Somewhere in middle America a security guard accosts a skateboarder. Pittsburgh, according to the video. I don’t know where the law stands on security guards confiscating personal property. I predict nothing will come of this though. A reprimand possibly. That’s it. I actually didn’t watch it with the sound on, so I’ll let the peanut gallery weigh in. It’s important to note that we didn’t get to se what happened beforehand, not that it’s that important in all likelihood. Instead, lets talks about KENNY POWERS!!!!!!!!!!! I’m stoked that Eastbound and Down got picked up for a second season. I just found out about it last night before the True Blood kick off. Danny McBride is a funny mofo, Kenny Powers may well be the thing he is remembered for. This segment called Learning to Skateboard looks kind of old and isn’t his best work, but it has it’s moments and a little bit of an embryonic Kenny Powers. Don’t forget to be outraged by the security guard. There’s a pretty funny segment in Observe and Report where the security guards go off on skateboarders. Again, i wanted to be outraged, but I’d rather laugh. – Thanks to John and Sarib…

Not skateboards, (or maybe they already are) but guys dressed in costumes are not allowed to hang out on the walk of fame in Hollywood. It seems some of the characters were a little overzealous in demanding compensation for being used as photo prop, which doesn’t concern any of us, except for the fact that this photo of an Elvis impersonator riding a skateboard appeared to illustrate the story on Perez Hilton. – Thanks to Mrs Kilwag for the tip.

Here’s an episode of the 1986 show Computer Chronicles featuring a suit from Electronic Arts talking about the latest, greatest in computer games, Skate or Die, available for the Commodore 64. – Thanks to Stephen B for the tip.

The Second Annual Skate The Lake Summer Contest Series kicks off this weekend on Saturday at the Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark in San Jose. Registration begins at 2:30 p.m.; contest begins at 3:30 p.m. Entry fee is $10. Events for this year include Street, Best Trick, Mini Bowl, and Main Bowl (Travelodge for June). For more information, call LCRSP at (408) 794-SKATe (7528) or check the flyer after the jump. – Thanks to event sponsor Weirdo Skateboards for the tip.

I don’t have anything else for you today. Yesterday the sewer pipe backed up into my basement. Fun!!!!!!! So I spent last night cleaning up fecal matter instead of writing posts. I just happened to have the Factory Made in can and ready to go. I’m pretty sure that the people who sent these items in to Skate and Annoy didn’t envision poop in their viral marketing plans. I got the special edition of the Bones Brigade Video Show, complete with a bitching magic motion lenticular print on the cover and some swag in the form of a nice Cab shirt and some stickers. My first real board was a red Cabellero of the 1984 vintage. Thanks to Skate One. Also in the mailbox, some funky looking PiiQ headphones from Sony. They’ve got another pair of Qlasp headphones for one of our readers. Leave a comment on this post and I’ll pick one at random to win them, shipped directly from the marketing agency, which means you won’t have to wait an obscene amount of time to get them.

Here’s another “How skateboards are made” segment. Youd think I’d be sick of them, but I’m not. Keep making them, I’ll keep watching them, because everybody seems to do it slightly differently, and every editor and/or industry head choses to leave out certain certain bits. This is (at least) the second such program filmed at Powell facilities. They were featured on “Made in America” a handful of years ago. I have that one archived on tape, I guess I should have put that one up first. Points of interest here: Are they really cutting out by hand and not using CNC machines? That would be hard to believe, especially when it looks like their molds were machined out of aluminum. The voiceover is comical at times, talking about colorful inks that also “protect” the skateboard. It’s amusing when they make it seem like the wheels for a specific batch of skateboards are simultaneously being poured while the boards are setting up. This show is called Factory Made, and it was on the Discovery network. Those guys love these manufacturing shows.

Flip Video, that is. It’s short. You will only waste 20 seconds of your life. I don’t know what Cisco has to do with the camera, but someone at their ad agency must like skateboarding.

Craig Snyder is working on a book called “A Secret History Of The Ollie And The Pioneers Of Skateboarding.” Believe it or not, he’s got not two, but three whole volumes planned. I’m tempted to kick in if only to see how he can fill three books on the subject. He’s been working on it for six years, so there’s got to be at least one volume’s worth. From the description it seems to be focusing on the east coast, specifically Florida, at least the first volume. He’s publishing it himself, and to that end he’s got a project set up on Kickstarter. Here’s how it works. People pledge money to the project. It can be as small as $3, or large enough ($25) to get you a copy of the book if it is published. There’s a funding goal that has to be met, and if it isn’t nobody gets charged a penny. If it is, the book gets published and you get your copy if you pledged enough. You can find more info at theolliebook.com, or the blog.

Tito over at Team Pain sent in some pics from a recent lunchtime session at the Broomfield, Colorado skatepark, which is currently under construction. It appears to be almost done actually, but maybe we’re not seeing the whole park. All the sunshine in those pictures, it’s like a foreign country compared to Oregon so far this wet and dreary summer. Seriously Mom Nature, WTF?

This is from a Mr Potato Head card game that apparently features lots of different professions, skateboarder among them. We have arrived. Why does he have braces? – Thanks to Mark Pendergrass for the scan.