Vector Lab brings you the Skate Shop Collection, a set a templates with editable text that lets you customize (sort of) designs for your skate shop or zine or whatever. The offerings in this collection range from “they sort of get it” to “I ran out of time, here’s some clip art.” I feel sorry for your shop (or brand) if they can’t come up with their own designs. I would like to point out heat the Vector Lab does offer some pretty useful tools for adding effects and textures to existing designs. I’ve even bought from them before. If you see any of these designs in the real world please send pics!

I scoured Target and Walgreens to look for skateboarding themed Valentines Day cards and came up empty handed this year. The Portland Mercury ran a gag with fake Valentines cards that included this one. I have to say I didn’t even know what a polycule was, so I had to look it up. Bowl of keys is all you need to know. – Thanks to MC for the pic.

Skateboarding is officially dead at Target. It’s just basketballs in the skateboard aisle at the Jantzen Beach location in Portland. I couldn’t find any skateboards, not even misplaced in another location. The upside is that there weren’t any scoters or inline skates either.

Time for another PDX airport post. This poster is in one of the revolving doors at departures, maybe others too. Shop local, at the airport I guess.

I love some good prepackaged skateboard parts from the 70’s. It’s rare (for me at least) to see them come from France. Punch appears to be the brand name. I tried to translate “Couvat Oyonnax” but it it came up blank. Nearest I can tell is they are regions in France. Thanks to Dimitri Jourdan for the picture.

I just finished adding 73 ads from the 1976 issue of Skateboarder Magazine, V2 #5 . The springs the total number of vintage skateboard magazine adverts to 1,206!

OK folks, after a crash course in Fiinal Cut Pro, here it is. It could be tightened up some but then againI I’d still be working on it and you would’t be able to watch it. Hopefully these will come out more frequently than Found in A Box Theater.

Season !1, episode 20 of Bob’s Burgers is called Steal Magazine-olias. In the episode the kids steal some magazines from Dr. Yap’s waiting room and get busted. Gene is partial to one called “Now That’s Cool!” that has cover featuring a teenager on a skateboard. I couldn’t;t find a still of this anywhere, so what you get is my cell phone snap and the accompanying moire. This episode originally aired on May 9th, 2021. Bob’s Burgers has featured skateboarding in at least episode more prominently.

With a price of $80 (!) I thought this might be something special but it turns out that “Rara Bambola Skateboard Girl Vintage Anni 80 Avventura Daisy Tanya Hong Kong Nuova!” just translates to “Rare Vintage 1980S Skateboard Girl Doll, Daisy Tanya Adventure, Hong Kong, Brand New!” I did a little digging and couldn’t find anything rare, (or anything else) about it. The seller may be trying to past off as Dashing Daisy related, but it doesn’t get close to rising to that level of quality. It’s not Barbie’s little sister Skipper, nor Skipper’s friend Fluff, or even Cool Times Ken. It’s maybe a step above Skateboard Action Teen but I think it’s just another entry in a long line of cheap Barbie knockoffs. On the plus side, it does have “rooted hair and vinyl head.” Made in Hong Kond, labeled in English, but someone in Italy thinks they are worth a lot. What’s Tanya got to do with it?

As seen on the U.S. Dept of Justice web site. Tony Hawk is one name I did not expect to see. To cut off any unwarranted accusations, if he was there to get married, he wouldn’t be there for the illegal activities. Those wedding day pictures are probably ruined though. – Thanks to Bobcat for the tip.