Orange crate scooter replica

But if you squint…

My grandfather once made me a pretend switchblade out of a clothespin, rubber band and a popsicle stick. He also made me some stilts and one of those metal rings you push down the street with a stick. $100 will get you this historical inaccuracy, curiosity, and conversation starter. It’s a replica of the precursor […]

Nathan Sawaya - lego skateboard sculpture

Lego my skateboard

Legos are some of the best toys ever. I’ll be a skater for life, but I might not be able to actually skate at age 90, assuming I make it that far. But if the arthritis gets too bad for me, I’ll still be able to build stuff with those oversized Legos they make for […]

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Verbal Abuse for your Valentine

The Berkeley, California skatepark will host the rain delayed Day After St Valentines Day Skate Massacre on this Sunday the 22nd of February. That’s a mouthful. Is that vintage hardcore act Verbal Abuse I see on the flyer as well? Yes it is! I’m sure they’ve aged well, like a fine, angry wine. Catch the […]

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Chupa Chups Chupacabras

I found these Chupa Chups over on a blog called sa ka woulé which might be French for something I don’t know, but over here in the U.S. we call these things Blow Pops. I’m digging the fact that the skater is dressed up in a suit.

Goddesses of Skateboarding

Friday T&A on S&A

No word on what/who/why this is. I found it over on Ghettopool Ripper, under the label “goddesses of skateboarding.” The extended link over there appears to be dead. I guess some things don’t need an explanation? UPDATE: It’s a series by fashion photographer known as Chenman. Navigate to Work>Artwork>Beijing skateboard or just go here. [Source: […]

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SOTW 2-16-09: Lance Mountain at Summer Camp

This week’s Shot of the Week comes from Chris Eggers and his web site sk8boarding4life. It’s bilingual (German and English) and features skate photos from his archives over the years. This shot is a Lance Mountain frontside invert over the channel at the Swedish skateboard summer camp in 1986. Check out this week’s Shot of […]

Simon Wodstock - Mike Vallely in Skatebook

More Simon Woodstock, and some Mike V

Believe it or not, one of the more heavily travelled post on this site is the one about Simon Woodstock. Well, Skatebook.tv has a couple entries (one –two) on their blog and a couple videos on YouTube. He was in the Skatebook Paul Sharpe edition. In any case, the new Skatebook is out and it’s […]

Cal Skate on VIMBY

VIMBY and Cal Skate

VIMBY has a short feature on Portland’s longest running skateshop, Cal Skate. I think I actually mail ordered one of my first real skateboards from a Cal Skate advert in the back of Thrasher back in the 80’s. I remember being perplexed finding out they were actually in Oregon instead of California. Well that mystery […]

Swerver ultimate carving streetboard

The advantages of longboarding and skateboarding combined into one. (??)

Last year’s New York Toy Fair turned up this amusing iteration of the alternative skateboard, the Swerver Ultimate Carving Streetboard. I find this amusing if only for the fact that they adapted RipStick or Hurricane wackyboards to make them look more like a skateboard: The advantages of longboarding and skateboarding combined into one. Whether you […]