Yeah, it’s artsy-fartsy day here on SnA. Oliver Bishop-Young is a designer/artist in the UK. One of his projects is called Skip Conversions. For those of us in the states, a “skip” is the same thing as a dumpster. Oliver has turned them into a garden, pool and a miniramp, among other things. Now that’s one art opening I wouldn’t want to… sorry. Check out Oliver Bishop-Young, and click on the “Skip Conversions” link on the top left hand side. Cursed frames! – Thanks to Nik at Concretins for the tip.

I’d bet that practically the same day the name “sweeper” was coined, someone cracked the joke while cleaning off a ramp somewhere. You know, the one where you are sweeping out the flat or something and someone says “Hey, nice sweeper you just pulled!” I swear I thought I made that joke in with a picture post, but I can’t find it. Greg Baller of Freezine fame sent in some pictures of a board he made for a fundraiser. This is one of the all time great artsy fartsy concept boards.

Holy cow, it’s street coverage in Skate and Annoy… sort of. It’s still at a skate spot, and it’s still on tranny, but so what. Pete Lewis sent in a sequence of Fitz (of Rage!) doing a blunt slide at Tenny Creek, one of Vancouver Washington’s neighborhood skate spots. I’ve been sort of hassling him to become a contributor, but he’s a busy man or otherwise uninterested, so this is better than nothing. Why isn’t he riding his pro model? Static and animated version after the jump.

BJ Morrill sent in this photo by Matt “Cookie” Jenkins. What is this , a Lowcard advert? What’s his deal? We were out in Oregon a couple months ago and here is a random pic from the Donald park. It was really hot out that day and we consumed lots of beer. Fair enough. Click to enlarge. He didn’t even mention that he’s riding for a company out of Wisconsin called Black Tooth skateboards. I had to look it up. I love the Midwest. I hate the Midwest. I love Wisconsin. Hey BJ, how’s that new Dreamland park in Lake Delton? Where do I know this guy from? I had to look it up on my own site.

Is it in Beaverton or Tualitin Hills? Is it a “novice” park or what? Who cares? The new Grindline built concrete addition to the skatepark at the Howard M. Terpenning Recreation Complex is indeed open for skating.

This week’s Shot of the Week is Greg Baller at a bowl in Halifax, Nova Scotia as shot by Steve Hayes, AKA “Shayes.” Said Greg, We paint the park regularly because the graffiti is awful here! Right now it is beige/brown, and with a few throw pillows would be quite tasteful. What about some shag carpeting? Check it out.

“… and hitting the concrete, with the new skateboarding.” This looks like a brief out take from one of those independent surf films. It’s pretty short (and dark if you are watching on a Windows machine) that is typical for the era. Nice jazz guitar soundtrack. Someone should make an updated version of this with the ladies, but in the same campy style.

I just added another 30 pictures from the Tigard stop of the 2008 Oregon Trifecta. (Oops! fixed the link.) Check it out.

I’ve always found this cover image… appealing. I had assumed it was actually a surfing rag when I first saw it, but later found out it was the precursor to Concrete Wave. I tried to pay the four bucks to download a hi-res pdf but found the whole process convoluted and unsatisfying. (Update: It was a stray link that was supposed to be removed. free now!) You can see a larger version of the cover after the jump. What’s with the handstand shot? It’s just filler I found here while looking for a big version of the cover.

There’s a new wackyboard in town, and it’s called the Soul Arc board. I’m not sure why everyone keeps feeling the need to further refine the basic skateboard in hopes of more accurately mimicking the surf or snow covered slopes. I think the skateboard does a fine job as is, but then again the world would be a dull place if we never tried anything new. These guys may have loused up a perfectly good skateboard, but they might be actually onto something as far as getting closer to the feel of steering like forefather and son of skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding respectively. [Source: The Skateboarders Journal]