I have mixed feelings about Rodney Mullen. While I admire his skills, creativity, influence, and longevity immensely, I can’t reconcile that with his stance that you can’t make a high quality competitively priced skateboard in the USA, or hell, North America for that matter. What is TED? An organization that seems to exist only to get interesting people to talk about interesting ideas.

What do skateboarding and innovation have in common? More than you might think. A successful entrepreneur and innovator, Rodney Mullen is widely considered the most influential street skater in history, inventing most of the tricks used today. By the time he was 23, Mullen had already set new milestones for skateboarding winning 35 out of 36 freestyle competitions. He studied engineering at the University of Florida before co-founding World Industries, the largest skate company of the 90’s, which was acquired for more than $20m. He continues to skate, innovate, and design some 30 years after he won his first world championship at the age of 11. Mullen spends his spare time thinking about open source communities, hacking the urban terrain, and transforming the mundane into something new. He’ll be featured in the upcoming documentary, “The Bones Brigade: An Autobiography.”

I haven’t watched this yet, let me know how it goes.

– Thanks to Sarib for the tip.

From the Phineas and Ferb Facebook page. I swear I’ve seen every episode. They play one every other hour on assorted Disney Channels. Never seen this episode though. A platypus on a rocket powered skateboard.

– Thanks to Colin for the tip.

Another MapleXO and Grove collaboration (see iPhone case), this time just the back piece. 100% post consumer waste provided by Paul Schmitt. Looks sharp, but not actually sharp.

I made it through 46 seconds. I don’t think this is a joke. I mean, it’s a joke alright, but not intentionally. Enjoy “i’m a Skater” by Mac Jar & Monikape.

– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

UPDATE: Comments closed do to too much repetition. Way to offer a different opinion through, uh, mindless repetition. Don’t hate, REPLICATE.

I mean, I collect 45’s and LP’s of skatesploitation music, but not yet cassettes. Hard to believe they made more than one volume, and each volume has more than one volume. This is Skate Board 2.

There is a Facebook page called A Longboard Makes a Girl Twice As Hot. It’s disgusting, really. I mean why discriminate against regular sized boards?

– Thanks to Matthijs for the tip.

A visitor from another planet landed on earth, approached the ragged leadership of what remained of mankind and asked, “I see you living among the wreckage and waste of a great civilization. Tell us what happened, so we may avoid the same fate.” To which a tired looking twenty something replied, “Well, there was a great disaster. Nobody knew if it was natural or man made. We could have saved ourselves, but all the world’s intellectual and artistic property was posted on bullshit social media sites like Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest. We couldn’t find the original sources of information to actually fix anything.”

I have kitchen backsplash that I plan on installing soon. I don’t think I’m going to go this route, no matter how cool these Sk8 Tiles from Art of Board look. The more I look at it the more I might change my mind. Has anyone checked the futures market for used skateboard decks lately?

[Source: Werd] – Thanks to Joey for the tip.

Bicycle Jump Ramp or Skateboard ramp. $100 OBO

Kids don’t use anymore. Surface is painted with a little bit of texture and in good shape.

12′ long x 4′ wide. One end is 5′ high the other end is 6′ high.

Delivery can be arranged if needed.

Cool. I’ve been wanting to build a half-pike for some time now. Craigslist gold from Bend, OR.

No, it’s not an ad for safety equipment. It’s Don Draper’s worst nightmare, Stayfree Maxi-pads tackles the skateboard set. What a break for this young stuntwoman. The skateboard says 70’s but the fashions are looking a little early 80’s. The seller of this item probably could have gotten a lot more for if they had instead listed the Farah Fawcett Shampoo advert that was on the back. Since Farrah’s Faberge shampoo was launched in 1978, this advert couldn’t have been much later than that.

Actually, its Penis Peralta and Santa Crude by Billmund.

[Source: The World’s Best Ever] – Thanks to M-a-t-t-h-i-j-s for the, err… Uhm, tip.