This insipid marketing manufactured cartoon and toy line was created by the American Greeting company in 1983. According to Wikipedia, the cartoon’s creators were trying to appease television watchdog agencies crusade against cartoon violence by attempting to “reinforce the importance of group harmony over individualism.” The end result is, well.. as with any compromise of this nature, mediocrity at it’s finest.

But not the bad kind, like Joanie Loves Chachi, the good kind like… Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Grojack Industries is a joint venture from GVK and MC, and they’ve got a sharp looking first offering in the Roller Derby vein of 60’s era flatland competitions. Check out the official Errand Boy skateboard.

If you think that’s radical, there’s a hot contest happening right now, 45 years ago in Virgina Beach, home of Mount Trashmore. Looks like these guys are following the jam session format, and it’s pretty hectic in there, what with all the windbreakers flying around and the buns being busted and what not…. A note from Judy Riggs: “The video was shot accross the street from W. T. Cooke Elementary on 15th street between Mediterranean and Baltic Avenues in Virginia Beach, VA.” ROSI = Al Roper & Tommy Simmons Comment on video or write directly to will@surf64.com – Virginia Beach Skateboard Contest – mid 60’s – By Buddy Riggs. Get your 8mm on after the jump. MC found this. He just finished his 900th comic. Go buy one of his books.

This calendar is on the wall of one of my coworker’s cubicle. Something about the board looks odd. The size seems small and a closeup of the trucks looked oddly familiar.

I’ve been formulating my own skateboarding parody of this show for a year or two now. It will be called “Ho Daddy-Yo!” Yo Gabba Gabba has quite a bunch of skateboarding on it, usually in the form of some of the short intermission animations, but it also appears in the beginning of the “Cool Tricks” segment. In fact, I believe Ray Barbee makes an appearance on “Cool Tricks.” This segment is a couple years old too. So old that they got around to posting it on the Yo Gabba Gabba Youtube channel before I got around to posting it. For some reason they made this part of the Dancey Dance segment. Dancey Dance usually features someone at usually at least marginally famous leading the gang in a dance. Tony Hawk can’t dancey dance. – Thanks to Michel Skart Poulin for the reminder.

Spotted at a Pita Pit in eastern Washington. I think that might be Don Knotts reincarnated. – Thanks to Justin Thomas for the tip.

The Portland premier of the Power Riders Wheels video titled Plug in Tune Out is Saturday 18th @ 9 pm, at the A&L Sports Bar at 60th and Glisan. $5 dollars at the door goes to help rebuild the Scott barn that recently burned down. Trailer after the jump.

LOL, you know, Ladies of Longboarding… LOL OMG! Right. The ladies in this case are actual downhill racers. All profits go to fight breast cancer. Ladies, ladies, ladies. That’s right. Ladies of Longboarding. – Thanks to Greg Baller for the tip.

If I recall correctly, I think there were Paul Mitchell banners up at the Dew Tour. This mountainboarding advert is pretty absurd on a couple of levels, and it’s going to ruin Wes’ weekend. – Thanks to Shvitz for the tip and the headline.

Back in 2007 I wrote a short piece about Simon Woodstock, and it ended up being one of the more heavily trafficked posts on the site. Simon got in touch a couple of years later. Originally he wasn’t too keen on having his skateboarding past brought to the limelight again, but he’s since come to terms with it. I asked if he had anything he wanted to say to our readers and to my surprise he actually did. [Left: Reprinted from The Skatebook. Right: Recent shot of Simon and his dog Scooter.]