Greetings everyone!
It’s been over 20 years since the first Drift Session in Kapolei, Hawaii (Jan or Feb 2001) so I dug through some old photo albums about a year ago (back in early 2021) and put together this slide show. I forgot about posting this, but in trying to rework the DriftSession.com recently, I pulled down all of the old content and thought I should put this up in the meantime, before another 20 years goes by.
The slide show is more or less in chronological order. Mahalo to everyone that came out, pitched in, and helped build our amazing drifting community in Hawaii. I tried my best to list all the people and organizations that joined us along the way, but it’s been 20 years. It’s hard to remember everything. Apologies if I missed anyone or misspelled any names. As a favor to the Drift Session community, please visit the YouTube link for this video and use the comments section to name / tag people in the slideshow so we can add them to the record of who was there (and they can see how much younger they were, way back when).
Aloha,
“Shimos”
In the Video:
Aaron Kikkawa
Aaron (brown 4-door Corolla)
Alaine Akau
Alex Kamm
Alex Pfeiffer
Anders Nervell, Esq.
Andrew Allwood
Andy Ng
Avery Tsui
Ayumi Karasawa
Barry Lai
Barry Wong
Bomba Yamamoto
Braden Lee
Brandon Hiroshige
Candis Higa
Cara Kubo
Casey
Chad Lau
Chris Billete
Chris Chode
Chris Kam
Chris Messer
Chris Taylor
Cindy Sato
Clinton Gushiken
Colin Lau
Cory Takamatsu
Crazy J
Daniel “Monk” Shin
Dave Kubo
Dave Silva
David “Bubs” Imada
Denny Cabal
Drift Samurai
Ed Kubo
Egmar Klemmer
Emily Chang
Eric Alferes
Ernie
Esther’s Sister
Eugene Cho
Forrest Wang
Fred Puleo
Fumiaki “Drifter-X” Komatsu
Francis Lapinig
Frankie Pintor
Gary Ganotisi
Gavin Correia
Gernell Yamada
Giselle Tejada
Graham Henderson
Heather Yoshida
Hide Hanawa
Hiro Tsudo
Hudson Hott
Hutch
Ian Correia
Isami Amemiya
Jackie Carallos
Jamie
Jamie Kunisaki
Janine Carvalho
Jason Harada
Jason Kikkawa
Jason Lee
Jason Ryan
Jason Tam-Hoy
Jeff Young
Jensen Kona
Jeron Sambrano
Jerry Fuentas
Jin Horino
Jodi
Joe Libby
Jolene
Jon “Johnny Redondo”
Jon Q.
Jorge “Driftfreak”
Joshua Peterson
Justin Carvalho
Justin Correia
Justin Dotson
Justin “The Ruckus” Kikkawa
KC Ortogero
Kai (from Racesauce)
Kai (from Titan’s)
Kaori (Yuki’s pal)
Katsuhiro Ueo
Kaui
Kazuya “Drifter-XL” Bai
Ken Maeda
Kenji Yamanaka
Kerry
Keli’i Battung
Kell Komatsubara
Keoni Rodriguez
Kevin Hirakawa
Kim
Kim Doan
Kip Nakagawa
Koichi Miyamoto
Kolu Lau
Kousuke “MAD” Kida
Kyle Arai
Lance “LT” Tsubota
Landon Ibara
Lane Murakami
Larsen Ibara
Lee
Levi “Sniper-X” Ho’okano, Esq.
Lincoln Chee
Lopaka Rodriguez
Lyz Cruz
Maile Ekimoto
Malia Song
Marcus Ho
Marissa Bryant
Mark Danao
Marlene Kieu
Masatoshi Hayashi
Matt Katakura
Matt “Matto” McQuain
Matt Oshima
Matt Scarfone
May Olipares
Mike Irion
Mike Kitchens
Mitchell Precht
Moon
Naoyuki Nagatsuka
Nick Cosma
Nicole
Nikki Takamatsu
Nina Roxanne
Okuyama
Paul “World Famous” Umholtz
Pedro Domion
Renny Cabal
Renny Muraoka
Rex Koga
Reyson Hirakawa
Ric Tinoso
Richie Miao
Richie Mito
Ron Freitas
Ronald Ramos
Ronnie Mito
Ross Petty
Roy “Tatsutoshi” Uno
Royce Fujimoto
Ryan Naka
Ryusuke Kawasaki
Scott Pires
Scott Waraka
Sean Domingo
Sean Igawa
Sean Yasukochi
Shane Oliberos
Shawn Oliberos
Shawn Riley
Sheleen Dee
Sherwin Udani
Shige Hirabayashi
Sidney & Roxanne Shimokawa
Sky Pryne
“Smokey” Kazuhiko Nagata
Stanford “Handsome Stan” Lau
Steve “Steve-O” Oliberos
Steven Bolo
Sunisa Sims
Sy Kodama
Takahiro Ueno
Terry (Honda Civic guy)
Tetsuya Hibino
Tiffany Muraoka
Tom Bryant (Drift Session co-founder)
Tom Stone
Tomoka Kondo
Tony “Tony Marony” Perreira
Tsuki Sumiyoshi
Tyson Young
Wayland Vankirk
William “Billy” Ross
Yuki McQuain
Yumi Mano
Yuni
Mahalo to everyone else that helped the Drift Session along the way:
360 Video
808 Speed
Abunai Racewear
Advance Graphics
All Star Hawaii
Auto Chem Systems
BJ Sabate
Battle Magazine
Benson & Nadine Hsu
Bobby Enos
Brandon Hiromoto
Mr. & Mrs. Brown’s Plate Lunch Stand
Capcom
Car & Driver Magazine
Central Anime Hawaii
Consolidated Theaters
Cooper Tires
Coors Light
Cutter Mazda Waipahu
D1 Grand Prix, USA
Dave & Busters Honolulu
Dave Tang
Dohcresearch
Drift Tengoku
Drifting Magazine
Ed Kemper
Endless Garage
Eurosport
Final Konnexion
Formula Hawaii
Fumanchu
Greenbottle Productions
Grip Video
Hawaii International Racing School
Hi-Pace Racing
Honolulu Fire Department
Honolulu Police Department
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Hooters
HS3
Import Racer
Import Tuner
Import Xtreme
Izumo Taisha
“Jose Dynamite” Figueras
KHON, KITV, KGMG, KHNL, OC16 News
K&K Insurance
Ken Alagan @ Servco
Kumho Tires
Kutmaster Spaz
M-Sports
MTV
Mike Maru
Mike Oakland
Munkywerks
Napa Auto Parts
Option2
Papa John’s Pizza
Phil Velasco
Pizza Hut Honolulu
Punishum Motorsports
Racesauce
Red Bull
Robby Abaya
Ross Maeshiro
Round Table Pizza, Waikiki
SSR Wheels
Shannon Mitchell
Sheriff’s Division, State of Hawaii
Signal Auto
Sileighty Mania
Sonic Motorsports
Sony Playstation
Speedhawaii
Sportcraft Racing
Streetcar Showoff
Super Street
Tanabe Racing Development
Team Boso
Team Julius
Team Murder
The Most Hated
Tire Source & Supply
Titan Motorsports
Tokyo Auto Salon
Tracy Arakaki
Travis Higa
Up Garage
Tyler Nekoba
Wendel Yamada
Wendy’s Kapolei
Wes’ Keolu Shell
Wicked Machine Racing
Yajima Station