Let’s be honest Tario made JDM what it was in it’s glory days. It’s that simple. No one else ever had that combination of access to equipment, the ability to test it, the skill to photograph it, and then create a compelling review.
I’m sure there is a lot of really good new JDM gear out there now but hardly anything is being reviewed in English language and the cut and paste google translate product descriptions on the farks website don’t exactly make me want to pull the trigger on $500 driver shafts or $1000 assembled drivers that I can’t even research or demo first.
Stew tried to bridge the gap for a while but got pissed when people didn’t fawn all over his manic club reviews anymore and didn’t want to pay him new retail price for his used clubs, so he threw a hissy fit and disappeared.
Thankfully we still have Art out there scouring the pacific rim for the most obscure of obscure gear to tell us about. We have a few collectors with some amazing stuff and experiences. Then we have Ian to give us reviews of gear that came out during the Obama administration.
Rhody and free have been more active of late. Pervy John got all into high end JDM fishing gear and hasn’t changed anything in his bag in like 3 years. I frankly don’t have the extra money to do all the buying and testing I used to, and I don’t play golf near as much as I used to. Nob went to work for the fark and as such left this community.
Shame we don’t have someone in Japan that could get their hands on the new equipment and provide quality reviews and photos to create more interest. If you guys wanna start a go fund me I’ll jump on the grenade and go do it for you. 😂
