we are about to take is going to be a life long journey something we have dreamt about for years.And well now is the time, With nothing but the best in minds i guarantee you will see NOTHING BUT THE BEST !. SO keep following us because VOIAGE IS HERE TO STAY...we will be uploading pics, videos and bringing everyone along with us on the endless journey..thanks p.s. hold the anticipation promo tees sooner then you know. a special shout-out to my boys at CLSC a true inspiration and motivation for us.

...BON VOIAGE...