Skate Parkour dog

The Evergreen Skateparks crew is cruising on a good looking project in Modiin, Israel that will be the country’s largest skatepark. While researching this post I got totally distracted by their unusual promo footage featuring a rad little dog. The promo footage was already pretty damned cool, and logo montage at the very end is […]

Errr… Fully integrated skate dog

Well, they are skateboard trucks. Near as I can tell, this is the source. – Thanks to Sarib for the tip.

Tony Hawk at Burnside

I did not see Tony Hawk’s unannounced stop at Burnside yesterday, but I did make these nifty shelves in my garage instead. It would take me half a day to get this into the form of a cartoon like MC does, so this is what you get instead. Frame 1: Caption – “1986” 1st guy […]

Friday T&A on S&A: Mike Giant Confesses

Thes are a few images from graffiti artist/illustrator Mike Giant‘s solo show at Fecalface Gallery in San Francisco opens Friday, July 20th, from 7–10 pm. It’s appropriately titled “Confessions of an Old Dirty Skateboarder,” which works well for our purposes here. There are other items besides loads pinups covered in skateboard flash art. – Thanks […]

Random reader photo

Anthony Mock in Keizer, Oregon. Photo by Karlie Kroessin. Anyone that sends me a sepia toned photo better snail mail me the paper negative if they want to make SOTW. That or a tintype.

Signs of life for downhill in PDX

I’ve been strangely silent on the downhill controversy in Portland, not by design, but through a series of slip ups and dropped balls. Long story short: Some people on a very popular downhill skateboarding (and bike) route in a ritzy are of Portland are trying to get skateboarding banned on their streets because they are […]

Bonfire Pipe to Pipe 15

Bonfire Snowboarding’s 15th annual Pipe to Pipe contest is coming to Windells in Oregon this weekend. 50% skateboard contest, 50% snowboard contest, 100% fun.

GVK #78: Pipe to Pipe 2011 (Minus one pipe)

Counterfeiting is not a… oh wait, yes it is.

Old News really, but there’s Wired story on a guy who replicates old skateboard graphics whith shapes he has custom made from our friends at Factory 13. Most of those featured in the photos of John Greeley’s collection have been available as rereleases at some point or another. Others like the Mutt and Hawk’s first […]