wyld kardz official site

johnny ricer! classiccc!

2012-01-25T07:29:00.000-08:00

akebonousdm.com

2012-01-22T01:42:00.000-08:00

Some video footage from our homies from the land of the rising sun. This was from their about 2 or so years ago here. enjoy.

wekfest sf 12'

2012-01-22T01:26:00.000-08:00

turtlespeedshop.com

2012-01-20T01:29:00.000-08:00

Check out turtlespeedshop.com for your car part needs! They also do in house custom stickers! Located in Fremont.

blox 2011

2011-06-02T08:50:00.001-07:00

eibach.

2011-05-04T07:37:00.000-07:00

WK DSM breaks into the 9's!

2011-04-04T10:30:00.001-07:00

Ted breaks into the 9 sec barrier with a 9.9 and 9.8 run and yesterdays CMI event. Single digit beast on the streets.

March Mayhem 2011

2011-02-09T08:36:00.000-08:00

ATS Garage / PLUS 1 5th Annual Charity Toy Drive & Car Meet 12.05.10

2010-12-07T07:56:00.000-08:00

Some pictures from the ATS/ Plus1 Toy Drive/ Show this past Sunday at James Logan. Good turnout for the weather not being so friendly. Click here for more pics.

Remix Show Coverage via JSJbrothers.

2010-11-24T09:23:00.000-08:00

Check out jsjbrothers for coverage from the past Remix Show in Vallejo, Ca

WK takes "Best Crew" at District10 Fundraiser Carshow!

2010-10-24T22:14:00.000-07:00

WK takes Best Team at the District10 Carshow. Shout out to all the winners for the day and everyone who showed up and supported!

Welcome to probationland.

2010-10-23T12:05:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Probationland Jomark, Adolph, and Michael. Open season time boysssssss.

Wyld Kardz takes 3rd Place "Best Crew" Japantown Festival Carshow

2010-10-06T11:26:00.000-07:00

Good turnout at the J-Town show. Nice weather, lots of people, and fun times with the fam.

WK= 3rd Place Best Team.

Best Team @ West Coast Shoot Out

2010-08-31T07:34:00.000-07:00

Hard work pays off.

Wyld Kardz Best Team @ West Coast Shootout

Also Jimmy's KRX came in 2nd in the Street Power class and the car ran best new times! 11.008! 10's are around the corner!

Congrats Ted! 10.12 @ 139.9

2010-07-26T20:49:00.001-07:00

The beast in action. 40psi in your face. Congrats Teddy! 9's are around the corner.

love,

The Wyld Kardz Family

Watch the video here

No longer on probation- Rex!

2010-07-13T11:33:00.000-07:00

Yay! Welcome to the fam Rex! No more hit balls and locked doors! hahah..

Congrats to Tony for taking 2nd at the Streetlow SJ Show!

2010-06-14T07:05:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Tony the Tiger for taking 2nd Place at the Streetlow Car Show in San Jose. Yes, it was a lowrider show. lol. Also, much props to the other members who showed. Rexboy, Isaac, and Ejae.

P.S- Congrats to Rexon (pictured on left) on his gruduation day. Class of 2091!

Wyld Kardz Thread on NWP4Life

2010-04-27T09:04:00.000-07:00

Thanks to tweee and her free time on creating this thread on nwp. Check the link!

http://nwp4life.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=47519

Canibeat Photoshoot

2010-04-20T07:42:00.000-07:00

The homies from Canibeat snapped a few pics this past Sunday of a few cars from the crew. Here's a preview of the shoot. Be sure to check out there site here.

Akebono visits the Bay Area

2010-04-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

Woody's homies from Japan paid a visit to the Bay Area during the Wekfest weekend. Super cool dudes and gals. Be sure to check out their site at geocities.jp/akebonosendai/ , check out there photo coverage during there stay in the Bay.

Full gallery here.

Eibach 2010!

2010-01-13T10:34:00.000-08:00

Hey folks! Registration has officially opened for Eibach 2010 taken from the NWP thread:

"Hey Guys,

It's time for the 6th Annual Eibach Springs Honda Open House presented by Rodrez, Stunna Ben and Myself. As you all know this is the largest Honda Event in the country!!!

Date: Sunday May 16th
Time: 11-?
Location: Eibach Springs 264 Mariah Circle, Corona, CA 92879-1751

As always, parking spots within the gates will be pre-sold only:

VIP (front of the building) - $25
Regular (anywhere else around the building) - $15

To purchase a parking spot simply send funds via Paypal to ryanhoegner@gmail.com. Please be sure to submit your FULL NAME in the notes section, as we will check identification the day of the event when you arrive. If you are paying for friends, be sure to submit THEIR FULL NAME, as well. Don't wait til the last second, we sell out ever year.

There will be a limited amount (probably 10) booths available for purchase. Or, if you are out of the state and can't attend, there are sponsorship packages available, as well. Please email me for more details.

There will be numerous magazines on hand shooting vehicles, free pizza, facility tours, DJ and a raffle with about $5,000 worth of product. It's really a fun event!! We also have a couple of surprises added this year including some incredible display vehicles.

I think that covers it. Lets get the list started!!!!!!!!!"

taken from 2010 Eibach Honda Open Sunday May 16th !!!!!!!!!!!

Hope to see you all there and for the WK crew get registered if you plan on showing!

02.28.2010 SF WEKFEST

2010-01-11T07:44:00.000-08:00

Be sure to check out the Wyld Kardz crew at this years WEKFEST in SF's Japantown parking garage. Drop by and say what's up. We won't bite.

Quick Sunday Photoshoot.

2009-11-25T18:26:00.000-08:00

Half of the crew and homies did a little shoot this past Sunday at 4 Your Wheelz in Santa Clara. Pics came from all angles with Karl, Gyrex, & Don on the lenses. Here's a few samples.

Peep the Smugmugs for complete coverage!

Gyrex's Smug

Karl's Smug

Updated Crew Member Section W/ Pics!

2009-11-06T12:57:00.000-08:00

Updated the crew member section with pics! Also updated the members list.

http://wyldkardz.blogspot.com/2008/04/wk-crew-members.html

"FOR THE KIDS" 4th Annual Plus 1 / ATS GARAGE Toy Drive & Car Meet

2009-11-05T12:05:00.000-08:00

“FOR THE KIDS”

The 4th Annual “PLUS 1 / ATS GARAGE” Toy Drive

Sunday November 15th, 2009

11am-3pm

Weather permitting, We will have it on:

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15th, 2009

If it weather doesn’t cooperate with the event plans, we will move to:

The following Saturday November 21st

PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR EVENT UPDATES!

Full Function Technology

1260 Pacific Street

Union City , Ca 94587

All cars, motorcycles, scooters, trucks and BMX bikes of all makes and models are invited! Please come and support a GREAT cause! Plus 1 Danny and ATS Garage Jr have been hosting this event with their crews for 3 years now and make the 4th year even more special! With the struggling economy, we all know your budgets are tight, but if you can imagine low income families having an even harder time making ends meet. Help make it a better season for the kids! If you can spare a Sunday afternoon and a $5-10 toy, please consider coming by to see some cool cars, meet great people and of course put a smile on a needy child.

Please come by and support!

Last year’s Toy Drive collected over 400+ toys that went to needy families and kids. Half of the toys went to First Step for Families Program which is a Children’s Homeless Shelter & Hayward Kaiser Hospital ’s Children’s Ward. The other half of the toys were donated to the Union City Fire Department in their efforts for a city wide toy drive for the Toys for Tots Program.

There will be plenty of food for sale and room for canopy tents and chairs!

The Event Coordinators!

welcome twee (plus one more e) to the wyldkardz family.

2009-10-08T12:05:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the wyld kardz family twee! In case you guys didn't know twee, here's a picture of her. Her favorite color is teal I believe and she likes long walks on the beach but only wearing one slipper. Be sure to check out her website. twee-ter.com It's like a twitter but only for twees.

-gyrex

meet the KRX

2009-10-06T08:37:00.000-07:00

Jimmyboy's KRX debut at CMI. Even with 4th gear issues on the K tranny the car still managed 11.5 passes. Can't wait to see this bad boy go all out with all the bugs fixed.

Meet Jimmyboy's KRX. Here's some pics from his cars debut at CMI. Special appearance by old school member jeepboy Noah.

Some Japantown Show Footage

2009-09-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

Some pics from the Japantown show. Photos snapped by EJAE. It was a blistering hot day and everyone was sweating their butts off. Anyways... off to the pictures. enjoy.

408wdy's RHD EF9 build

2009-07-02T09:15:00.000-07:00

Well here it is guys n gals, 408Wdy's Right hand drive conversion,
shaved, wire tucked, brake line tucked engine bay.
this is the whole sha-bang, from begining to end, took three weeks, for disassembly, reassembly shaving, tucking, paint and re assembly of the whole car.
starting date was september 13th, day the rhd front clip landed on his front porch. and target date was october 10th, for San jose's "the spirit of japantown's" jdm theory car show. remember this was in a three week time frame. and here it goes. happy viewing.
first was the shipment. teardown, engine removal, preperation etc, etc

right after cleaning about a miles worth of seam sealer, and drilling through about a thousand spot welds, viola!

and all the jdm metal carnage that was left...

then it was time for removal, and preperation of the beloved "cream machine"

then it was time to fit and permanently attach the RHD fire wall.

Total firewall exchange took 4days.

next up was to prep, and shave the engine bay. using a whole-lotta spot welds, and a light skim of metal glaze....

to get to this

next was wire and brake tuckage. woody sought out to make his own wire harness extentsions for this.

in turn you get this...

Next up was brake lines, courtesy of Mr. chasebays him self.

after brakelines and extension harnesses were done, the chassis was ready for paint,
but with a set of SSR MKIII's to be colored matched.

now for paint. woody decided to go with a two-toned color scheme.
with negative critisism, woody decided to proceed with his idea, with cream on the top shock towers/apron, and gloss black for the lower half and frame rail...

the mkIII's...

now it was time to place the engine in its home. being extra careful not to scratch the very fresh paint

and tharr she blows....

now it was time for re-assembly of the whole car.

the scene pretty much pressed on through the night, with the santa clara county sherrifs shutting down the show for an hour or two (from a neighbors complaint) leaving woody to work in the dark. but he pressed on and continued through out the night. leading to...

this.

completion on the day that was set by the man himself, the day of JDM Theory SJ.

done in three weeks. its not even about finishing in three weeks. it was about being finished.

woody add your special thanks here

the history of the green machine

2009-06-26T10:17:00.000-07:00

So many people would like to know what the Green Monster has in it. The real question is, what HASN'T been in it. I am going to cut to the heart and soul of my DSM building experience.

A DSM enthusiast turned into a DSM guinea pig when I got my 1st 1G.

The old champagne gold talon. It was a 90 tsi awd, and came into my hands via a tragic event. I let a friend drive me home while I was drunk, and he was doing a pull which landed my red fwd laser into a cement filled pole.

I got the talon through him as a replacement. Long story short, it ran low 12s on a stock shortblock, an HRC 20GH, 880s, 100 octane and alcohol injection. I of course had the usual DSM things such as a 3 inch exhaust, wires, and GM Maft, data logger, 2600, 255hp, johnny racecar FMIC, etc. I soon popped that motor and freshened up the tired motor with new bearings, bored .040 over, crower springs and retainers, arp studs, and more boost.

Being a cheap bastard, and always looking for a technical "build not bought" challenge presented my DIY/custom/homemade mistake manifold. I have been a fan of alcohol injection since day one, and took it a step further with a direct port meth setup. It is controlled via DSMlink to this day and ran many 11 second passes, and opened up the upper RPM band by a significant amount at the high 11 second power level. Not too shabby if I dont say so myself.

The car went through a transfer case in high eleven second trim. This was after NUMEROUS hard launches and many, MANY occasions of wheel hop. I was all smiles when I busted it because it was the first time I ever went through a tcase. It served a very abused life, and I was glad to see it go.

Soon after I cracked the mounting tab or "ear" off the block. I arc welded it back on using Ni-Rod and it went on to run high elevens again.

Not satisfied with the HRC 20G-H I set out for something bigger. I abused my HRC 20gH for 4 years, it never saw less that 20 psi its first year, and ran around 25 psi for the remaining 3 years of its life. Granted the car was down about 6 months of the year, but hanging off the 4G63 has to put some wear and tear on it right?

Over time I ended up with a buschur stage 3 shortblock, 1600s, -6 lines from pump to rail, DSMlink, Blitz DSBC boost controller, blitz TT, GM MAFT, FP2s, direct port meth, a real front mount intercooler, short route piping, and high 11s all day on 24 psi. I finally nutted up, cranked up the boost to 30 psi and 11.4 on 110 octane on the HRC 25GH.... still, I was not satisfied. The car was getting more and more "ghetto".

I was looking for a fresh start at this point and I found it.

A local DSMr and now friend (Mahesh Rao), was parting with his parts car. Not just any parts car, a clean shell with uncracked glass, and all body panels in tact. It had no engine or drivetrain. The interior had no seats in it either. It was perfect.

This was it. I emailed him instantly and offered him a 12 pack of corona, and somehow I ended up throwing in a Viscous coupling as well. I picked it up the following weekend and brought her home.

I swapped everything over from the champagne talon, and held onto it for as long as I could...then finally scrapped it. It was like loosing a child really. I never felt so attached to something non human

The help I recieved from the crew helped me get the Green monster on the road in 3 months. Just in time for the local CMI event at Sac raceway.

I ordered a 35r through FFTec and was hoping for the best. The shakedown passes weren't that impressive, but it was a start. 11.7 on 23 psi with 91 octane and meth injection. I let it rest for a bit due to clutch issues, and other small problems (leaking headgasket, solid lifters unscrewing themselves and making valves kiss each other) and rebuilt again.

I dropped off my motor at full function and the engine was machined by Robs in hayward. 5 miles into the break in, and about 15 minutes of running time led me to spin rod bearings number 1 and 2. I pulled the motor out that same weekend, and brought it back to FFTec for a tear down. We never really reached a conclusion as to why they spun. That aside, I received the utmost help from the team at FFtec. A couple weeks later, we had the shortblock rebuilt and back in the car.

I acquired a venom intake manifold with a mustang TB from a local DSMr and company co-owner Kamil from Hi-Rev. I hated to drill 4 holes in the bottom of it but that direct port meth was something I was never letting go of.

After going through a "freshen up" I put everything back in and ran low 11s on 2 gallons of 100 octane mixed in with 7 gallons of 91, as well as the meth. Very happy with the progress, I ran that motor for a month of weekend abuse on the highway, as well as the track. The trap speeds were there for that 10 second pass, but traction and money were limited. I managed an 11.012 @ 133 spinning through 1st and part of 2nd.

In early October that 2nd rebuild decided to quit on me. I spun rod bearing #1. Ready to throw in the towel, I explored my options.

I was looking into getting a datsun 510, and throwing a SBC in it. I was seriously considering getting out of the DSM scene, more than I ever have.

Sick of all the issues, the down time, the parts that break, the leaks, the headaches, and all the usual DSM things.

I thought of one last thing; the raw power the 4G63 produces. That feeling of being THROWN into your seat. It was all worth it again, especially the build. Welding, cutting, fabbing, bleeding, aching the day after a long night up till 6am with my honda buddies and crew friends. It was always a learning experience. In the end it was all going to be alright.

I talked to Jake (evil eagle) about a possible shortblock build. It would have happened but plans changed, and time went by.

I settled on a local machine shop that has build experience beyond my wildest dreams. Recommended by domestic owners, and almost every other breed of car out there, I settled on Daves engine and machining (Mopar engines west).

I spoke with Angie, and told her my goals. 30psi, right off the bat and possibly a small shot of nitrous. All on unleaded fuel, plus a healthy dose of methanol.

I selected Groden aluminum rods, topped off with Mahle pistons. Everything glides on ACL race coated bearings. A Kiggly girdle secured the main caps while ARPs held it together. I made sure to run the ARP L19 head studs, and took the advice of Angie and ran a Cometic Headgasket. I had a bad taste in my mouth from the Cometic years ago, but ran it anyways. Everyone deserves 2nd chances right?

A month went by, and Dave's delivered. Getting ready to start mating things together, me and my friends decided to sharpie up the piston tops.

That whole month while the motor was in the machine shop, I went to work on an SW Racecars 10 point roll cage. It was one of the hardest things I have done to this DSM. My brother has been welding for about 15 years, and gave me a quick 10 minute lesson on how to bust decent beads using his millermatic 185.

This is what I got in the mail, shipped to my door for under 450 bucks.

My buddy Woody, and I went to work on stripping out the interior getting things right for the roll cage install ahead.

It was a week long project, on my first cage. Grinding, cutting, welding, measuring. Making sure everything was to spec for my height and size.

The traction issue was resolved with some budget wheels, and BFG Drag Radial 2's.

Here it is sitting on the meaties, caged up awaiting the heart transplant.

I decided the car needed a different look. Something that was cheap, quick and dirty. I headed down to my local OSH, and started looking at colors. I didn't want to rattle can the whole car, I needed something that could be sprayed. Settling on a hunter green shade, I started to prep the body.

Yours truly with a fro.

I ended up spraying the paint on a warm sunday afternoon at about 1:30. I was waiting on the fire dept. to swing by and ask me what I was doing spray painting a car in my driveway? I had the air compressor running full blast, and the spray gun spewing paint all over the place. I was ready to show them that I was spraying a water based latex paint. You heard that right.

Giggle all you want, here she is. $20 for 2 quarts of paint and I only used one.

After wrapping up the engine install, redoing some wiring, and finishing up the cage it was time for a break in. I followed the previous steps of breaking in the engine, and set off to do a hard break in. I pulled timing, set the boost low at 20 psi and had a fresh 5 gallons of 100 octane in her. A few half throttle rips brought a warm feeling that I almost forgot. I was in love with boost all over again. Drove her back home, and changed the oil again. 20w50 VR1 went in, as well as a fresh set of BPR8ES's.

I turned on the meth, raised the boost and went out to get a rough tune. This friday night was going to make or break the CMI event. I did a few rips and settled on 30 psi out of the 35r, and the tune was prety safe. The car was ready for the local CMI event.

My oldest brother Angel wanted to head out to the track with me and the crew. I was excited to have him with us because he is the die hard V8 guy, and wanted to see what I had going on.

First pass, straight off the trailer netted me something I have been waiting for and working so hard to achieve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvU1Gl3ydrY

10.5@133 with an easy going launch. The car felt so alive, and powerful. Bull frogging it out of the hole like never before. This Saturday test and tune was going to be one to remember.

I left the track that day with a 10.4@136 on the same tune from the night before.

After a couple runs, I decided to save it for Sundays main event.

Here are all the runs from Sunday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YurFFaGyHQ

First pass that day against TrecTec's talon ended the fun. I roasted the clutch, but went on to baby it in hopes that I would catch a nice streak of luck in the qualifiers. It was a no go. I was eliminated and ended up with an overall great weekend, and new standards.

I will be posting up a very detailed mods list here soon. I just figured I would hopefully get this posted up to give you guys a rough idea of what my past 8 years of DSM building has been like, and what I have achieved with the help of friends, family, UPS, and above all. The DSM community.

Garage built, not bought.

Ted Marquez

Nisei Week Showoff carshow

2009-06-11T09:38:00.001-07:00

Surprisingly will be on a Saturday this year.The date is set for august 15,2009 for more info check out the Nisei site http://www.showoffcafe.com/

CMI North Vs. South Gallery 05.30.09

2009-06-10T08:08:00.000-07:00

CMI North Vs. South Gallery 05.30.09, A day with wyld kardz at the track. Pictures taken by Yuri. NSFW

CLICK HERE FOR FULL GALLERY.

post bay area meet shoot

2009-05-26T08:50:00.000-07:00

the plan was to meet up after the meet to take some shots, unfortunately the rest of the squad got lost and decided to go back towards milpitas. heres a few pics we took while waiting for them...

the evolution of jays wheels

2009-05-22T10:51:00.001-07:00

as all of you know jay loves wheels. in todays blog we shall attempt to show all of the wheels he has rolled on in the past. if you know of any wheels not listed be sure to message us. for every wheel you name you will get a free hug coupon from jay himself.

5.30.09 CMI North vs. South

2009-05-21T07:53:00.000-07:00

Times: Pit Gates Open: 9:00am , Racing 10:00am
Admission: General Admission: $15
Racers: $45 (car and driver)

Wuhhht Duhh's Bay Area Meet MAY 24 2009

2009-05-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

What: Everyones Welcome Every Make And Model Car.

When: May 24 2009

Where:43518 Christy Street Fremont, Ca. 94538 Behind The Parking Lot

Time: 12:00PM To Whenever

Why: Becuase Its That Time Of The Year To Have Coffee And Mingle With Everyone

Please No Reving Or Burnouts

click HERE for more info.

05.31.09- 408wdy's annual cruise to cruz meet

2009-05-13T08:25:00.000-07:00

408wdy's annual cruise to cruz meet going down 05.31.09, be there or be square.

more info here.

wyld kardz 10 year reunion bbq

2009-05-13T08:06:00.000-07:00

wyld kardz celebrated 10 years in existence this past saturday. it was a great time for the og members to meet the new generation...

congrats to karl & norman

2009-04-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

congrats! karl did a personal best of 11.52 taking 1st in the street performance class, and norman taking first on OUTLAW. whoooohoo! wyldkardz back to back 1st at CMI.

wyld kardz WEKFEST 2009 coverage

2009-02-09T08:13:00.000-08:00

photos by karl

click here for full gallery.

wk crew members

2008-04-01T09:49:00.000-07:00

ACTIVE MEMBERS:

Ted

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Jay

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Angel
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Gyrex

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Jon r. "ep jon"

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jon b. "bumblebee"
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jon f. "farhat"

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jay-r

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woody

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tony

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kc

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jesse
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jimmy
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isaac

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bugmike
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ejae

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norman

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thuy
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Dan

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Rex

JoMark

Adolph

Michael

PROBATION:
Memo

wyld kardz videos

2008-01-01T09:35:00.001-08:00

how it all started...

2008-01-01T09:35:00.000-08:00

We never had a beginning, nor will we have an end.
We’re a group of close-knit friends appling our knowledge,
wisdom, and creativity towards our machines.

In the summer of 99 we set fourth to build a reputation with a label; WyldKardz.
Donsisting of unique individuals we each impress each other with our performance,
knowledge and a humble mindset. We have conquered many, and lost to few.
Growing in value with new members, and losing that occasional one due to incompatibilities.
We still set out on our never-ending goals. Living each day to its fullest,
this crew became a family with a unique bond.

Repping hard during the summertime, and going through those tough winters,
we still find ways to roll out hard, and have fun while still staying true to each other.
Whether it be on the streets, at the track, or at car shows,
The current day-to-day status is doing what we love, and doing what we say.
Dreams are kept as dreams, accomplishments are where they stay.

wyldkardz gallery

2008-01-01T07:58:00.000-08:00

EVENT GALLERY:

ATS/PLUSONE toy drive 11/15/09

Japantown/j's gathering

3rd annual Bay Area Fremont meet

Wyldkardz 10 year Reunion Bbq

WekFest 2009