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Am I pretty?
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Yes.

Thanks to an update from MC, you can now view the animation outtakes from the surf movies this graphic was taken from.

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March 17th, 2010 in Back In The Day, Skate
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Radical Islam
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

This t-shirt is for sale over at Palmer Cash, but it’s imprtant to know that MC crystallized this idea in 2007.

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March 17th, 2010 in Skate, Some Product
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The Dog Bowl. Duh.
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Well, here it is. Alternate views of this GVK family heirloom after the jump. He’s had this thing for years.

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March 16th, 2010 in Skate
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Biggest skatepark in Oregon?
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The crew at the Windells Camp has been busy. There are a couple of characters named Jamie and Billy who have been busy with the concrete. When finished, it will be 28,000 a square foot park. They have a 12,000 square foot indoor facility, and about 15,000 square feet in assorted skate trail-type terrain, so that would make them the largest skatepark in Oregon, unless you’re going to split hairs. Enlarge-o-rama, then head on over to Windells.

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March 16th, 2010 in Skate, Skateparks
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Colors
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

I’ve seen a lot of crappy skateboard renderings tacked on to products as an afterthought, but this one looks like the artist actually had an affinity for our favorite pastime. I can’t figure out what animal this is. I thought it was a monkey, but there’s no tail. There’s also no other skateboard related pictures inside. It’s kind of amusing that they call out the fact that it’s a shaped coloring book. They basically just punched out a regular coloring book. You can tell because a lot of the images are cut off. How’s that for investigative reporting?

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March 16th, 2010 in Annoy, For the Kids, Media Watch, Packaging
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No scooters aloud? What about quietly?
Monday, March 15th, 2010

Checked out the new Kelso, Washington skatepark yesterday, where the locals were friendly and the concrete was…

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March 15th, 2010 in Skate, Skateparks
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Sears. Still my favorite skateshop
Friday, March 12th, 2010

I keep looking for this Sears catalog from 1965, but they always go for upwards of $40 when I’m watching. Too much for me, but i’d never actually seen the page before, but I knew it existed. This one showed up as an ancillary illustration to another Sears Hot Dog board on eBay. The same board they used on an episode of Green Acres. It’s at this point in the interview that I mention for the umpteenth time that I got my first skateboard at a Sears. Enlarge-o-rama.

- Thanks to Dave P. for the tip.

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March 12th, 2010 in Skate
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Deckades
Friday, March 12th, 2010

Shiner distribution in England is opening up their vaults and having a deck show. The rumor is that they kept at least one of every deck that ever went through there. The show is running for a month at Howies in Bristol. Opening day is Saturday, April 17th.

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March 12th, 2010 in Skate, United Kingdom
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Bro Bowl documentary
Friday, March 12th, 2010

The St Petersburg Times has an article on the Bro Bowl in Tampa and a documentary in progress.

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March 12th, 2010 in Skate
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You can’t hide
Friday, March 12th, 2010

No matter how hard you try to keep it a secret, somewhere, someone you don’t know is going to find it. I’m not going to tell you where, except to say that my mother in-law lives in this state. At first you might think it’s a coincidence that the satellite caught this pool on a day it was drained for maintenance. But if you look closer, you’ll notice some other suspicious concrete work, and what might possibly be some of the blue fiberglass ramps of the Thrasherland type set up in a closed track. I think those buildings might actually be ramps.

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March 12th, 2010 in Skate
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