Santa slob air pajamas at Old Navy. Thanks to Danimal for the pic.

I was going to pass on posting about the re-rerelease of the Back to the Future Hoverboard replicas from Mattel until I watched a little bit of another Hoverboard video featuring Bob Gale, the co-creator of Back to the Future. He’s talking about items featured in an auctioned that benefitted the Michael J. Fox Foundation for parkinson’s research. Blah, blah, blah until you get to the part about one of the original props being auctioned at Sothebys for $17,000, and then being resold a few years later for $55k. (!) Also interesting, the mechanical effect used to make the hoverboard appear to float when thrown on the ground. The video shows two different boards, one used for the wire flights and one used for the throw down.

What does it all mean?

Powell’s got three Christmas themed items on sale for the holidays, not one, but two different Vato Rat skateboards and new this year, Ripper ornament. That ornament is only 6 bucks. I’m getting one.

A turtle on a fingerboard, as seen on making the rounds on Facebook. A Tumblr post from thetoxicgraveyard was as far as it could be traced.

– Thanks to Jason Duncan for the tip.

Screen snap from a recent Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Camp Woodward as the subject of one of the questions. Wow, a fly box? no way. I’ve never seen one in person. Har, har. If anyone caught this on video let me know please.

Via Neal Hendrix on Facebook

I should have done this at least a week ago. If you’re looking for something to give to a friend or loved-one that skates ( and don’t care if it can’t make it in time for x-mas…) here’s a few ideas:

H.O.M.O.S. books fromAntigravity Press. All your favorite Hopless Old Men On Skateboards as drawn and written by MC, plus extras that weren’t published on the web, and more.

Doc Skaterock’s Vintage Skate Rock – The history of skatesploitation in vinyl. The definitive guide to skateboard-themed music before the modern term Skaterock was coined.

Toy Boarders plastic skateboard figures. Fun for all ages, hardcore and posers alike.

Maple XO – Jewelry and more, made from recycled skateboards.

Better If You Don’t Come Back, a short, skateboard centric fiction book by Joseph DeMough, published by Fat Thumb Publishing.

And of course, anything from one of our fine sponsors:

• Merde Skateboards
• Unheard Distribution
• Rip City Skates
• Weirdo Skateboards
• Diesel Fuel Prints
• Cold War Skateboards

Just like Skate Bush before her, only more risque. It’s Skate Moss, a web site dedicated to fake skateboard graphics featuring Kate Moss.

This video is not nearly as annoying as I had assumed it would be, but that does not mean I’m going to buy/download/pirate Flo Rida’s Wild Ones album. I can’t believe that’s what he picked as his rap name. That’s the Goat Ramp in the top shot.

– Thanks to… How did I find this?

I am predisposed to not like Jamie Thomas, I’ve heard rumors about some unethical practices, and I don’t appreciate the fact that had a big marketing campaign and skate video with the same name as my skateboard company. So, I am definitely biased. What about you?

From ESPN:

New Balance is the latest mainstream brand to throw its hat into the skateboard footwear market.

Based out of Boston, Mass., New Balance is strongly positioned in running and other traditional categories, but has not succeeded in their previous attempts to enter the skate market with the hi-top V74 and the V45 low-top sneaker, released in 2010. Their new entry into skateboarding is called New Balance Numeric or NB#.

New Balance, looking for a strong skate company to help ease their way into the market, will be manufactured and distributed by Black Box distribution of Carlsbad, Calif. Owned by professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas, Black Box currently distributes board brands Zero, Slave and Mystery, along with Insight Apparel and Fallen Footwear

I swear I recently saw an episode of SNL or Portlandia where they equated New Balance shows with senior citizens. When I think of New Balance I think of nylon running shoes. Way to jump on the bandwagon at the very last possible moment.