Who you calling a wierdo?

One of the highlights of my trip was getting to skate with House of Neil again. The two of us started Skate and Annoy together, and it was his idea actually. We have a long history together. He had a surprise for me, and when I arrived he presented me with the skateboard he said I was riding the first time he met me.

Obviously it wasn’t the very same deck, but one he recently acquired for this purpose. I asked him where and he said “Where do you think?” to which I replied “Duh!” So here you have the Brand X skateboard model called the Weirdo. Brand X had a wicked silkscreen department, but their wood shop seemed to be eternally five years behind the curve. This board was essentially flat, which was par for the course at the time, but the edges were almost completely square. The guy who rode this must have used it primarily on a halfpipe, because it’s in pretty good shape, even though it had rails. The wear is mostly concentrated on the tail. One of the things that I love about this board is the trend of putting other skateboard company stickers on the deck. It’s almost as if the guy is saying, yeah, this Brand X board is OK, but I really wish I was on a Powell Peralta. Check out that graphic. It’s a five or six color print with a at least one blend in it, if not two. Nice. Click to enlarge.