In which I blather on about skateboarding, popular culture and other stuff, make references to old punk rock songs, inside jokes and pretend to be self deprecating. Mention DIY and other buzzwords, wistful words, appeal to the local fan base, fly the flag and remenisce about back in the day. Enjoy the weekend! – Thanks to everyone for the tip.

White Girl Wasted by ElleMC, shot on location at Burnside by Dave Hupp. Hip Hop dressed as punk rock. Remember when you used to be able to tell what a band would sound like just by looking at them? I’m not complaining. Shut up old man! Video after the jump.

This is from a Tom and Jerry themed Subway kids meal toy from 1994. the wheels underneath are one solid bar that is strangely arced in the center, so he likes to fall over if he’s on an uneven surface, which goes nicely with his bicycle style helmet. There were three other figures, but I’ve only got this one.

“The Pool” is a temporary installation in a public swimming pool in London. Nike 6.0, the action sports (excluding skateboarding) division set this up for BMX action. If you’re a UK reader of this site who doesn’t have a bike, they’ll even loan you one. This idea is… interesting. I wonder if they’d let someone skate it? I know, skateboarders are always glomming on to the blood sweat and tears of the the action sports industry. When are we going to get it together and make something for ourselves? The Dagenham Swimming Pool sessions end June 12th. That’s one massive temporary structure. – Thanks to Seth Levy for the tip. [Source: Curated Mag]

Dreamdogs UK “reports” that a skateboarding street stunt dog was fined about $160 for not being on a leash. Where was the cop during the Tyson craze? – Thanks to Joey O’Mahoney for the tip.

Maybe if you squint, but don’t look to close, because I think this might be a 12 year old boy. Check out the way the bikini bottom droops in crotch. Anorexia is such a turn on. Get more of less, on Velvet Cigarette, a web site dedicated to the model who is Rachel Lynch. She loves that skateboard though, there are several photo sessions with it. Rachel, when you get around to reading this, I already know that I’m more or less fat. – Thanks to Boy Ipoh for the tip.

If you’re a fan of this site then it should come as no surprise that after the jump you’ll see way too many pictures of these Toyboarders that are essentially the skateboarding version of plastic army men.

Kiss Online reports that some new Kiss flavored skateboards and fingerboards are coming. I know those guys are obviously business savvy enough to flog this dead horse all the way to the bank, but come on guys, where are the permalinks? – Thanks to Andrew Wahl for the tip.

This excerpt from the book There I Fixed It (No, You Didn’t) was published in the May 2011 issue of Readers Digest, of all places. I thanked her first, but then I gave my mom a hard time for reading Readers Digest, saying that made her officially old. – Thanks to Kilwag’s mom for the tip.

It could have been titled “Swiss Skate Pranks” but I thought the Google translation of this news article written in German was much more intriguing. Some pranksters in Hitzkirch, Lucerne (Switzerland) filled a skatepark bowl with water and some fish. This is skate harassment I can get behind. – Thanks to Greg for the tip.