Brooklyn Street Benefit BBQ Saturday

Yessir, guilty of being delicious. BBQ benefit for the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot in Portland, Oregon on saturday the 16th. Sponosors include Unheard Skate Supply, Merde Skateboards, Rip City Skates, and Cold War Skateboards. What’s going on with Brooklyn Street? When are they going to break ground on the second half? Enquiring minds want to […]

Brooklyn Street Benefit Tonight

All ages benefit show, 8pm tonight the Atristery (4315 SE Division St, Portland, OR) featuring White Fang, Gepetto, Oak Rot and Moth Dust. Door open 7:30pm. Show starts at 8pm. $5-10 suggested donation. If you decide you absolutely have to move obstacles outside of the confines of Brooklyn Street (see above left) – please put […]

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Early Burnside video and TV news coverage

I’d place this video at maybe 93-94? That’s my layman’s-I-wasn’t-there guess. It was posted on YouTube by Nate Sherwood, so it’s mostly footage of him as a youngster, but mid way through there is some amusing footage from a local Portland news channel. Seems to be from shortly after the city of Portland decided to […]

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Skateboard decoration workshop at the Portland Art Museum

Okay, they called it a Skateboard Design Workshop and it’s connected with the China Design Now exhibit currently showing at the museum. Saturday, November 21, Learn the art of spray-paint stenciling with Steven Uppinghouse. Bring some favorite images to turn into stencils and then spray paint the design onto the skateboard. Skateboard decks will be […]