This is a great video of 120 different Kobe Bryant murals in the Los Angeles area. I ride the bus by the two story mural on the VEM Exotic (car) Rentals building, at 11459 Ventura Blvd, in Studio City, every day. That's my favorite mural in this area. That one is at 1:23 in this video.
I was never a diehard basketball fan growing up. I lived in Ohio as a kid at a time when all of the pro sports teams pretty much sucked. The Cincinnati Reds were really good when I was about 4, and lived in that area. But after that, the Indians and the Browns sucked, the Cavaliers were mediocre, and so were the Reds as I grew up. My favorite basketball team as a kid was the Harlem Globetrotters. I never became a huge mainstream sports fan.
I got into BMX racing in freestyle while living in Boise, Idaho, when I was in high school, and it was BMX that brought me to Southern California, to work at two BMX magazines, in 1986. I was totally into BMX, riding every night and on weekends, and rarely watched football, and never watched baseball in my 20's. But the Lakers were a dynasty, and I'd catch a game on TV now and then.
Then in 1996, they got this 18-year-old kid in a trade from the Charlotte Hornets. Like most people, I thought, "Who does this kid think he is, skipping college and going straight to the pros?" Like all newcomers, he made some mistakes here and there, but it was obvious, this kid, Kobe Bryant, was the real deal. I started catching a lot more Lakers games as the 90's progressed into the Threepeat. Kobe became my favorite basketball player of all time. He was just a freaking amazing player, and legit guy, all around.
So today's location for this post of Crazy California 43 is the huge Kobe and Gigi mural at 11459 Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, my favorite Kobe mural, and the one I see daily. If you're a Kobe fan, the locations of 119 more Kobe murals are in the video above, go check some out in person.
Kobe Bryant, obviously, is known for primarily, basketball, but he's a guy who's also won an Oscar and done many other things. There are a few of my favorite Kobe Bryant videos I found while drawing a tribute picture of him, in my Sharpie Scribble Style. Where is that drawing now? I sold it to the guys as VEM Exotics, where my favorite mural is. I hope it's on one of their walls inside.
Kobe's Top 50 NBA highlights - Watch this again. Seriously. Kobe's talent was off the chain.
Kobe and Shaq interview each other, years after playing together
Kobe Bryant- Mamba Mentality- USC Performance Science Institute - I watched 30 or 40 hours of interviews of Kobe while drawing the drawing of him, this is my personal favorite interview I found of him. I watched the whole thing three times, I think.
Kobe Bryant- Up Close interview with Jimmy Kimmel
TEDx Shaghai Salon- The Power of the Mind
My favorite Kobe Bryant mural. 11459 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, #steveemigphotos
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