ORIGINAL Japan drift vlog from 2007! *read description*

[@S147]

Looked like Drift Jesus back then

[@carboydorifutoparty3976]

As soon as the video started I thought this exact thing.

[@maarten332]

You made my day

[@youwantshum9860]

JDM Jesus

[@driftboi3989]

🤣

[@kaybevang536]

First Gun Jesus from Forgotten Weapons And now Noriyaro is the new JDM Jesus

[@DaroLinguiniJohnson]

*_Jesus actually takes the wheel this time_*

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

He better run, outrun the Romans.

[@nikettle]

Drifted his way through the desert

[@pjonsng]

Bland colour quality✔ Noticeable noise quality✔ Akwardly zooming to anything✔ Yep this is 2000s

[@newchangeunlisted_viewer5594]

I love it man

[@daronpolitickinc]

Looks like they were being filmed on some vx2100s or something too 🤘🤙

[@spacekii]

I swear it looked like this in real life too

[@donloder1]

Bland? This is the most vivid grading I've seen in a long time!

[@tyler5087]

Good times

[@renosaintz7864]

I like how the Japanese Police Man removes his gloves to handshake A little yet big attention to detail

[@DA_BEAMERRRR]

Back when corona wasnt a thing

[@gaspar7412]

i didnt notice that detail lolol

[@eldurhagberg848]

@@DA_BEAMERRRR Haha thought the exact same thing when I saw it

[@DA_BEAMERRRR]

@@eldurhagberg848 yes XD

[@RottenWeeblet]

@@DA_BEAMERRRR I know you

[@Ozlow95]

That beginning looks like almost every street racing video game: "Here's your car!" lol

[@ErebosGR]

He didn't win a impromptu street race on the way back though.

[@piefecta3012]

ErebosGR lmaooo

[@GhostOfDamned]

NFS: CARBON JAPAN EDITION

[@maxnaz47]

@@GhostOfDamned I would pay good money to relive those nostalgia days with todays technology, especially a VR setup :-D

[@GhostOfDamned]

@@maxnaz47 i agree mate

[@Taylordrifts]

This is sooooo Damn Cool!

[@nikettle]

Only slightly cooler than you mate, you're the most down to earth American I've come across on KZbin 👌🏻 Love your content

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

Who Else Remembers Taylor and Adam doing Tandems in Japan ?

[@user-yr3kt5ei5d]

Me: 2007 wasn't that long ago Video: WAZZAAAAAP! Me: Egads, they speak the ancient chant!

[@phasehalide]

Yeah the ancients have spoken with a scary movie chant: WAZZZZAAAP!

[@olik136]

hello fellow old person- kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5SQdqagdtiWadk

[@thetechfromheaven]

W-watashi

[@bayshoreboys]

@@phasehalide Lol nah man, scary movie took that from a WIDELY popular Budweiser superbowl ad from 1999 - Still killer tho WASSAAAP

[@orion2250]

“Do not cite the Deep Magic to me,....I was there when it was written..

[@kakashiofsanjose]

dudes helmet is a hardhat with a string, amazing. 15:00

[@erf1109]

absolute legend!

[@matthew_natividad]

Mad lad

[@6S3]

don’t forget the gloves

[@injeolmi6]

Pretty neat.

[@pn109a]

There's something about the old school camera look that feels more real than the modern near-perfect cameras with their active color correction and all that. Really, really cool video, thanks Alexi.

[@uhdobo7]

Precisely.

[@philspaghet]

It feels more human I guess

[@evothal6903]

Imo everything was more genuine back then,now almost anything you look at lost its `soul` just a pretty cover.

[@j-man2nd]

You know when you think about it. I feel that can be attributed to a lot of things. Maybe things just start off organic and "real" but as time passes. More players enter the game. The formula of early success is replicated and becomes easier to duplicate. Which mean the quality and originality of the content becomes less and less. Until finally the thing, be it a genre of music ,a new sport or art movement. Slowly becomes bogged down in mediocrity. With the system that comes into place doing it's best to keep anything that might spark the thing back to originality from ever coming into own. You want an example of what I'm talking about? You need look no further than the very site we are on right now in this comment section.

[@WestShore88]

Film not digital

[@MrAlcmj]

Your Japanese friends helping with the cars seam like the coolest people out there. Hope they’re in good health and still having fun

[@ViktorVaughn135]

doesnt he still go to that shop

[@s70driver2005]

​@…… yep!! His mail gets sent there from overseas and he filmed some of his new S15 videos there.

[@bigry4000]

11:05 absolute madlad drifting a NSX

[@eurosonly]

Absolute rich lad

[@mt4xcs]

@@eurosonly it was 07 so i dont think the nsx had quite the price tag that is has today

[@Xmadish]

Shun Akutsu was his name. He was also mentioned on old Noriyaro blog :D

[@KacKLaPPeN23]

Here's what happened to the car kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5mbnpeKjZ5_kNk

[@airconditioner32-n2y]

Not long before he crashed it. :')

[@MaximusProxi]

14:59 Now that's what you call a good safety helmet :D

[@aaronsanchezz]

That's how im showing up to the track

[@lucassilveiro8056]

Only the finest japanese engineering level

[@jeremygeneraymundo123]

7:05 they probably thought you were john lenon.

[@nimaforoughi7266]

Jeremy Raymundo *Jon Lemon

[@adityakhresnaputrayana2547]

Neem the pun is so good, i just spat out my drink reading it hahahahahhha

[@KnightsTempura]

you might be right

[@cptjagger1664]

now i can't stop seeing it

[@juancitobentos6351]

More than john lennon, he looks like Shinigami from Initial D

[@nikousenpai]

Something oddly satisfying about watching these early 2000's videos, it seems as if things were simpler back then even though it wasn't that long ago.

[@MrChrisRic17]

The worst part of this video is that it is only 17 minutes long!

[@WhatduzzitMean]

I couldve watched it if it was 17 hours man, why am I so into this?

[@beansology]

The worst part is that it is only 16:47 minutes long. Lol

[@wotreplays1658]

Ikr! This is sooo cool, it's nostalgic

[@AleksWorkshop]

the vibes are immaculate in this

[@s1d3k1ckRO]

The quality is so good that I hardly believed it's shot 13 years ago... 😂

[@dimsas26]

The thing that's even harder to believe is that 2007 was 13 darned years ago, tbh

[@marccrey8791]

Mini dv tapes

[@Sube-Tube]

@@marccrey8791 I've still got 6 hours worth of unused tapes that I need to use on something

[@marccrey8791]

sube tube hell yeah man, i have a canon xl1s that i still use

[@ksawiprod9140]

to be honest it looks better than recorded by any smartphone today

[@fastwrider]

This is what KZbin is for. Videos like these.. This is pure greatness no music no voice overs no bs. Just a good time

[@NoFL88]

*2007 *More informative and professional than most 2020 automotive vlogs

[@thatopendiffdude9109]

2020: "I DESTROYED MY SICC 180SX WHILE STREET DRIFTIN' *police chase*"

[@aaronsanchezz]

Its because people with good cameras were actually professionals back then now every little know nothing kid with an iPhone is putting out yt car vids and alot actually get tuns of subs and money so its not even as worth it for the real professionals to be doing it so they are disappearing and being replaced by yt kids... hahaha i rant

[@NoFL88]

@@aaronsanchezz seems legit, mate. Agreed.

[@SkaterOrnez]

@@aaronsanchezz lol alex choi and tanner fox 😂

[@99mintaltezza2]

Mista _Wo tanner fox and tj hunt are the biggest gays in the car scene no cap

[@Chevelle405]

Everyone seemed to be just Energetic, Happy & Positive. Good old days we all surely do miss.

[@V1_JFN]

Such a blast from the past yet feels like it was recorded just days ago. A testiment not only to Japan, but Alexi's content. Also, that hair! 😮🥰

[@susumaxxxing]

Its the drift jesus haircut

[@paodebatata6606]

7:11 I like how that officer took his glove off to compliment him

[@Maibulsak]

Man I miss the 2005-2010 car scene

[@thatopendiffdude9109]

Pro Street type vibes

[@Rafa-qj4if]

@@thatopendiffdude9109 ryan cooper

[@ななころび]

Hasn't changed in the motherland

[@plottwist1733]

Fucking same man!

[@cllris]

MSC was the shit around this period.

[@evilnyne]

Damn I wish I was born earlier so I could live during this time period in Japan. Some of the golden years of car culture!

[@IDeze1]

Before the "beercan r32" there was a "beercan s13" Are u tellin' me that there is a drift multiverse?

[@noriyaro]

Noriyaro was the more successful reboot series

[@redlion145]

@@noriyaro Truly, we are living in the best timeline.

[@HaruAyanami]

I knew it was S13!

[@DoctoredGarage]

This is so rad. It's incredible to see how much Ebisu has changed and how much has stayed the same over the years.

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

What’s amazing about this footage is that this was before angle kits Pure Drifting

[@wheeln24-79]

Was wondering why they didn't fix that

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Angle kits are the fake tits of drift cars.

[@destroyerxd4499]

Love how you can see how they've grown through out the years. Still kickin' it up to this day! These people are friends for life! Rii-chan still kicking ass in the S14. ❤️❤️❤️

[@HunterZ32]

This is actually really cool to see what the scene was like before I cared about cars xD

[@ddt3619]

Same

[@Perpetual86]

It's shit now

[@scottex.]

I cared about cars but not as much as now

[@HunterZ32]

Luke Scottex I was 6 years old so I cared more about cartoons and video games

[@possibly8180]

Not too far off from what I saw on TV as a kid, which were dubbed episodes of initial D first stage lmao.

[@rafaelsaez5596]

Ok but can we talk about how good Alexi looks with long hair? He looks definitely like a chill dude lol

[@possibly8180]

He seems chill

[@gnivrihog]

9:19 the infamous haiku

[@TheCanadianBubba]

You were after it even back then ! Steep angles, lots of smoke and linking it up like at 13:03 ! Thank you for digging this out and sharing it with us. Great days to you Alexi !

[@victordimichele6824]

The guy at the end just straight sending it. With only a string holding on his hardhat.. and no rollcage.. legend.

[@aaronsanchezz]

I wonder what hes doing now

[@victordimichele6824]

Probably running his 240sx with no doors, so he can touch tires of cars doing tandems beside him

[@johnn7419]

The guy at the end is still drifting it up. You must look for an episode abroad in Japan, most dangerous sport. The British guy goes to ebisu and meets noriyaro and the hardhat guy gives him a ride.

[@mellon9449]

@@aaronsanchezz its rii-chan!

[@John-qb8wh]

the more i see your videos the more i think to myself, "maybe japan isn't such a bad place to move" as a car guy who loves japanese imports, as a guy who's interested in japanese culture in general this is good also the officer who took his glove off to shake your hand, that just made my heart warm such kindness and respect i love it

[@wuzihuzi]

I miss old cameras with global shutter. Made the action look way better.

[@JDMism]

Lochlan Hughes Yeah I agree!!! Unfortunately your only global shutter option these days is a Canon C700 GS or a Sony F55!

[@spencervalek2173]

Why did global shutters disappear?

[@JDMism]

@@spencervalek2173 Mainly because of the move from CCD to CMOS sensors. It's possible to make global shutter CMOS sensors but they seem to be less light sensitive

[@wuzihuzi]

JDM ism also black magic micro cinema camera

[@shawnm2597]

This one brings back memories from when I lived in Japan in the mid '80s-90s. The beat up cheap cars and red-stripe plates.... fun times in the hills of Aomori-ken. Got down to Ebisu a couple of times for drifting and to take the little ones to the drive-thru zoo.

[@patrickdabs]

Thank you for this alexi, its like a time capsule to 2000's japanese drifting.

[@Smashdalip]

Crazy I stumbled on this video, I remember back in HS finding the blog and watching this for the first time, it seems like it was just yesterday.. Time flies, I’m glad you’re still doing your thing and living the dream.

[@greenbooban]

Edited out the Tokyo Drift reference I see

[@kakashi99908]

WE GET IT YOU SEEN THE TWITCH STREAM

[@tehidiotboys3010]

Duck what was the reference doe

[@BladezAndrew]

what was the reference

[@nocturnalsonder]

let me guess, was it the Hyundai joke?

[@JasonBeo]

Date of the vod?

[@susantuna3434]

this just gives me nostalgia for some reason (i think i miss 2000s youtube )

[@imacat8476]

Lain gang

[@iluvimports]

Seeing cars drift with stock steering angle is so impressive. That downhill portion on Ebisu looks so much more intimidating in this video

[@BinBagz]

Ngl i didn't know who you were before watching this and have no clue how i stumbled across it but this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen and now I started binge watching your videos 😂

[@octanegamer1576]

You remind me for some reason look like a younger Australian James May

[@Spkfox]

He was making haikus and all 😂 James Mays latest show about Japan was based on haikus

[@nielsmichiels1939]

Nega james may He's fast ,young , and interesting.

[@SheerDrop]

James May with a slight hint of Jake Gyllenhaal, quite weird

[@JelloSpucci]

i actually really like this style of video and the editing! thanks for sharing this part of your past with us!

[@LuckyKnightJP]

luminus sunrise on the way to matsuri god i need some sleep -Alexi Smith

[@DarkSwordsman]

I would love to get that on a shirt

[@sleezywalk420]

Those nostalgia vibes hits different loved the long hair 😂😂🔥

[@Johnny_OSG]

14:58 ayyy that's Rii-chan! Finally we get to see his S14

[@patrickdabs]

His s14 is also in the video where Alexi drives Rii-chan's side attack 86 at Niko circuit.

[@kiisseli8086]

@@patrickdabs Is this the same S14? Looked pretty cool back then if it is.

[@patrickdabs]

@@kiisseli8086 Yep same car. It looks even better now, It got fresh paint and aero recently.

[@rx-heaven8934]

2007 is a year I wouldn't mind living in permanently.

[@JuanJimenez.]

Same. Even though I was 5 years old back then, it be nice to go back to those times

[@Meewbs]

The 2000's vibe thooooooooo! love it!~ absolutely amazing time capsule, Im glad you decided to post this, it fully grasp the japan and drifting from back then and also your experiences if you have any more of these please post them!

[@RandomGuyWithaMazda]

somehow this is the most endearing drifting footage Ive ever seen? Its like a home movie mixed with a drift vlog, its goddamn adorable and I mean that in the most genuinely positive way possible.

[@MiniH0p]

this is like watching the retired forman when he was a laborer.

[@Bmxstang]

I like that the video doesn’t have music, it doesn’t need it because the content is so intriguing and good!

[@jhalkoski]

luminous sunrise on the way to matsuri god i need some sleep

[@kristisrb]

Never thought I'd hear haiku in a drifting video. Alexi is a man of culture

[@raymondcoffey7928]

Lexi was a cool drifter in Japan, when drifting was at its coolest. Love the retro videos. Thank you!

[@RexHoles6969]

Omg the chick in the overalls is the cutest god damned thing

[@OllamhDrab]

I kinda wonder where all the hands-on car gals seem to have gone. They're around in older videos and stuff, don't see so much in recent stuff. (Maybe the horsepower and tire budgets just got too ridiculous. The old-school techniques are more appealing, I think. :) )

[@wolfsworkshop9095]

She's really adorable

[@gregormonkey]

7:35 "it was too boro so they stopped us" 😂😂😂 Awesome video, great hit of nostalgia, thanks for sharing this gem, Alexi!

[@ArachenoxTheLynx]

To think that this footage is 13 years old. Damn. It's really cool to see, though. If you have any more old drifting tapes laying around, I'm sure everyone would enjoy seeing that.

[@dgarlo]

Great video Alexi, great to show some of the younger audience of what you had to back in the day. Good memories of back then 1 so called "drift magazine" (didn't last much longer) 2 a almost new looking initial drift shit (have you ever told the younger audience of you're past in Australia) And 3 secret drift the forums all the driftars wanted to be on. Keep up the good work. OK I officially sound and feel old.

[@Designandrew]

"Previous owned taxed the seat" damm I haven't heard taxed used as slang for ages.. we used to say it all the time haha

[@noriyaro]

Me either!

[@angel9380]

Here in cali it’s used often tbh

[@ozlo4077]

bruh that’s the norm in edinburgh

[@devinhorita7678]

I am surprised how well edited and how good the quality is especially for the time where most things were like 240p and 0.2 megapixel phone cameras. Looks like it was made now.

[@nigellllllllll]

First 2 seconds, "Look at this dude, look at that guy"

[@Kid_Strange]

New Noriyaro content is always good content, even better when it's older footage ft. long haired Alexi drifting a 180sx!

[@SolarClarence]

The quality is just right 👌

[@TheBlaiant]

One of the best videos you’ve put up hands-down! What a different place this was 13 years ago.

[@shkm]

the feeling that this video gives is amazing

[@manny4450]

i actually like the quality of this video, its so vintage and just dates how far back all this goes. so awesome

[@kylutrash]

0:33 Opel Vectra in Japan?? :o

[@MrDoc405]

best video ever. shows real joy something that dont exists in the car scene any more

[@jamesstone5343]

Fuck I miss the old days 😭 So upsetting the drift scene is so pretty now, and as much as there’s so many real passionate people there’s so many folk just around for the hype taking advantage of popularity and very high prices now 😭

[@kaybevang536]

James Stone we need to go back to the roots of Touge

[@ef5supercell]

@@kaybevang536 so.... 1981?

[@Taffaff]

@@ef5supercell yes

[@possibly8180]

​@@ef5supercell mid-70s even

[@wotreplays1658]

Please upload more of these old vlogs, this looked like heaven, it has a 90s vibe to it, it's golden!

[@edwinlugo1080]

Is that riichan? 15:00

[@sickdevs]

Eli Blast !! Looks like it!

[@exvious6066]

Yes sir

[@jasonseliger-braun572]

lmao he sent that shit

[@paulrdgers3914]

Everywhere else's safety regulations: DOT Helmet, Roll cage, 12 Point Harness, Nomex & Kevlar bodysuit and gloves, medics in ambulance every other corner. Japan safety regulations: Orange gloves, Hardhat.

[@juulinator9100]

12 point dont you mean 5 or 6 point ?

[@estebanquito356]

14:59 Amazing times

[@xdaftpunkedx]

This is the kind of stuff I would love to see constantly. Awesome stuff.

[@coreysmith5397]

13 years later and I'm still not at where you were! Thanks for posting this, fun watch!

[@5chr4pn3ll]

And the award for best drifting goes to: The camera work!

[@TheNinjaMonkey43]

This is such an awesome video! That silvia is absolutely thrashed its amazing. Its so cool to see what was going on in the early 2000s.

[@alejandroLAX]

Love It, remembering how cool the drift scene was in the 2000's.

[@dimadamiable]

very interesting to watch this vid after couple of new noriyaro blogs. i appreciate your content, Alexi, thank you

[@Riskspeed]

The nostalgia - this is the stuff i watched in high school that led up to me getting into drifting!

[@big____rich4560]

Damn they hit us with the WAZZZZUPPPP Also sick helmet at 15:00

[@grenzle2428]

I mean this in the best way, but your vlogs haven’t changed a single bit 😂

[@MottaBrothersGarage]

I think this is by far my favorite Noriyaro video next to the AE86 that you purchased and drove lol this is really good

[@jimmerframed6988]

This was sooo sick! Shoutout to the guy ripping it in the NSX. Best shot was 12:39, so many AE86s. 😍😍😍

[@bruchett4799]

After Alexi drifted towards the grass I knew the tires were going out. I suspect that is one of the reasons the guy driving his car drifted off too. Plus the tires popping by the end. Great video!

[@Danarchy7]

This footage is some of the coolest I’ve seen for a while! You must try and dig out more if you have any.. Completely timeless!

[@assko11]

I love low quality videos of high quality drifting, it's so...full of spirit? Love your videos, Alexi! Thank you for another great experience!

[@V8.77]

15:27 Zoidberg lol

[@Massacheefa]

Man I use to love the drift battle DVD you made a long time ago im still following you till now

[@S-Kidz]

Dang was that someone drifting an nsx? 🤯

[@S.A.241]

Oh my God that mad lad

[@dancliffton2596]

this is litterally my fav alexi vid just the vibes on this are so good

[@jasonle4077]

This vid is legit nostalgic

[@taylorwetherford3397]

im so jealous if this video i wish i could have been there, the old school drift scene seems so fun and wholesome!

[@andyhouston69]

Me: Clicks on this video to see some awsome old school drifting. Also me: Gets excited about a old Volvo in the background

[@220Hoi]

for me it was the Lancia Y in the background that made me loose my mind :D

[@petroldan]

How about that red Opel ? :O

[@demonsamongstmen562]

this video is a gem and so sad its only 17 minutes wish it was longer.

[@wal32r]

That Initial Drift hoodie. Memories of Oran Park in the pouring rain 😢

[@onseki1774]

13 years ago! Great drifting, really makes me happy to see you chasing your dreams all these years later! One of the best videos I’ve seen yet

[@japcrap]

Tell me you got more rawr footage back in the day, MORE OF THIS!

[@Mandem443]

The respect when he took his glove off to shake your hand😍 legends

[@Midnightt]

Tokyo Drift Han type haircut I see 😜