Kevin Connolly was born without legs. While you’re staring at Kevin Connolly, rolling down the street on his skateboard, he may be staring back at you through the lens of his camera. He’s got a body of photos called The Rolling Exhibition that consist of the photos he’s taken in 15 countries while rolling around on a skateboard, all shot from his low point of vantage. He’s been at it for a while, obviously. I’m late with this post because I couldn’t decide whether or not it was skateboard-related enough. Now I’m feeling negligent because the story is popping up all over, so here it is. Kevin’s photos are mostly about people staring at him, a legless man on a skateboard:

Everyone tries to create a story in their heads to explain the things that baffle them. For the same reason we want to know how a magic trick works, or how mystery novel ends, we want to know how someone different, strange, or disfigured came to be as they are. Everyone does it. It’s natural. It’s curiosity…

…But before any of us can ponder or speculate - we react. We stare. Whether it is a glance or a neck twisting ogle, we look at that which does not seem to fit in our day to day lives. It is that one instant of unabashed curiosity - more reflex than conscious action - that makes us who we are and has been one of my goals to capture over the past year.

Check out Kevin’s captured stares at The Rolling Exhibition. There’s a 2007 feature on Kevin in both the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and the Billings Gazette.

Ryan Hass hipped us to these shots, dude. They were taken in Rio at a pedestrian underpass south of the Flamingo Park. You can see full frame enalarged versions at Ramp Locals Only. Brasil - Brazil… Next thing you know we’ll have to start calling it Myanmar instead of Burma. I mean, George W doesn’t bother, why should we? (Warning! You have just experienced sarcasm.)

Through a random act of Google, while searching the web for pictures of David Lee Roth on a skateboard (no joke!) a stumbled on Mohammad Burney’s travel pictures. Man this guy travels a lot. Japan, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Morocco, Malaysia, New York, Kuwait, Egypt, England and India, which is where the bowl above resides. One of the three pictures (1, 2, 3) Shows that it is some sort of astronomical observational tool. Check out that coping. If you decide to ride this bowl and are take a chance on getting stoned to death by an angry mob, at least use copers. I’m not sure how Google pulled up this page in my search for “David Lee Roth” and “skateboard,” but it did. There’s a way to view it with comments enabled, and he’s essentially got reams and reams of comment spam. Maybe that’s where it came from.

Innes Clothing and Black Label Skateboards is teaming up to roll the Innes RV up the I-5 corridor for some in-store “Meet and Greets” and to skate all the sweet buttery spots they can locate. Skaters confirmed are: Chris Troy Shuriken Shannon Peter Raffin Steve Reeves Donovan Rice Shaun Gregoire Woody Butwolski (Aussie) And a few suprises along the way. TWS is going to run some coverage, but I’ll be there too, so it’ll be a double whammy.

TIMES TBA! CALL THE SHOPS LISTED FOR MORE INFORMATION! July 12th Jacks Boardshop in Medford OR July 13th ValleySSS in McMinnville OR, EXIT (Bridgeport Mall) and Skate Legion in Milwaulkie OR July 14th PlanZ in Kelso WA, IandI Boardshop in Olympia WA, SkateBarn in Renton WA. July 15th Drive Day to Boise Id. July 16th The Boardroom in Boise Id