- So I'm Alex Martinez.
And I spent the trip mostly just connecting
with some of the ambassadors and influencers
for Fitment Industries,
and that was pretty much it.
- I'm Dakota.
I'm the creative marketing lead for Fitment Industries.
- So my name is Mario, and my role on the trip
was kinda to coordinate pretty much where were we going,
what we're doing every day, and just kinda,
just coordinate the trip essentially is what I did.
- My name is Brent Gass.
I was a blogger/ photographer
during our trip in LA.
- My name is Steve.
I am one of the,
not senior,
but I've been a long-time videographer
for Fitment Industries.
And my role on this trip,
was to capture as much high-end
cinematic content as I possibly could
of the entirety of the trip
and make a documentary with it.
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- [Alex] Yeah. So I think the, the,
the trip really went extremely well. It was Dakota,
it was Brent, it was Steve and me.
And we had spent a couple of days together,
essentially running wild as fast as we could
for as long as we could.
We landed in Los Angeles,
which is a city that is very unique than what we're used to.
We definitely weren't used to
the just volume of people there.
And immediately went over to Donut to say hi and hang out
and just talk and shoot the Sh!t.
And yeah, I think one, one of the two
of my most favorite moments,
my first favorite moment would have been when we were
actually meeting up with Donut for the very first time.
And I had realized just how tall the pine tree of James
Pumphrey like, he is just a tall dude.
And you don't realize how large he actually is, until he's
standing there. Cause he's like two and a half humans.
And then walking out, he offered us something to drink.
And when he came back out,
he came back out with like lukewarm LaCroix's
and he has these giant a$$
like gorilla hands,
which made the LaCroix cans look like
sample sized cans from Sam's Club.
And I just couldn't get over just how large he actually was
and how tall he was.
And I just kept giggling because he made Dakota look like a
free to play size version of who Dakota usually is.
So that was actually really funny.
And obviously getting able to spend some time with those
guys and almost running into a wall with one of their
scooters. It was pretty, it was pretty fun.
- [Brent] We immediately went to Donut media,
met James and Nolan and all those guys.
Got to get to see the set, where they record everything,
kind of their, just their work environment,
got to see some of their cars,
a little bit of behind the scenes stuff
to see how they actually operate.
They brought out a crazy cart and this little, go-cart thing
that you drift and has like a handbrake and stuff.
And that was insanely hard to drive.
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Like I got in it for like two seconds.
I was like,
get me off of this before I like hit a car.
Of course, all the Donut dudes were like super good at it.
Like drifting through the cones and stuff.
Alex did really good on it.
I don't know how he just jumped on it,
he was like a natural.
Dakota was pretty good too.
He did like 360 right away.
And I got out and I was like, nah,
this is not for me. Like, I, I was,
I was about to hit something. So I was like, no.
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- We had Ann over and saw Chris,
I can't say which was really cool to meet up with him.
We love partnering with Kansei.
We just launched the Kansei giveaway.
So getting to go there, film some content
and then see how they operate was really cool.
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moving onto the next day, nothing slowed down.
So we were meeting up with Dustin Williams,
literally driving all over and driving in California is an
absolute nightmare. But like I said, we made it a good time.
- [Alex] Mostly because I drove like a demon
and Dakota drove like a sensible human
that understood that there were other people
in the cars that he was driving next to.
- Being able to like sit down with Dustin and like,
he gave me a ride in his car,
his like his GTR and his WX and like, just talk to him
one-on-one that was pretty sweet.
And just like I said,
he's a genuine dude.
Dude works his butt off. Just like you can,
you can see it that he's just like always hustling.
And like, honestly, it was kind of an inspiration.
So like, to be able to see him in person was, was,
was really cool,
but hung out with Dustin,
recorded some videos with him,
got to see his cars,
got to couple ride alongs.
Steve has shot some really cool
rollers, which I'm guessing he'll put right here.
Cause it was really sick.
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- [Dakota] And then after Dustin I
immediately fleeing to top rank and
getting to see all the crazy cars over there and then seeing
Brian's flawless 10 out of 10.
Perfect mark for supra.
He won't say it's a perfect 10 out of 10,
but I absolutely love the car period. Correct.
They showed us around there. They were awesome.
Everyone we met up with was awesome. By the way,
all these people are so genuine. So humble.
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- [Steve] The fast and the furious came out.
I was 13 years old when that movie came out
and it never dawned on me ever, at that point in time
that's I'd ever get the opportunity to just,
for a day or just for 20 minutes,
go and hang out and chill at the house
that they filmed parts of the original movie at.
But going there was like one of like the highlighting
moments for me because it was like, so much of my life can
be, I guess, attributed to that movie,
pushing me in the direction that I went in, because I
definitely would have been involved in cars,
I think, no matter what.
Thanks to that movie.
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- [Mario] One of my favorite moments was
when we went to the fast and
the furious house, just because it's, it's iconic, right?
It's, it's something that you see in movies
and I've seen it in multiple movies, obviously multiple,
multiple the fast and furious movies and just to be able to
stand in front of it and, you know, pop a Corona open was,
it was just, it just didn't feel real.
It just was super wild. I never thought I'd be doing it.
I never thought I'd,
I would have gone with the people that I went with.
It's just super crazy. I just never thought it'd happen.
So that was a, I would say one of the best moments.
- So it was, really cool,
super like nostalgic kind of,
you get to see that in person.
And it was right by Bob's Food Market,
which I didn't know that that was like filmed so close
together.
It was pretty sweet to see like where the whole fight went
down and stuff like that.
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- [Alex] Mama didn't raise no b*tch.
- It's just me and him just hanging out,
watching a video together,
you make the food,
you kinda learn about,
it's all worth it, right?
Maybe deciding if this is the right decision for you
to make, whether you want to be invested
in the automotive culture,
or maybe we should just spend your time doing something a
little bit more affordable, like gardening, lawn care.
Maybe getting invested in some sort of stitching.
Perhaps it's a pretty affordable price,
but I just want you guys to know that you should keep
watching the video you're doing great.
And we really appreciate the investment that you've put
by watching this, probably in clothing that
you wouldn't wear outside, or maybe you're naked.
In either case. It's weird.
You keep on keeping on.
- Getting to meet so many of our like subscribers and
followers out there. That was not...
So our main demographic is out west and kind of the Southern
states, not so much Wisconsin, believe it or not.
So the majority of our following was out there and getting
to go to shows and having people come up to me and sign
their cars or wanting us to review their car.
Just even like slapping wheels on an A90 supra
was literally one of the biggest highlights of my trip.
Getting to meet so many new people that just love Fitment
Industries was the coolest thing.
It literally gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
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- Alex and Dakota,
we put the mics on them and record them.
And they were walking around different cars there
and like reviewing them in front of everybody.
And like the audience was loving it.
They were like hyping them up.
So that meant that, that made like Alex and Dakota get like
hyped up more. And so they were really producing,
some, like awesome content.
Like they were super into the videos super in the moment.
And also during that meet,
there is countless people coming up to Dakota and Alex and
like, like, can I get a picture?
And it was just,
it was really cool to like see that in person.
- [Steve] Adrenaline, I guess you could call it that.
Just the overall, just like, wow, like, look at that.
I've got fans right there.
I'm doing my thing and they're enjoying it.
So that's gonna make him turn them do better
with what they were doing.
I thought just thought that was really,
really cool to just be able to witness that.
And all the while I got to exist in my own little world
shooting my, my movie that you're, you're watching now.
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- Missing Fuel Fast was, was a bummer for sure.
But in the same token, the team was still there to,
to represent, you know, I,
I don't have to be there to enjoy every moment.
Us being able to do the charity donations and being able
to donate, to reach out worldwide with our,
with our T-shirt giveaways
that we do almost every other month.
It's a big deal for us.
I mean,
that's kind of our way of saying thanks for helping us grow.
And so in that same token,
I may have not been able to be there,
but to see Dakota and Mario and Steve and Brent, you know,
their, their faces were smiling when they met Cody Walker.
Their faces were just giggling when they met Han and you
know, and,
and they got to see the cars in the movies
and they got to present, you know,
that cheque and present that,
that donation, you know.
That is an achievement in their lives.
That I'm just glad that we were able to have the opportunity
to do for them. And hopefully we get to keep doing that,
as we keep getting the support from this pretty awesome and
incredible community.
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