Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Estria Battle 2013 !!!

Oh man, they are back in the town and they sure didn't disappoint ! After missing 2012, Estria and Bam along with the Estria Foundation brought the Estria Battle back to Oakland where it belongs ! They invited some sick talent from around the country to compete next to some of Oakland's finest writers! No words necessary for this one! The pics will do all the talking. CBS crew was well represented on the walls and in the winners circle. Respect to Vyal from Los Angeles for taking 1st place, again ! and Big -ups to Dytch 66 also from Los Angeles taking runner-up status!  Both did some incredible pieces! Let the flicks do the talking from here on out ! DREAM was the theme. R.I.P.

Vyal  (Los Angeles)

The man from  Tijuana getting busy
Tijuana steez (um, yeah, we don't know his name and the Estria page is lacking that info. sorry)

Glow (San Diego)

Joker (San Francisco)


TooFly (NYC)


Dytch 66 (Los Angeles)

Likes (Chicago)

Irot (Oakland) in action

Griffin (Oakland)
Slokes (Austin)



Doves (NYC)

super bad etiquette...fuck your camera phone. don't step in front of real photographers asswipe!

Kufue (Oakland) this one gets our vote!

Bounce (Berkeley)

Exhaust (Chicago)

Woier (Los Angeles)

Toons (Sacramento)

Agana (Oakland)

Pemex (Los Angeles)


So now that you've seen all the flicks, who do you think won this battle?  We're slightly partial to Kufue / Doves / Woier / Griffin / Bounce in addition to the actual winners. That Joker piece is hot ! Sloker kills it. They're all sick !!! Leave your comments below !

5 comments:

  1. Not sure why Vyal and Dytch 66 placed as Griffon and Kufue were better pieces in my opinion. Interesting that I have never heard of Kufue before.

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    1. Just our opinion, but we think that Vyal and Dytch placed because of their technical skills. the shading they use, the letter form, etc... their pieces are very progressive in letter form and are more contemporary in style than a Kufue piece. Kufue is our winner, Griffin goes 2nd, (we think Griffin left too much "white space" on the canvas for pure graff lovers) I think Bounce goes third, Doves, arghh... this is so hard to judge!!! we don't envy the judges. Kufue is OG, think he's been taking time off to make sure his seed grows up properly. Respect ! but if you venture deep enough in the east you'll find some Kufue pieces.

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  3. Griffin has a unique style. I dig it

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    1. yes, we agree. Griffin is sick !!! love that dude and his work!

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