February 2009 – Page 2 – Skate and Annoy

Dyrdek’s DC Skate Plaza Spot in L.A. Opens

It’s open, that’s for sure, but what remains uncertain (unless you’ve been there) is what the layout is. Every design render I’ve seen doesn’t jive with the photos I’ve seen. Fuel TV has photos of the opening, but not really much of an overview of the spot. Somebody help us out here. UPDATE: I guess […]

Keep on Smurfin’

Thank god for eBay, otherwise I could have gone my whole life without ever knowing this “Keep on Smurfin’” mini license plate thingy existed. I’m going to hang this on my hog… if I had one. A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

Roof! Roof!

Yeah! Bark like a dog! I’m going to post way to many pictures of this roof because it’s such a novel concept out here. Sure, we have the world’s greatest skateparks, but only a few of them are lighted, and almost none of them are covered! Hood River Oregon has really stepped up to the […]

The Chrome Ball Incident

I don’t know what the title of The Chrome Ball Incident refers to. Calls to mind pinball for me. This site picks up exactly where I stopped paying attention to the major skate mags. Even as someone who doesn’t really feel a connection with the popular culture of skateboarding during that time period, I still […]

When Henry was cool

Before he started appearing in commercials, hosting lame TV shows and playing even lamer “stand up comedy” gigs, Henry Rollins was cool. He appeared on a skateboard in Thrasher for two months back to back in 1982.

Best possible review of Skate 2

The Escapist Magazine presents this No Punctuation productions review of EA’s Skate 2, and it’s pretty funny, from just about any point of view. Check it out after the jump. Make sure you close the annoying advert or it will prove to be very distracting. – Thanks to Colin for the tip.

Burnside getting a BMX track?

The economy sucks, and BMX riders and skateboarders at Burnside will be closer neighbors as a result. The Burnside Bridgehead redevelopment project is having funding issues. Instead of funding some of the planned landscape architecture, a parcel of land overlooking the new addition to the skate terrain is going to be turned into a temporary […]

My first comic

The first comic I submitted to Thrasher appeared in the February 1982 issue. That must have been my birthday present. I turned 21 that month. Thrasher Magazine has posted all of the issues from their second year on their website.

California Surfer Boy

California used to be synonymous with skateboarding. If you can believe it, there once was a time in the not to distant past when California had to export skateboarding to the rest of the country, let alone the world. In some parts of the midwest, even as recent as the 80’s you might still hear […]