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Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

Sexy Sushi has a series of photos from the recent Redbull “All Geared Up” event posted up on his Flickr. Here’s the master’s class and you can check out more photos from this event here.

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

It turns out none other than Sexy Sushi was the man that Oakley chose to photograph the Rebels. Kai, aka Fixika, along with Shino and others were chosen to represent the Japanese urban cycling market and Eisuke did a great job at capturing the riders.

Looking great dude!

Previously:
Oakley Cycle Culture Magazine “Rebels”

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

This is what I’ve been waiting for. I know there’s been a few photos from the Pedal It Don’t Push It 2 competition, but I wanted to see Sexy Sushi’s before I posted anything else. He’s only got two on his Flickr at the moment, but these are better than anything else I’ve seen so far from the event. Check out Shaoxin on his Durcus 1 Stylin’ frame, tucked up over the bunnyhop bar!

Nice photos man! See the other one here.

Previously:
W-Base: Taiwan Trip Pt. 1
W-Base Durcus One Stylin’: Available March 24th

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

I think of all the people I have met over the years in the worldwide cycling scene, Sexy Sushi is one of my favorites.I used to look at his photos of the JAN crew on Flickr all the time and was always impressed with his photography. At that time, pogos and rollouts were the tricks considered “advanced” in the growing sport and Japan had them on lock. I met Eisuke (pronounced “yous-gay”) back in 2008 at Peel Sessions randomly. He came out, took some photos and then we took him to a bar and got him drunk.

The story continues below…

Break Brake just upped all of Sexysushi‘s pics from this weekend’s Pedal It Don’t Push It event. Check the rest out here.

Previously:
Pedal It Don’t Push It

Prolly gets Busted!! from candy cranks on Vimeo.

When Eisuke, aka Sexysushi isn’t taking photos, he’s helping the TKBMA run the CMWC and heckling me over the loud speaker. “John Prorry please get off the bike”

Eisuke

That became the mantra for the week. Everytime Yohei from W-Base saw me riding, he’d yell that. Good times man!

Thanks Candy Cranks for the videos!

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

Ever wonder what your favorite fixed freestyler from Japan would look like dressed up like a Samurai? Well, wonder no more. For a recent Loop Magazine shoot, Sexysushi went out with you know who and caught some nice photos. Check more out at his Flickr.

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

I always love checking out Eisuke’s Flickr stream. The other day I caught a little portrait he did of me for Ollie Magazine and when I went back to the photo today to post it, I caught this photo he took of Toku and decided to put it up instead. So many great things about the photo. The subject matter and focus is on-point.

Toku’s gonna have that kid looking up to him from here on out. Start ’em young!

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

Sexysushi is at it again for Ollie Magazine. He just posted some photos of Hal building one of the FTC x Nabiis Alchemy frames at BORED bike shop in Tokyo. Really great lighting in these shots. Check them out here.

Photo by Ichigo

Eisuke, one of the baddest dudes around Tokyo, has quite the following over here in the States. Everyone loves his photographs of the Japanese riders and when Tom and Wonka were in Tokyo for the Bicycle Film Festival, Sexysushi spent a lot of time with the two Yanks.Ichigo from Zibaspace upped a few shots of Tom at Komazawa with Eisuke and I liked this one the best. As a photographer, you’re always getting the “lemme see” and Sexysushi isn’t afraid to show you his work a little early.

Previously:
Sexysushi: Hi Tom
Sexysushi: Wonka 10 Stair Gap
Sexysushi: Tom and Wonka in Tokyo
Tom Komazawa Park

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

Luckily for us, Sexysushi had no plans for these photos and uploaded them to his Flickr. Two shots; a big ten and a transfer. The second pic is below.

Here’s another pic Sexysushi took of Wonka while he and Tom were riding one night. Eisuke claims the shot isn’t up to his standards, but I think it looks pretty good. Wonka’s been hitting some gnarly gaps as of late. First the 13/14 stair set and now these pics of a long 10. Very impressive!

Previously:
Stress x Wildlife!: “Hood Up”
Sexysushi: Tom and Wonka in Tokyo

Wonka side-rail-ride by Sexysushi

My man Eisuke Sekiguchi, aka Sexysushi spent some time with Tom and Wonka while they were visiting Tokyo. He took them to spots to ride, out for ramen noodles and spent a lot of time just hanging out, getting to know them. Naturally he took a ton of pictures during this time and they came out great! Check out some more below.

Sexy Sushi just made a post on his blog outlining how he shot Toku’s portrait for Loop magazine. The shots are a bit old, but the explanation of how he lit the subjects to capture the mood of Shiba Friday is pretty cool. I think that’s what Google translate said anyway!

Reminds me of what Tak does when he shoots us at Peel. Low light and minimal flashes. Be on the look out for Peel, Mishka, Affinity and other NYC people and places in the new issue of Loop. It should be out shortly!

Catch the rest of the shots here.

I already miss Ted and his pirate jokes, massive airs and habitual drinking. Sexy Sushi has a nice little series with Ted and Gekishi up on his Flickr, so head over and checkem out.

Expect a full Super Ted post coming soon too!

From what I can tell, this guy Toku rides hard. He’s always making appearances on Sexy Sushi‘s Flickr riding his neon BMW.

These two recent uploads, in grainy black and white are tell tale signs of the riding that’s going on today.

Great shots man!

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

I think this is my favorite photo that anyone ever shot at the Peel Sessions. Eisuke, or Sexy Sushi as he’s known, shot Jeremiah from Hold Fast tire-tapping this column, before there was a Hold Fast strap. It’s been years (2008) since people rode 700c with 28c tires and well over two years since Peel Sessions. I really miss those days but I’m glad Eisuke re-upped this photo. Nostalgia dies hard.

Having photographer’s blogs and Flickr feeds on my RSS reader is always a good way to brighten up the day. As of now I have SexySushi‘s, Kyoichi’s, Falcon Duran‘s and Ed Glazar‘s on my Google Reader.

Once and a while a pic of myself pops up in the mix. Love the NYC randomness on Falcon’s pics, the environment and composition of Ed’s, the new bike gear and even food on Kyoichi’s and the new tricksters in Japan on Sexy Sushi’s.

Keep it up guys!